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U.K. Minister Tulip Siddiq resigns over financial ties with aunt Sheikh Hasina The British Minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiq, 42, had repeatedly denied any…
UGC-NET exam on January 15 postponed The National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to postpone the University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) scheduled on January 15 (Wednesday) on account of Pongal, Makar Sankranti and other festivals. The new exam date would be announced later, a circular issued by the NTA on Monday (January…
Maha Kumbh set to begin in Prayagraj with Shahi Snan Prayagraj is preparing for the 45-day Maha Kumbh, considered the biggest gathering of human beings in the world, starting on Monday with the ‘Shahi Snan’ on the occasion of Paush Purnima at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mystical Saraswati rivers. Security measures…
Two dead, six injured in accident at construction site in Raipur Two workers were killed while six others sustained injuries when a centring frame on an under-construction building collapsed here on Saturday (January 11, 2025). The accident was reported around 3 p.m. on VIP Street, metres away from the VIP Road, a stretch that connects…
New York State Judge Juan Merchan sentences U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as he appears remotely alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche for a sentencing hearing in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, listens at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan in New…
Sharmistha Mukherjee, author and daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI 10 trade unions threaten to call a general strike if Centre notifies new labour codes A platform of 10 central trade unions from the Opposition camp has warned the Centre…
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations, Brazil announces Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the group’s presiding country Brazil announced Monday (January 6, 2024). U.S. Congress certifies Trump election victory for January 20 inauguration…
Representational image of Indian Air Force’s Rafale fighter jets | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar With PM Modi expected to visit Paris in February, deals to buy Rafale fighter jets, Scorpene subs for Navy reach final stage Two large defence deals in the pipeline between India and France are being finalised, amid expectations that Prime…
Farmers raise slogans as they block a road during the statewide ‘bandh’ called as part their ongoing protest, near Golden Gate in Amritsar, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Farmer unions say new draft policy is worse than three repealed farm laws The draft National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing (NPFAM), released recently…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the gathering during the release of a book titled ‘Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Through The Ages’, in New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Article 370 caused spread of terrorism in Kashmir: Amit Shah Article 370 was responsible for sowing the seeds of separatism among the…
