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Diplomats remove flags of Poland and the European Union as the Polish consulate general closes following Russian authorities’ recent announcement to shut it down in response to Poland’s decision to close the Russian consulate in Poznan, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on January 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Poland announced Wednesday (January 8, 2025) it…
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New Delhi: Farm workers and drivers will figure among the fastest growing jobs over the next five years, while roles of cashiers and ticket clerks will see the largest decline, a new study showed on Wednesday. In its Future of Jobs Report 2025, the World Economic Forum (WEF) also said that 170 million new jobs…
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Chennai: The Greater Chennai Police seized 30 machetes from the residence of gangster P. Nagendran, who is currently serving a life sentence in Vellore Central Prison. Nagendran is the prime accused in the murder of BSP Tamil Nadu unit president K. Armstrong. Nagendran’s son, Ashwathaman, is the third accused in the case. According to police…
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Ukraine launched an overnight strike deep inside Russia that set fire to an oil depot in the city of Engels that serves an air base for Russian nuclear bomber planes, the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday (January 8, 2025). The Governor of the Russian region said Engels and Saratov, on opposite sides of the Volga…
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New Delhi: Having started practising law nearly 30 years ago and then retiring as the longest-serving Chief Justice of India in over a decade, Justice DY Chandrachud did not only get a ringside view of how courts function but also helped shape jurisprudence in the country with a string of important judgments, including on electoral…
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Mumbai: Veteran journalist, poet and filmmaker Pritish Nandy died in Mumbai on Wednesday, sources close to him told news agency PTI. The 73-year-old veteran journalist died after a cardiac arrest at his home in Mumbai. His last rites were performed in the evening, officials said. Veteran actor and Pritish Nandy’s friend Anupam Kher paid tributes…
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French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot. | Photo Credit: Reuters France on Wednesday (January 8, 2025) urged the European Commission to protect its member states with “the greatest firmness” against interference in political debate particularly from the billionaire owner of social media platform X, Elon Musk. “Either the European Commission applies with…
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The downward revision of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimates for the current fiscal provides a gloomy backdrop to the upcoming Union budget, and needs radical action to dispel “the cloud of growth slowdown and investment chill” in the country, the Congress said on…
Washington: Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on Jan. 20, ushering in his second term in office and capping one of the most astounding political comebacks in American history. Inauguration Day is, by tradition, largely dedicated to pomp and circumstance. One president leaves the White House, and another moves…
Six people died in a stampede at Vishnu Niwasam at Tirupati during the distribution of tokens for Vaikuntha Dwara Sarvadarshanam – a special ‘darshan’ for devotees for a period of 10 days, starting Friday. A massive rush of devotees attempting to secure tokens resulted in the stampede. One of the devotees was from Tamil Nadu’s…
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