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US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight. Last-minute legislative wrangling was brought about by incoming president Donald Trump, who along with influential billionaire Elon Musk, pressured Republicans to abandon an earlier bipartisan funding compromise. Lawmakers then spent several […]

Fifteen people are feared trapped under the debris of a building that collapsed in Punjab’s Mohali this evening. The Indian Army deployed specialist engineering equipment at 7.30 pm to remove the debris and look for survivors. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have joined the rescue effort. Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav […]

The Saudi suspect in Germany’s deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market held strongly anti-Islam views and was angry with Germany’s migrant policy, official said Saturday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the “terrible, insane” attack that killed five people and shocked the nation, days before Christmas and eight years after a jihadist drove a truck into […]

Join us for live coverage from Magdeburg Cathedral, where a memorial service is being held to honor the victims of the tragic Christmas market attack that occurred on December 20, 2024. The incident resulted in five fatalities, including a nine-year-old child, and left over 200 individuals injured. The alleged perpetrator, identified as 50-year-old Saudi-born doctor […]

A lightning rebel offensive early this month caught Syria’s ruling clan off guard. President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries. According to two sources, the ousted president, who fled to Moscow via the Russian military airfield in Hmeimim on […]

In a significant move, the Philippines government has amended its Medical Act, allowing foreign nationals, including Indian students, to practice medicine in the country. The reform addresses the aspirations of Indian students seeking affordable and globally recognized medical education. The new law replaces the outdated Medical Act of 1959 and was passed with overwhelming support […]

India for the very first time is flying biological experiments into space using a homegrown rocket. The next launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will see not one, but three biological experiments with living cells being rocketed into space. Keeping living things alive in the hostile near vacuum of space is a hugely […]

Nearly two weeks after the Maharashtra oath ceremony, the cabinet portfolios were announced Saturday, with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the Chief Minister in the last government, landing three ministries – Urban Development, Housing and Public Works – but not the Home portfolio, which he was reportedly keen on. Ajit Pawar, the second Deputy Chief […]

A 12-year-old student of a private school allegedly sent a bomb threat e-mail to the institution in an attempt to shift to online classes, police said on Saturday. An FIR was registered at the Cyber Crime (South) police station and the student was identified, they said. According to a Gurugram police spokesperson, on December 18, […]

Amid an ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine faces a new challenge as Slovak PM Robert Fico warns of a ‘serious conflict’ over Kyiv’s refusal to extend the Russian gas transit deal. Fico accuses Zelensky of unfair relations and vows retaliation if gas flow isn’t resumed. As EU nations scramble to secure energy, Slovakia joins Austria, […]

The “allegations against me are humiliating”, said Telugu superstar Allu Arjun, adding that a “lot of misinformation” is going around in the Hyderabad stampede case in which a woman died. “A lot of misinformation is going around. I am not trying to blame anyone, any department or political leader…It is humiliating and feels like character […]

The Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal will get two Asiatic lions from Gujarat in exchange for two Bengal tigers, a Forest department official said on Saturday. The MP forest department tweeted that two tigers have been shifted to the Junagadh zoo under the animal exchange programme. Two pure-breed Asiatic (Gir) lions will be brought […]