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File picture of Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | Photo Credit: REUTERS Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, the office of the Brazilian presidency said on Monday. Lula has advocated the…
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The officials said searches were conducted recently at the premises of the accused.(Representational) New Delhi: The CBI has conducted searches at four locations in Mumbai after registering an FIR against Unity Infraprojects Ltd, its then CMD Kishore Krishnarao Avarsekar and others for allegedly defrauding a consortium of banks to the tune of Rs 3,847.58 crore,…
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Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, many arm-in-arm, as part of a deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to unlock nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets. The deal brought Biden profuse thanks from their families but heat from Republican opponents for the monetary arrangement…
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Ovidio Guzman was briefly arrested in Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa in 2019. Chicago: Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of incarcerated Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded not guilty to U.S. fentanyl trafficking charges on Monday in federal court in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune, three days after his…
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Recently, some states have announced reversal to the OPS from NPS. (Representational) Mumbai: States reverting to the old pension scheme is a “major step backwards” and may take the fiscal stress of states to “unsustainable levels” in the medium to long term, according to an article by RBI staffers. The article by Rachit Solanki, Somnath…
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India’s men’s freestyle wrestlers cut a sorry figure at the World Championships as none of them could earn quota for next year’s Paris Olympics or win a medal. What was more disappointing was that the Indian wresters lost to rivals from the nations that are not known for their wrestling prowess, raising suspicion over their…
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Antony Blinken will meet Vice President Han Zheng on sidelines of UN General Assembly (File) Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Monday with China’s vice president, the latest top-level dialogue in days between the rival powers. The State Department said on its public schedule that Blinken will meet Vice President Han Zheng…
New Delhi: Reports of the Women’s Reservation Bill being cleared by the Union cabinet has been welcomed by the Congress, which had started the initiative to increase the space for women in parliament. Today the party’s communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh not only posted a history of the bill on X, formerly Twitter, he also re-posted…
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PM Modi acknowledged the contributions of those who stood between the terrorists and the House. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the 2001 Parliament attack in the Lok Sabha during the Special Parliament Session and saluted the soldiers who took bullets to save Parliament during the 2001 terrorist attack. Recalling the terrorist attack on…
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Mumbai City FC lost 0-2 to Nassaji Mazandaran of Iran in Pune on Monday.© Twitter Mumbai City FC began their AFC Champions League (ACL) campaign on a disappointing note as they suffered 0-2 defeat at the hands of debutants Nassaji Mazandaran of Iran in Pune on Monday. Ehsan Hosseini (34th minute) and Mohammadreza Azadi (62nd)…
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