Month: January 2026

Wanted Maoist killed in encounter with security forces in Bihar

January 1, 2026 admin

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A Maoist carrying a reward of ₹50,000 on his head was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bihar’s Begusarai district, police said. The deceased has been identified as Dayanand Malakar, secretary of the north-Bihar Central Zonal Committee of the outlawed CPI-Maoist. Two of his associates were…

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128 journalists killed worldwide in 2025: press group

January 1, 2026 admin

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A total of 128 journalists were killed around the world in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Thursday (January 1, 2025). The grim toll, up from 2024, “is not just a statistic, it’s a global red alert…

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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on a Quran, a first in New York City history

January 1, 2026 admin

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City has used Islam’s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. When the 34-year-old Democrat becomes mayor shortly after midnight in a long-closed…

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Earthlife is made of space stuff, studies of asteroid Bennu hint

January 1, 2026 admin

In October 2020, when the world was beginning to come out of a global lockdown, a spacecraft more than 3 lakh km away performed a pogo-stick jump on a small asteroid called Bennu and collected samples of its surface. The craft, part of NASA’s OSIRIS REx, then launched itself away from the asteroid and towards…

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Additional excise duty on tobacco, health cess on pan masala to be effective February 1

January 1, 2026 admin

The new levies on tobacco and pan masala will be over and above the GST rate, and will replace the compensation cess which is currently being levied on such sin goods. | Photo Credit: Reuters The government on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty will be…

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