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China has approved the construction of the world’s largest dam, stated to be the planet’s biggest infra project costing $137 billion, on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet close to the Indian border, raising concerns in riparian states — India and Bangladesh. The Chinese government has approved the construction of a hydropower project in the lower…
Elon Musk is enroute to omnipresence, has world leaders on speed-dial and his Benjamins blanch US lawmakers. One would think, what does the richest man on earth not have? To answer that question, his own company town. Over the years, Texas has seen an expansion of Musk’s SpaceX, soon after he moved from California citing…
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As the year concluded, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed it off with a historic visit to Kuwait, the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in 43 years. He was awarded ‘The Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer’ by the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, which he accepted on…
Britain’s King Charles speaks with Reverend Canon Dr Paul Williams, as Queen Camilla, Catherine, Princess of Wales and William, Prince of Wales leave the church, on the day of the Royal Family’s Christmas Day service at St. Mary Magdalene’s church, as the Royals take residence at the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain December 25,…
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Azerbaijan’s national flag at half-mast in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan’s airport of Aktau, is seen in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan, on December 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Azerbaijan on Thursday (December 26, 2024) observed a nationwide day of mourning for the victims…
Daily Quiz: On Christmas traditions followed across the world A symbolic tradition involves the burning of effigies. File START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Many people use Advent calendars to count the days until Christmas. In which country did this tradition originate? 2 / 6 | Noche de las Velitas (Day of the Little…
New Delhi: The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed near Kazakhstan’s Aqtau on Christmas Day – while en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia – may have been “accidentally struck” by a Russian surface-to-air missile or antiaircraft fire, military experts cited in multiple news reports have suggested. Thirty-eight of the 67 people on board –…
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New Delhi: The first video of a brand new Chinese stealth fighter jet, believed to be a 6th-generation machine, has appeared on social media. The large tail-less fighter is believed to be a strike aircraft. Its unconventional design may make the new stealth fighter jet difficult, if not impossible, to detect using conventional radars. When…
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A man, whom Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies identified as Akhmad Kurbanov, suspected of involvement in the killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov, is escorted to a courtroom at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024….
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday ordered a commission to investigate a failed 2009 army mutiny and subsequent crackdown, including the role of alleged “foreign” backers, the inquiry chief said. The violent mutiny sent shock waves through the South Asian nation and ended with the army crushing the mutineers, with scores arrested and sentenced to death. A…
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