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The Kerala High Court on Friday strongly criticised the ruling LDF and the opposition UDF in the state for their recent dawn-to-dusk hartals in landslide-hit Wayanad, saying it was “irresponsible” and wondered what they sought to achieve “other than mount more misery” on people. The court warned such conduct on the part of people’s representatives […]

If we want to build ‘Brand Bharat’ we should not listen to the diktats of the west regarding what is right, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday at the India Ideas Conclave 2024 in Bengaluru. “For millennia, we’ve been producing products, there’s never been this point of exploitation. And suddenly for a traditional […]

Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles “ready to be used”, President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after his country fired a new ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. In an unscheduled TV address, the Russian leader said the Oreshnik missile could not be intercepted and promised to carry out more […]

Conor McGregor is one of the biggest Irish sports stars and has a global profile A woman who accused Conor McGregor of raping her has won her claim against him for damages in a civil case. A jury found that the Irish mixed martial arts fighter raped Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in December […]

Britain’s Queen Camilla has pulled out of an event on Friday night as she continues to experience some symptoms of illness after suffering a chest infection earlier this month, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said. Camilla, 77, was due to attend the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in central London with husband King […]

Online food delivery giant Zomato will become a part of the benchmark BSE Sensex, replacing JSW Steel from December 23. This is part of the latest reconstitution announced by Asia Index Private Ltd, a subsidiary of BSE. The changes will take effect on December 23, 2024, the Asia Index announced on Friday. Zomato’s inclusion in […]

India and Japan on Friday deliberated on a reciprocal provision of supply and services agreement for greater interoperability between the militaries of the two strategic partners amid common concerns of over China’s military muscle-flexing in strategic waters. The proposed pact was discussed at a meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Gen […]

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were tapped by Republican President-elect Donald Trump to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, have revealed plans to wipe out scores of federal regulations crafted by what they say is an anti-democratic, unaccountable bureaucracy. Getting rid of federal agency rules can be a monumental task, according to experts. […]

Three children were killed and eight people were injured as their autorickshaw collided head-on with a speeding truck in Bihta on the outskirts of Patna on Friday, police said. The accident happened around 2 pm in the Vishunpura area, Station House Officer (SHO) Raj Kumar Pandey of Bihta police station told PTI. “While three children […]

A new draft deal at UN climate talks Friday proposes that rich nations commit $250 billion a year to help poorer nations combat global warming in an 11th-hour bid to break the deadlocked negotiations. African countries and climate activists quickly denounced the figure as “unacceptable” and inadequate to meet the realities of a rapidly warming […]

‘Aaj phone nahi kiya, sab theek thak hai beta’ (You didn’t call today, is everything okay?) — Harshita Brella’s 55-year-old father Sabir Brella breaks into tears as he looks at his last message to his daughter. The body of 24-year-old Harshita was recovered from the boot of a car in east London on November 14. […]

Police have booked 25 people for allegedly attacking a team of Nagar Panchayat and Municipality officials for removing an encroachment in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar, an officer said on Friday. The incident occurred on November 19 when the Jewar Nagar Panchayat along with civic officials had gone to remove an encroachment in front of a shop […]