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Villagers leave a tsunami warning centre after attending a mock drill to prepare against tsunami, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, in Kaitha village in Kendrapara district in the eastern state of Odisha on December 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters In Odisha, six districts comprising 24 villages, along with two…
On December 20, King Charles and Queen Camilla attended a reception at Waltham Forest Town Hall to celebrate community cohesion in East London. During the event, the royal couple interacted with a diverse group of attendees, including young people, emergency service workers, community volunteers, and representatives from various faiths. The event featured a light-hearted moment…
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Beijing considers democratically governed Taiwan its own territory, a claim the government in Taipei rejects. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China criticised new U.S. military aid to Taiwan on Sunday (December 22, 2024), saying the $571 million package seriously violates the “one China principle” and provisions of joint communiques between China and the U.S. Explained…
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Sydney, Australia: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu’s main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, just days after a massive, deadly quake on the Pacific archipelago. The nation’s most populous island, Efate, is still reeling from the 7.3-magnitude quake on Tuesday, which killed 12 people as it…
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S Jaishankar called India an “exceptional” nation (File photo) New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reiterated India can “never” permit others to have a veto on its choices. Addressing a function in Mumbai virtually, Mr Jaishankar also said “Bharat” – a Sanskrit word that refers to India – will do whatever is…
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Oleksandr Usyk won his heavyweight championship rematch against Tyson Fury by unanimous decision overnight on Saturday to stay unbeaten across two divisions and cement his place among the greats. The Ukrainian, who forced the pace and repeatedly tagged Fury with his accurate left hook, was awarded the fight 116-112 by all three judges,…
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Donald Trump slammed what he called unfair fees for U.S. ships passing through the Panama Canal. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday (December 21, 2024) slammed what he called unfair fees for U.S. ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to…
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Rohit Sharma was hit on the knee in nets© AFP Team India has had to deal with a huge injury scare just days before the start of the 4th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Melbourne. Skipper Rohit Sharma was reportedly hit on the knee during a net session. Though he tried to…
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Delhi and Mumbai have been witnessing cold wave conditions. A thick blanket of smog is hovering over two metropolitan cities, Delhi and Mumbai, as the air quality dipped amid cold wave conditions. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 386 in the ‘very poor’ category for the second consecutive day on…
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Gupta won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Mathematical Sciences in 2019, the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2021, and the DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize in 2021. | Photo Credit: Infosys Science Foundation On the way to a conference dinner in Bengaluru in 2014, Neena Gupta, then a postdoctoral student, was discussing a fundamental problem in algebraic…