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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, speaks with Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk. | Photo Credit: AP Hungary has given political asylum to a Polish opposition politician who is wanted on suspicions of corruption, triggering a diplomatic spat that worsened on Friday (December 20, 2024). Poland’s government decried Hungary’s decision as a “hostile act,” and…
In this handout photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID), Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (L) shakes hands with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the D-8 summit in Cairo on December 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh has asked Pakistan to settle the issues of…
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File photo of R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir© BCCI/Sportzpics A legend of the game in Test cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin didn’t quite earn a similar reputation in white-ball cricket despite playing over 100 ODIs and 65 T20Is for India. As Ashwin calls time on his international career, an old comment from Gautam…
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With India set to play Champions Trophy in less than eight weeks’ time, a quality wrist-spinner, a second wicketkeeper to back up Rishabh Pant and the form of key pacers will be in focus during the upcoming National One Day Championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy starting on Saturday across the country. While…
It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. As Paris devised a new Military strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa, two of its closest allies struck a double blow. The Government…
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Om Prakash Chautala died in Gurugram on Friday at the age of 89. (File) Chandigarh: The Haryana government declared a three-day state mourning from Friday as a mark of respect to former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala who passed away in Gurugram. “The state government has decided to observe a three-day state mourning… that is…
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Immigration lawyers are urging their foreign clients who work in tech and are in the US on visas to return to the country before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. The warning comes as the Trump administration is expected to include several executive orders that will limit access to several types of work visas,…
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File image of Fazalhaq Farooqi.© AFP Afghanistan left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during the second ODI of the three-match series against Zimbabwe in Harare. Farooqi was penalised for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct….
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New Delhi: Corruption and delayed planning permits, or land and environmental clearances, contributed to the build-up of non-performing assets – post the global financial crisis – on Indian banks’ books, former Reserve Bank chief Raghuram Rajan said Wednesday in an interview with an online newspaper. Mr Rajan, the RBI Governor from 2013 to 2016, said…
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The apex court had earlier restrained the authorities from felling any more trees. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to inform if there was any proposal to fell more trees in Mumbai’s Aarey forest. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih directed the parties to complete…
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