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Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. | Photo Credit: Reuters The campaign by President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk to radically cut back the U.S. bureaucracy spread on Friday (February 14, 2025), firing more than 9,500 workers who handled…
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Himalayan Hangul Deer are under stress finds CSIR-CCMB scientist. Scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) have highlighted the need for minimising human disturbances such as livestock grazing and herder movement during the mating and birthing seasons for population recovery of the Hangul Deer living in the Himalayas. They deduced this after…
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Washington: US President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to unveil tariffs on imported cars around April 2, adding to a cascade of levies he has threatened since taking office. Trump’s statement did not specify whether the tariffs would apply to all auto imports. Since his inauguration on January 20, Trump has taken aim…
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Washington, United States: Noting that more than 3,00,000 strong Indian student community contributes over USD 8 billion annually to the US economy and has helped create a number of direct and indirect jobs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have expressed their commitment to streamlining avenues for legal mobility of students and…
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia has backed the Indian team to be a strong contender to lift the ICC Champions Trophy despite the absence of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. Saikia credited the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee for picking the best combination for the eight-team marquee competition….
CLAIM: Video shows Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand reprimanding CM Yogi Adityanath for Maha Kumbh stampede. FACT CHECK: The video is part of an interview Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand gave to a Gujarati news channel where he criticised the Kumbh mismanagement and questioned Uttar Pradesh government’s efficiency. A video of Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth in Uttarakhand, has surfaced with…
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United States Vice-President JD Vance, second right, and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, third right, meet with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance pledged on…
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Washington: Sweet and loving, it wasn’t. The Valentine’s Day message sent by the White House on Friday was instead a threat to potential migrants thinking of heading to the United States without the required visas and paperwork. “Roses are red, violets are blue. Come here illegally, and we’ll deport you,” read the pink card released…
Baijayant Jay Panda. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The select committee of the Lok Sabha, which will examine the Income-Tax Bill, 2025, was constituted on Friday (February 14, 2025) with BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda appointed as chairman of the panel. The committee will have 31 MPs, including 17 from the ruling National Democratic…
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers are seen sitting on top of a truck driving in the streets of Bukavu on February 14, 2025. The intensifying conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has provoked fears of a regional war. Several of the DRC’s nine neighbouring countries, as…
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