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December 19, 2024 5:36 PM

Goa Liberation Day 2024: Celebrating 63 years of freedom

Goa celebrates its 63rd Liberation Day on Thursday, marking the state’s independence from Portuguese rule in 1961 after 451 years of colonial occupation. President Droupadi Murmu, in a post on X, honored the freedom fighters and armed forces who p...

December 17, 2024 10:22 AM

Bashar al-Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria

Syria's Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim base on Dec. 8 as it came under drone attack, after leaving Damascus that morning with rebel fighters closing in. H...

December 16, 2024 2:05 PM

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73; PM Modi offers condolences

Zakir Hussain, considered one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and known for his "dancing fingers", has died. Hussain, 73, died in a San Francisco hospital from complications of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - a chronic lung dise...

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