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Washington: Though the candidates are the same as last time, the 2024 US presidential election promises to be unique in other ways — pitting two men facing challenges unprecedented in the 235-year history of US democracy. Joe Biden was already fending off misgivings about his advanced years in 2020, but America’s oldest-ever president will have…
Anurag Thakur is the Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister. New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday ripped into Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – in jail on corruption charges related to an alleged liquor policy scam – and demanded to know if a separate set of laws had to be framed for the…
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Inner Manipur Congress candidate (left) Dr Bimol Akoijam and BJP candidate Thounaojam Basanta Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: The BJP’s candidate in Inner Manipur constituency has filed a complaint with the returning officer, seeking the cancellation of the Congress candidate’s nomination over “substantial defects” in affidavits to the Election Commission. Sources in the Congress candidate’s legal team told…
Billionaire Gautam Adani-led group on March 28 announced the start of the first phase of the world’s largest single-location copper manufacturing plant at Mundra in Gujarat, which will help cut India’s dependence on imports and aid energy transition. Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of group’s flagship firm Adani Enterprises Ltd, “commissioned the first phase” of $1.2…
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A view of the vessel MV Dali under a collapsed portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, March 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On March 26, a container vessel ran into the pillar of a bridge on the Patapsco River in Baltimore, bringing a part of the structure crashing down…
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The oversight board, monitoring content on Meta’s platforms, is calling on the company to relax its restrictions on the Arabic word “shaheed” meaning “martyr” in English. After serious review, the board concluded that Meta’s blanket ban on this word was overly broad and led to the unnecessary suppression of speech among millions of users of certain communities and regions. The…
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Varun Gandhi is a two-time MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh (File). New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Varun Gandhi – not picked to defend his Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit – has written to the people of his soon-to-be former constituency to say that “even though my tenure is coming to an…
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Union Minister Anurag Thakur said India’s youth stand for “positive energy, inspiration, passion, motivation”. The minister was speaking at NDTV’s – Youth For Change mega conclave today that India’s brings together the biggest youth disruptors from politics, cinema, music and comedy. The minister for Youth Affairs is the chief guest at the event. The event will…
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) will host Delhi Capitals (DC) in the ninth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday, March 28. Led by captain Sanju Samson, the Royals started their IPL 2024 campaign in an emphatic fashion as they defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by…
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Treasure hunt: People sift through a mixture of sand and pebbles for gold near the village of Soykechar in Uzbekistan on March 6. | Photo Credit: AFP Sifting through a greyish mixture of sand and pebbles in the steppe near the southwestern village of Soykechar in Uzbekistan, Khislat Ochilov was searching for gold. He is…
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