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French railway company SNCF suffered a massive attack of sufficient magnitude to paralyze its TGV network on the night of July 25, 2024 to July 26, the group told AFP and TGV traffic on the Atlantic, North and East routes will be very disrupted, a few hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games…
Paris: France’s high-speed rail network was hit by “malicious acts” including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP the attacks were coordinated acts of “sabotage”. “This is a massive attack on a…
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Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi during a meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings, in Vientiane, on July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Jaishankar meets Chinese FM Wang in Laos, pushes for urgency in resolving LAC standoff For the second time this month, External Affairs Minister…
Yusra Mardini was 16 when she escaped from a civil war in her home in Syria. New Delhi: The Olympic Games, considered the pinnacle of sporting competition, got off to a grand start in Paris today. The Games also honours refugee athletes who have overcome incredible obstacles to pursue their dreams. One such athlete is…
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Several reports claim that the woman took refuge in a kebab shop. New Delhi: An Australian woman was allegedly gang-raped by five men in Paris just days before the city is set to host the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games. According to France’s Le Parisien newspaper, the “disoriented” 25-year-old woman entered a local…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman receives a warm welcome from BJP women workers on her arrival, at the party headquarters, in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman signals shift from earlier trickle-down strategy to a slew of schemes Presenting her seventh Union Budget and the first after this year’s…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman | Photo Credit: PTI Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget for a record seventh time in a row Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024. It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget presentation for Ms. Sitharaman. The monsoon session of…
Story so far: Paris is gearing up to host the 2024 Olympic Games from July 22 to August 11, when 10,500 athletes from over 200 countries will participate in 32 sports. Two nations – Russia and Belarus – will not be represented due to a ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following Russia’s…
Paris: A major French Jewish group on Sunday slammed a hard-left MP for saying Israeli athletes were not welcome at the Paris Olympics from next week because of the war in Gaza, calling the comments “irresponsible”. France Unbowed (LFI) lawmaker Thomas Portes was “putting a target on the backs of Israeli athletes,” said Yonathan Arfi,…
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Estimated to have cost a whopping $1.5 billion, the cleanup of the Seine river that flows through Paris is among the costliest projects the city has undertaken as it gears to host Summer Olympics for the third time. Also Read: Ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024, a look at India’s skateboarding journey so far Paris Mayor…