Month: January 2025

South Korea’s Yoon Recalled For Questioning As Detention Deadline Looms

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Seoul: South Korean investigators have called in arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning again, the Yonhap News Agency reported, as authorities face a Friday deadline to obtain a warrant to extend his detention or release the embattled leader. In order to hold Yoon in custody for longer, investigators are expected on Friday to ask…

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Cabinet sub-committee gives approval to declare four forest areas as eco-sensitive zones

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The Cabinet sub-committee in a meeting held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre gave its approval for the declaration of eco-sensitive zones for four forest areas. They are Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary in Chikkamagaluru district, Bankapura Wolf Sanctuary in Koppal, Uttaragudda Wildlife Sanctuary in Chitradurga, and Arsikere Bear Sanctuary in Hassan district….

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Next Cabinet meet likely to take up caste census report

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The Karnataka Socio-Economic and Educational Survey report (caste census report) is likely to be discussed in the next State Cabinet meeting. A discussion on the report was deferred on Thursday and it would be taken up in the next meeting, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil after the Cabinet meeting. Twin towers The…

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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu postpones Cabinet vote on Gaza Strip ceasefire deal

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Israel delayed a Cabinet vote on Thursday (January 16, 2025) on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the war-ravaged territory. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed a last-minute dispute with Hamas for holding up the…

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Canada Ex-Central Banker Mark Carney Launches PM Bid

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Ottawa: Mark Carney, the former governor of Canada’s central bank, on Thursday launched his bid to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, immediately becoming a frontrunner in the race. The 59-year-old Harvard- and Oxford-educated economist kicked off his campaign at a hockey rink in Edmonton, Alberta where he grew up. “I’m…

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Andhra Pradesh official bags Prime Minister’s award for excellence

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Nishant Kumar, Director, Excise and Prohibition. Nishant Kumar, Director of Excise and Prohibition, Manglagiri, and former District Collector of Parvathipuram, has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration for 2023. This accolade recognises his exemplary leadership in implementing the PRISM 10 (Project to Reduce Infant Mortality Rate Below 10) initiative…

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A Calcutta newspaper which reported on Bharathi, carried VOC’s photo 116 years ago

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Bande Mataram had featured the photograph of V.O. Chidambaram on April 26, 1908. Tirunelveli revolted against British rule after his arrest in March that year, and he was awarded a double life term in July. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement V. O. Chidambaram (VOC), the freedom fighter and Tamil scholar who dared take on the mighty…

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Israel far-right minister Ben Gvir says will quit cabinet if Gaza deal approved

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Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir . File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said on Thursday (January 16, 2025) that he and his party colleagues would quit the cabinet if it approved a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, though they would not leave the country’s ruling…

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‘Mulholland Drive’ And ‘Twin Peaks’ Director David Lynch Dies At 78

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Los Angeles: David Lynch — the singular and surreal director of “Mulholland Drive” and television’s “Twin Peaks,” who depicted the darkness lurking beneath the wholesome surface of American life — has died. He was 78 years old. An enigmatic artist who turned his hand to arthouse and blockbuster film, television, painting and music, Lynch was…

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New U.S. sanctions target Sudan’s warring military leader

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The U.S. imposed sanctions on the leader of Sudan’s military on Thursday (January 16, 2025), saying he was blocking humanitarian aid and bombing hospitals, schools and markets in a war against an armed rival that has created a widening famine and the world’s largest displacement crisis. The sanctions that the Treasury Department announced against Sudanese…

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