Month: January 2025

Belarus’s Lukashenko set to win 7th term, opposition calls election a farce

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Belarus’s Lukashenko set to win 7th term, opposition calls election a farce

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday (January 26, 2025) as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power. “Needed!” the posters proclaim beneath a photo of Mr. Lukashenko, his…

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R Praggnanandhaa Draws With D Gukesh In Tata Steel Chess Tournament

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R Praggnanandhaa Draws With D Gukesh In Tata Steel Chess Tournament

File photo of R Praggnanandhaa.© FIDE Grandmaster R Praggnanadhaa played out a solid draw with World champion D Gukesh in the eighth round of the Tata Steel Masters at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. Playing the white side of a Berlin defense, Praggnanadhaa had slightly favourable position optically but Gukesh was always…

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Manish Sisodia To Be Deputy Chief Minister Again If AAP Wins: Arvind Kejriwal

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Manish Sisodia To Be Deputy Chief Minister Again If AAP Wins: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced Manish Sisodia will assume the role of Deputy chief minister again if the party wins the February 5 assembly polls in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement during a public meeting in the Jangpura constituency, from where Manish Sisodia is contesting this time….

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Curfew Imposed in Kerala’s Mananthavady After Fatal Tiger Attack On Woman

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Curfew Imposed in Kerala’s Mananthavady After Fatal Tiger Attack On Woman

Wayanad: Authorities in Kerala’s Wayanad imposed a curfew in certain areas of Mananthavady Municipality on Sunday, following the fatal tiger attack on a 47-year-old woman. The tiger has since been declared a man-eater and is scheduled for culling. Earlier in the day, Forest Minister A K Saseendran made the announcement declaring the tiger a man-eater…

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Iran’s foreign minister meets the Taliban in first Kabul visit in 8 years

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Iran’s foreign minister meets the Taliban in first Kabul visit in 8 years

Abbas Aragchi and Hassan Akhund Top Taliban officials met Iran’s Foreign Minister on Sunday (January 26, 2025) to discuss tensions along their shared border, the treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran and water rights. It was the first visit by an Iranian foreign minister to the Afghan capital since 2017. Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi…

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Congress Hits Back After Himanta Sarma Claim On Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru

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Congress Hits Back After Himanta Sarma Claim On Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in his Republic Day address at Dibrugarh today, once again raised the issue of BR Ambedkar, claiming India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, kept him out of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution. Mr Sarma claimed this while emphasizing on the challenges Dr Ambedkar faced while drafting the…

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Russia says captured east Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka

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Russia says captured east Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka

Velyka Novosilka is close to the southern front line in Ukraine — which has remained largely static but where fears of a fresh Russian offensive have risen for weeks. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia on Sunday (January 26, 2025) said its forces had captured the east Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka in the embattled…

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At least 27 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist suicide attack: Army

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At least 27 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist suicide attack: Army

The 15-year-old conflict has killed 40,000 and displaced around two million from their homes in the northeast. File | Photo Credit: AP “At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist suicide attack in the northeast,” two army sources said on Sunday (January 26, 2025). On Friday (January 24, 2025), troops launched a ground…

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Manipur’s ‘Sagol Kangjei’ Tableau At Bharat Parv Shows Blend Of Heritage And Development

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Manipur’s ‘Sagol Kangjei’ Tableau At Bharat Parv Shows Blend Of Heritage And Development

New Delhi: Manipur has sent a tableau themed on one of its most significant traditional sports ‘sagol kangjei’ (polo) to the Bharat Parv exhibition at the Red Fort as part of the Republic Day celebrations. The exhibition began today and will end on January 31. This year’s tableau was designed by Imphal resident Ningombam Ibohal,…

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National Flag Unfurled For First Time In 35 Years At J&K’s Tral

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National Flag Unfurled For First Time In 35 Years At J&K’s Tral

Srinagar: For the first time in 35 years, the national tricolour was unfurled at Tral in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as patriotic songs marked the celebration of 76th Republic Day. Once a bastion of terrorists and separatists, Tral town reverberated with patriotic songs and chants of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ as…

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