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A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David statue raises questions

March 29, 2024 admin

Fighting to preserve: A vendor sells souvenirs of Michelangelo’s 16th-century statue of David at a kiosk in Italy. | Photo Credit: AP Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political significance…

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Assam Has Vast Renewable Energy Potential, Needs Policy Overhaul: Experts

March 29, 2024 admin

iFOREST’s research indicates the need for accelerated RE capacity expansion. New research released by the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) sheds light on Assam’s renewable energy (RE) generation potential and the imperative for policy enhancement and institutional capacity building to facilitate large-scale RE expansion. The research reports, titled ”Assam Renewable Energy Potential…

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US Military Says It Destroyed 4 Drones Launched By Yemen’s Houthis

March 29, 2024 admin

The drones were aimed at a coalition vessel and a U.S. warship, the US military said. (Representational) Washington: The U.S. military said on Thursday that it had destroyed four unmanned drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen. The U.S. Central Command said on the social media site X that the drones “presented an imminent…

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Caught Up In Concert Shooting, A Russian Woman Said Goodbye To World

March 28, 2024 admin

Returning home, Alyona Kazinskaya says she just “hugged everyone”. Moscow: Russian artist Alyona Kazinskaya likes to fill her social media feed with cheerful messages and vivid floral paintings. For 30 minutes last Friday night, it turned into a timeline of terror. Kazinskaya and a friend had bought last-minute tickets to see Soviet-era rock group “Picnic”…

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US Says Baltimore Bridge, Port Recovery Will Be “Very Long Road”

March 28, 2024 admin

Baltimore is the biggest vehicle-handling port in the United States. Washington: A ship carrying a giant crane was en route Thursday to the scene of the catastrophic bridge collapse over Baltimore harbor, as authorities warned of extensive work before the major US port can reopen. The machinery will be deployed in a tricky operation to…

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A Career In Crime And Politics

March 28, 2024 admin

Mukhar Ansari, 63, died of cardiac arrest in a hospital in Banda on Thursday. Lucknow: Mukhtar Ansari straddled the worlds of crime and politics in Uttar Pradesh. The gangster-politician was booked in 65 criminal cases ranging from murder to extortion and was elected an MLA five times on the tickets of different political parties. Ansari,…

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Security Tightened In UP’s Aligarh After Gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s Death

March 28, 2024 admin

Jailed gangster-turned-politician, Mukhtar Ansari died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday. Aligarh, UP: Security arrangements have been tightened in UP’s Aligarh after the death of Mukhtar Ansari, who suffered cardiac arrest on Thursday night. Police conducted a flag march in the area, and an alert has also been issued in the entire state, said IG…

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Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case

March 28, 2024 admin

Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, suggesting without evidence that the veteran jurist was kowtowing to his daughter’s interests as a Democratic political consultant. The former president objected in particular to what he said was…

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Portugal unveils new government after hung polls

March 28, 2024 admin

Portugal’s new centre-right Prime Minister Luis Montenegro unveiled his cabinet. File | Photo Credit: AFP Portugal’s new centre-right Prime Minister Luis Montenegro unveiled his cabinet Thursday, after his centre-right coalition barely managed to emerge top in a badly fractured parliament. The 51-year-old lawyer was last week asked to form a government after the March 10…

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“My Father Was Being Given Slow Poison”: Mukhtar Ansari’s Son

March 28, 2024 admin

Jailed gangster-turned-politician, Mukhtar Ansari died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday. Banda, UP: After the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari due to cardiac arrest, Umar Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari, claimed that his father was given poison in the food and said they would move to the judiciary. “We have full faith in it,” he…

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