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Israeli Police officers detain a protester during clashes following an anti-government rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since October, in Tel Aviv on September 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A rare general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led…
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported decline in wholesales in August as the companies curtailed vehicle dispatches amid drop in demand and to cut inventories at dealer level. Market leader Maruti Suzuki India said its total domestic passenger vehicle wholesales were at 1,43,075 units last month as compared to 1,56,114 units in…
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Rising to the occasion: Azharuddeen struck a swashbuckling 92. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Captain Mohammed Azharuddeen’s classy on-field spectacle (92 off 47 balls 3×4, 9×6,) was the perfect innings to launch the Kerala Cricket League and it powered Alleppey Ripples to a five-wicket victory over Thrissur Titans at the Greenfield stadium here on Monday….
Ravichandran Ashwin (L) and Ravindra Jadeja© X (Twitter) Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have already established themselves as two of the most significant spinners for the Indian cricket team in the past couple of decades. Their partnership has been significant for India on multiple occasions and both of them feature in the Top…
A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. | Photo Credit: AFP Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan officials to enact a sweeping new morality law curtailing women’s rights and enshrining an austere vision of Islamic society. Taliban authorities last month announced the law, which includes rules that women’s faces, bodies and voices…
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A resident rides an old refrigerator to avoid a flooded street caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Yagi, locally called Enteng, on Monday, September 2, 2024, in Cainta, Rizal province, Philippines. | Photo Credit: AP A storm set off landslides and unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday (September…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks as he visits the Tubten Shedrub Ling datsan in Kyzyl, Republic of Tyva, Russia, Monday, Sept.ember 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (September 2, 2024) that his Army was rapidly advancing in east Ukraine, citing this as proof that Kyiv’s cross-border incursion…
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Maruti Suzuki Alto K10. | Photo Credit: Bijoy Ghosh Maruti Suzuki India on Monday (September 2024) said it has reduced prices of select variants of entry-level models Alto K10 and S-Presso with immediate effect. The price of S-Presso LXI Petrol has been reduced by ₹2,000 and the price of Alto K10 VXI Petrol has been…
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This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, shows the damage on its vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua after a Chinese Coast Guard vessel with bow number 5205 collided near Sabina Shoal at the disputed South China Sea Saturday, August 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Beijing insisted on Monday (September 2, 2024) it was defending…
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Unlike high-income countries, where road safety measures often focus on car occupants, low and middle-income countries need to prioritise the safety of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and riders of two and three-wheelers who are disproportionately at higher risk. | Photo Credit: ANI The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries in…
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