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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to outline the political roadmap for the BJP in the run-up to a string of state assembly polls this year and the 2024 Lok Sabha election as the party’s national executive gets underway on its second and last day on Tuesday. Modi is scheduled to speak in the valedictory […]
China’s population has begun to shrink, after a steady, yearslong decline in its birthrate. The government said Tuesday that 9.56 million people were born in China in 2022, while 10.41 million people died. It was the first time deaths had outnumbered births in China since the early 1960s, when the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong’s failed […]
Pakistan captain Babar Azam found himself in a new controversy after an Instagram user alleged that the cricketer behaved inappropriately with her. An Instagram user posted personal images and audio recordings of conversations with Babar, which went viral on social media. Some private and intimate videos said to be of Babar were widely shared, with […]
On Sidharth Malhotra’s 38th birthday on Monday, January 16, Kiara Advani posted a picture of him looking at her lovingly, and wrote, ‘Whatcha lookin at birthday boy.’ Has she just confirmed their relationship? Actress Ananya Panday comments, ‘I think I took this picture. Cuties.’ The couple simply won’t make a statement, forcing their followers to […]
China reported GDP growth for 2022 that beat expectations as December retail sales came in far better than projected. GDP grew by 3% in 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. Kang Yi, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, cast China’s 3% growth as “relatively fast” in light of unexpected situations and in contrast […]
United Kingdom Home Secretary Suella Braverman has ordered the extradition of middleman Sanjay Bhandari, the accused in money laundering and tax evasion. The move came months after a UK court ruled that there are no bars to him being extradited. The case subsequently transferred to Braverman, who was authorised to order the extradition based on […]
Siemens, a leading manufacturer of capital goods, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract worth Rs 26,000 crore to produce 1,200 electric freight locomotives for the Indian Railways. The contract, which will be used for freight transportation, is Siemens’s single-largest order. According to the company, the locomotives are designed to move loads weighing […]
Pakistan-based deputy leader of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki has been designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations, subjecting him to an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. The 68-year-old Makki, the brother-in-law of JUD/LeT chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, to its list of designated terrorists on Monday after China withdrew […]
Gujarat is all set for G20 meetings. The first in the list of 15 events is the Business20 inception meeting, which will be held from January 22 to 24 in Gandhinagar. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnav, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Amitabh Kant and India’s Sherpa to G20 will be present in the […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for “serious and sincere talks” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on “burning points like Kashmir.” In an interview with Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV, Sharif said that Pakistan has learned its lesson after three wars with India and stressed that now it wants peace with its neighbour. Sharif said […]
In a bid to secure their future, a 35-year-old Tajik woman, married to an Indian Hindu man has approached the Gujarat HC for an extension of their visa after her husband allegedly deserted his marital responsibilities for another woman. The court, presiding over the matter Monday, has sought the Central government’s response by January 31. […]
In addition to the two terrorist suspects who were apprehended from the national capital’s Jahangirpuri neighbourhood last week, officials claimed on Tuesday that Delhi Police is also looking for four additional suspects ahead of Republic Day. The suspects in the terror attacks obtained their weapons from Pakistan via the “drop-dead” technique, and they spoke with […]
While the ill-effects of plastic and toxic wastes continue to wreak havoc with ecological balance, a new report by Ahmedabad-based Jivdaya Charitable Trust (JCT) has brought back the glare on irresponsible dumping of plastic wastes in and around water bodies which led 120 birds to a miserable death in 2022. Nearly 114 of this number […]
NASA scientists said on Tuesday that they have located an Earth-sized planet in the habitable region of its star. According to NASA, which used information from its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the planet, known as TOI 700 e, is a member of the TOI 700 system, 95% the size of Earth, and most likely […]
Security agencies have advised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to avoid specific sections of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir. A senior official said, “A detailed plan has been put in place to secure him and it has been advised that he should avoid travelling certain stretches on foot and instead travel in car.” The specifics […]
In West Nepal, searchers used drones and rappelled into a 200-metre-deep gorge to look for two passengers who remained missing following the nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, which left at least 70 people dead on Tuesday. The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 turboprop carrying 72 passengers crashed in clear weather on Sunday minutes before […]
The Gujarat High Court cautioned to take suo motu cognizance of the issue on Monday after noting that few individuals in the state wear helmets when operating two-wheelers. When a PIL regarding illicit slaughterhouses and stores selling meat in the state was being heard, Chief Justice Aravind Kumar took note of this. The state government […]
The civic body has got a new supply of 43,000 doses of Covid vaccination from the union government after running out more than 20 days ago. All Urban health centres will once again administer vaccinations starting on Tuesday. According to the health department, the Union government provided 18,000 and 25,000 doses of Covaxin and Covishield, […]
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated that 1.3 lakhs “weak booths” were identified by the BJP during its National Executive Meeting, adding that the required measures would be done to improve them. Speaking at a press conference, Prasad added that there has been no discussion of extending […]
Six people have been killed in a mass shooting at a residence in central California, including a 17-year-old woman and her six-month-old child. On Monday at around 03:30 (11:30 GMT), the Goshen residence was visited by police, who discovered two bodies outside and others inside. The sheriff called it a “horrific massacre” and said police […]
