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Andrei Belousov | Photo Credit: Illustration: R. Rajesh Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as Russian President for a fifth time has spawned a slew of political moves in the country. Andrei Belousov was made Defence Minister, replacing Sergei Shoigu, who was sent away to head the National Security Council — a position held by Mr. Putin’s key…
Representational Image Guwahati: A woman has been arrested in Assam’s Jorhat district for allegedly killing her husband and eventually setting the body on fire, the police said on Saturday. A police officer said that the woman’s minor son was also apprehended along with her. According to the police, the woman confessed to the killing of…
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Dortmund’s Marco Reus applauds as he is congratulated before the Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and SV Darmstadt 98 at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund on May 18, 2024. This is Reus’s last game with Dortmund. | Photo Credit: AP Borussia Dortmund favourite Marco Reus bought beer for nearly a whole stadium of…
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States | Photo Credit: X@BakaryYaou Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their Foreign Ministers met Friday in Niger’s capital Niamey to agree on a…
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Protesters chant pro-Palestine slogans on the National Mall on the 76th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ on May 18, 2024, on the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP Hundreds of protesters rallying within sight of the Capitol chanted pro-Palestinian slogans and voiced criticism of the Israeli and American governments as they…
Vietnam’s Public Security Minister To Lam. File | Photo Credit: AFP Vietnam has nominated its Public Security Minister To Lam as its new president, state media said on May 18, after his predecessor resigned in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign that has shaken up the country’s political establishment. The Communist Party’s Central Committee had agreed to…
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Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Benny Gantz for his demands Jerusalem: Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Saturday he would resign from the body unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip. “The war cabinet must formulate and approve by June 8 an action plan that will lead to the realisation…
Before Partition, the town of Chabahar (earlier known as Tiz) was right at India’s doorstep, situated in Iran’s Sistan Baluchistan province where the Panchatantra was once read in Persian (entitled ‘Kalileh-wa-Dimna’), and Hindustani Urdu is understood and spoken commonly. But ties between independent India and Iran, before the 1979 revolution, were never very close, given…
Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff (File photo) New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently passed an ad-interim injunction in favour of Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, restraining various entities from infringing his personality/publicity rights. A bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing a lawsuit filed by Jackie Shroff seeking protection of his name, image, likeness, persona, voice,…
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Offering loans against gold has become popular in the recent years due to ease of process, lesser documentation, rapid availability of funding, and a variety of repayment options. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Banks have instructed their branches to ensure that gold loans availed of by customers are repaid and closed, and not renewed or…
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