Month: February 2025

Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral To Be Held On February 23

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Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral To Be Held On February 23

Beirut: The funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed last September in an Israeli strike, will be held on February 23, the Iran-backed group’s current chief Naim Qassem said on Sunday. Qassem also confirmed for the first time that leading official Hashem Safieddine had been chosen to succeed Nasrallah before he too was killed in…

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On Camera, Man Sitting At Restaurant Hit By Philadelphia Plane Crash Debris

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On Camera, Man Sitting At Restaurant Hit By Philadelphia Plane Crash Debris

New Delhi: Days after six people were killed in a private airplane crash in northeast Philadelphia, a chilling video shared on social media shows customers at a restaurant, located about a quarter mile away, ducking for cover, as one of them is struck by debris of the aircraft.  At least one person was reported to…

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Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College Student Found Dead At Her Home

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Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College Student Found Dead At Her Home

Kolkata: A student of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was found dead at the ESI Hospital Quarters in Kamarhati in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. The student’s mother, a doctor, panicked after calls to her daughter went unanswered. Ivy Prasad was found dead in her room by her mother. The police…

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U.K. to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools

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U.K. to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper appears on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg in London, Britain on February 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse images, the government announced late on Saturday (February 1, 2025). The government will make it…

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Manipur Kuki Body Leader Faces Action After Mob Tries To Stop Forces From Destroying Poppy Fields

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Manipur Kuki Body Leader Faces Action After Mob Tries To Stop Forces From Destroying Poppy Fields

Imphal/Guwahati: The chief of a key Kuki body in Manipur faces legal action after a mob attacked a small team of security forces when they tried to destroy illegal opium poppy fields in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on January 31. The Manipur government in a statement said a team of the state police and the Central…

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Lakshmi, Said To Be Last Maoist In Karnataka, Surrenders In Udupi

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Lakshmi, Said To Be Last Maoist In Karnataka, Surrenders In Udupi

Udupi: Lakshmi, said to be the last Maoist in Karnataka, unconditionally surrendered on Sunday in front of Udupi Deputy Commissioner Vidya Kumari and Superintendent of Police Arun K. According to police, Lakshmi, who had been hiding in Andhra Pradesh, has had three cases at Amasebail and Shankaranarayana police stations in Kundapur Taluk in the Udupi…

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US Secretary Of State Meets Panama Leader Over Trump’s Demand For Canal

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US Secretary Of State Meets Panama Leader Over Trump’s Demand For Canal

Panama City: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio entered talks Sunday with Panama’s leader to press President Donald Trump’s demand that the United States take back control of the Panama Canal. Trump has refused to back down on threats to seize the vital waterway and it remains unclear what Rubio can achieve diplomatically that would…

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India Break Multiple Records En Route To 4-1 T20I Series Win Over England

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India Break Multiple Records En Route To 4-1 T20I Series Win Over England

Abhishek Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief as India registered their 2nd biggest T20I win.© BCCI The Indian cricket team scripted history on Sunday after beating England by 150 runs in the fifth and final T20I in Mumbai. Abhishek Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief as India smashed their highest-ever score in the powerplay in the format,…

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Union Budget 2025: Tax cut meant to address ‘angst’ and to kickstart a slowing economy, says Finance Secretary

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Union Budget 2025: Tax cut meant to address ‘angst’ and to kickstart a slowing economy, says Finance Secretary

Union Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Centre’s decision to significantly slash the income tax payer’s burden was aimed at addressing some “angst” that the government had noticed in recent months as well as to give a fillip to the economy’s weakening growth impulses with a broad-based boost to demand,…

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Indian Embassy in Congo asks Indian nationals to depart immediately to safer locations

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Indian Embassy in Congo asks Indian nationals to depart immediately to safer locations

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. File | Photo Credit: AP The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday (February 2, 2025) said it is closely monitoring the security situation in the central…

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