Month: January 2025

Breakaway Moldovan region cuts heating, hot water after Russia stops gas flow

January 1, 2025 admin

File photo of pipelines of the national natural gas distribution network outside Ungheni, Moldova. | Photo Credit: AP The breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria cut heating and hot water supplies to households on Wednesday after Russia stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. “There is no heating or hot water,” an employee of local energy company Tirasteploenergo…

World

‘I Don’t Even Know If There’s A Strategy’: On Israel-Palestine Conflict

January 1, 2025 admin

(The following is an excerpt from Stanly Johny’s ‘Original Sin: Israel, Palestine and the Revenge of Old West Asia’, being published with the permission of HarperCollins India. Based on his multiple reporting visits to the region and dozens of interviews, Johny traces the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict.) After the Hamas attack, Israel launched a…

World

South Korea’s presidential aides offer to resign amid political crisis

January 1, 2025 admin

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally near the presidential residence on December 31, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Senior aides to South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse on Wednesday (January 1, 2025), a day after his office expressed…

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Donald Trump To Attend Jimmy Carter State Funeral

January 1, 2025 admin

Washington, United States: US President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he plans to attend the state funeral of former president Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday aged 100. Trump shared his intentions with reporters during New Year’s Eve celebrations at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. “I’ll be there. We were invited,” Trump said. When asked a follow-up…

World

Ind vs Aus BGT series: Bumrah hopes to replicate his excellence at SCG

January 1, 2025 admin

India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Travis Head on day four of the fourth cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on December 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A slow walk gathering pace, legs suddenly whirring while approaching the bowling crease, back arching and…

Sports

Ravi Shastri Bats For 2-Tier Test System In India

January 1, 2025 admin

File photo of Ravi Shastri Former India coach Ravi Shastri has called for the implementation of a two-tier system in Test cricket, saying the structure will allow for the survival of the longer format. Shastri’s comments come after the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia drew 373,691 spectators across all five days,…

Sports

PVV Infra board approves to raise ₹49.50 crore though rights issue

January 1, 2025 admin

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The board of PVV Infra Limited, which is into solar power rooftop installations among others, has approved raising up to ₹49.5 crore through a Rights Issue of fully paid-up equity shares with a face value of ₹10 each. “The specifics of the issue, including the price, entitlement…

Business

UP Man’s Video After Killing Mother, Sisters

January 1, 2025 admin

Lucknow: The 24-year-old man accused of murdering his mother and four sisters at a hotel in Lucknow has said in a chilling video that he committed the killings because he did not want his “sisters to be sold”. In the video, which emerged hours after the shocking crime, Arshad alleges that neighbours and land mafia…

Nation

The Delhi Chief Minister And AAP’s Kalkaji Candidate For 2025 Polls

January 1, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Chief Minister Atishi is aiming for a second consecutive term from the Kalkaji seat in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. She rose quickly in the AAP after national convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation and handed over leadership to her. Atishi became the youngest person to become the chief minister of Delhi. Here are…

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Tata Consulting Engineers acquires U.S. firm CDI Engineering Solutions

January 1, 2025 admin

“The acquisition marks a transformative chapter in TCE’s growth story,” TCE chairman said. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), a design, engineering, and project management consultancy, has announced the acquisition of CDI Engineering Solutions (CDI), formerly Comprehensive Designers, Inc. (CDI), a U.S.-based design engineering firm, for an unspecified amount. This acquisition…

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