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It’s no surprise that many Indians—including some former diplomats—are celebrating Donald Trump’s reelection. After all, Trump’s bond with India, and particularly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was the envy of many countries and leaders during his first term. Granted, some might say they were mere optics: remember appearances at rallies like “Howdy, Modi!” and “Namaste,…
Chennai Super Kings legend MS Dhoni has been retained by the franchise for a sum of Rs 4 crore ahead of IPL 2025 auction. Notably, he has been picked by the side as an uncapped player, thanks to the latest rule change in the Indian Premier League. The new rule states that India…
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin experienced a ‘fanboy’ moment, as he posted a picture on Instagram with Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand. From the post, it appeared that Ashwin and Anand had been on a flight together. India’s first chess grandmaster, Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion. The duo hail from the same…
Pedestrians walk in front of the venue for COP 29 summit in Baku on November 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Alexander Nemenov/AFP With the U.N. climate talks tackling complex topics from energy policy to global financial aid, the annual summit has developed its own ever-growing lexicon. Here’s a guide to some of the terms in…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba casts his vote in the first round of a parliamentary vote to nominate a prime minister following the October 27 general election, during a special session of parliament in Tokyo on November 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Japan’s parliament re-elected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday (November 11, 2024)…
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Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna is the nephew of Justice Hans Raj Khanna New Delhi: Forty-seven years before Justice Sanjiv Khanna took over as the 51st Chief Justice of India, the Khanna family would have got its first chief justice in his uncle Justice Hans Raj Khanna. But a dissent judgment during the Emergency…
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Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a high-ranking Equatorial Guinea official, has been fired after hundreds of videos showing him having sex with women went viral on social media. In the videos, Engonga, who is married and is said to be in his 50s, is seen with different partners — including the wives of prominent officials — at…
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In 2023, the US Consular Team in India set a new record by processing 1.4 million visas. (File) The visa wait time for Indians planning a visit to the United States has gone up massively, with Kolkata taking up to 500 days to process B1/B2 visas. The US consulate in Chennai takes up to 486…
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Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir stood tall, defended his boys, laid down plans for the Australia tour as he addressed the media ahead of his flight for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Gambhir shed light on a number of raging topics, be it Rohit Sharma‘s likely absence from the opening Test in Perth or…
A daring heist in the UK in October put the spotlight on the profitable but risky world of luxury cheese. The incident, dubbed “the grate cheese robbery,” saw 22 tonnes of premium British cheese disappear after a fraudulent order was placed under the guise of a French supermarket chain. The stolen consignment, valued at over…
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