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Luis Montenegro | Photo Credit: AFP A centre-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to get a…
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A rising tide of anti-migrant misinformation has flooded Bulgaria, stoking rallies and xenophobia ahead of Sofia’s partial accession to the European Union’s visa-free Schengen zone. After more than a decade of talks, EU members Bulgaria and Romania finally got the green signal in December to join the Schengen zone, but only for air and sea…
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Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday, March 22. Under the leadership of MS Dhoni, CSK clinched their fifth IPL title after they defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets (DLS…
MS Dhoni dropped the bomb on his and Chennai Super Kings fans as he announced the decision to leave captaincy ahead of the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season on Thursday. The decision allowed Ruturaj Gaikwad to take up the leadership role. While it was on the eve of the the IPL…
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Promoting nuclear power was long taboo in Brussels, but a high-profile international summit on Thursday sent loud and clear the message that atomic energy — now touted by its champions as key to fighting climate change — is back. In the past two years, atomic pioneer France has been spearheading a drive to establish nuclear…
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War footing:European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center left, with other EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday. | Photo Credit: AP European Union leaders grappled at a summit meeting on Thursday with how to get more weapons to Ukraine’s outgunned forces while also re-arming their own countries in the face of…
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File photo of Ravindra Jadeja (left) and MS Dhoni.© X (formerly Twitter) During the training session of Chennai Super Kings ahead of the start of IPL 2024, MS Dhoni was witnessed recreating the iconic Ravindra Jadeja celebration from the final of the 2023 edition. After hitting the winning runs in the summit clash against Guajrat…
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The visualisations created based on Victor Sharrah’s description. Researchers have, for the first time, created facial illustrations based on description given by a patient suffering from “demon face syndrome”. Officially known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), the rare condition has long been misdiagnosed as schizophrenia. ‘Prosopo’ is the Greek word for face, while ‘metamorphopsia’ describes transformation or…
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Delhi High Court admitted CBI’s appeal challenging acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today admitted the CBI’s appeal challenging acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja, firms and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said on the basis of the material on…
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India reversed a laptop licensing policy after behind-the-scenes lobbying by U.S. officials, who however remain concerned about New Delhi’s compliance with WTO obligations and new rules it may issue, according to U.S. trade officials and government emails seen by Reuters. In August, India imposed rules requiring firms like Apple, Dell and HP to obtain licences…
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