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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend a meeting of the BJP’s top decision-making body at the party headquarters shortly, to take a call on the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Sources indicated that it is likely that the party will announce a chunk of candidates before the…
Veteran cricket analyst and commentator Harsha Bhogle has shared his views on BCCI’s Annual Central Contracts, which were revealed on Wednesday. Star cricketers Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were the biggest absentees from the list, which have been finalised for the duration between October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2024. Kishan and Iyer were not…
The ties between the two countries came under some strain since Muizzu came to power. New Delhi: India on Thursday said its first civilian team of technical experts has reached the Maldives to replace the military personnel operating an advanced light helicopter in the island nation. Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu had set March 10 as…
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Family had said it was Mohammadi’s “unequivocal right” to attend her father’s funeral. Paris: Iranian authorities have prevented jailed Iranian Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi from attending the burial ceremony of her father who died earlier this week, her family said Thursday. Karim Mohammadi, who had not seen his daughter for almost two years, died…
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Name this famous balancing rock weighing 300 tonnes, considered by the nearby city of Tandil to be its symbol. On February 29, 1912, it dropped from its precarious position and broke. Answer: Piedra Movediza | Photo Credit: Samuel Boote Q: ______ are large rocks balanced on a small point on a surface such that even…
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While Indians have diversified from cereals and pulses by spending more on nutritious options, that share pales in comparison to the amount spent on processed food. The household consumption expenditure survey 2022-23 has confirmed the various changes in food consumption patterns that India has been witnessing over the past two decades. Indians have been spending…
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Prince William wore a kippah, the traditional Jewish cap. London: Britain’s Prince William visited a London synagogue on Thursday to hear about an upsurge in antisemitism, as he returned to public duties two days after mysteriously pulling out of a high-profile royal event over what was described as a “personal matter”. A week after the…
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The results of the 2024 elections in Pakistan for the four provinces — Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan — match the National Assembly trend. Like the National Assembly, the political stability or instability in these four provinces post-elections is likely to be a repeat of 2022-23. The provincial elections are less likely to change…
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Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan found themselves excluded as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced its centrally-contracted players for 2023-24. The decision was taken amid the controversy surrounding both cricketers ignoring the board’s directive to play Ranji Trophy. While Kishan did not play for Jharkhand despite opting out of the Test series…
This paves the way for the release of the series on OTT platform Netflix. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it has not found anything against the prosecution or the trial in the Netflix docu-series on Indrani Mukerjea, accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere…
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