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January 8, 2025 10:22 AM

Alaska sues Biden administration over oil and gas leases in Arctic refuge

The U.S. state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a Congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Monday's lawsuit in the U.S. Di...

January 8, 2025 10:23 AM

Bangladesh govt revokes passports of Hasina, 96 others

The Bangladesh Department of Immigration and Passports has canceled the passports of 97 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, due to their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the July killings. “The Passports Depart...

January 8, 2025 9:33 AM

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla visits Dr Ambedkar Museum in London

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla visited the Dr Ambedkar Museum in London on Tuesday and called it a "profound tribute" to the life and legacy of the architect of the Indian constitution. Birla praised the museum as a "living memorial," celebrating Ambedka...

January 8, 2025 9:16 AM

V. Narayanan appointed as new ISRO chief, to succeed S. Somnath on January 14

V. Narayanan has been named as the next Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space, according to an official announcement made on Tuesday. He will assume the role on January 14, succeeding the c...

January 8, 2025 12:35 PM

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake

Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet were rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccounted for after a tremor rocked the Himalayan foothills and shifted the region's landscape. The ep...

January 8, 2025 8:37 AM

Trump will not rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he has promoted since winning the Nov. 5 election. Trum...

January 7, 2025 6:41 PM

Rajnath Singh to meet Maldivian defence minister to review bilateral defence cooperation

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hold a crucial bilateral meeting with Maldives Defence Minister Mohammed Ghassan Maumoon in New Delhi on January 8, 2025. The discussions will focus on enhancing defence cooperation between India and the Maldives, ...

January 7, 2025 6:14 PM

Delhi’s Ballot Box Battles: 70 Years of Wins and Upsets

After Independence, Delhi, then a Part-C State, was granted an assembly that was disbanded in 1956. The assembly had 48 members. According to data sourced from the Election Commission of India, the story begins in 1951 with a handful of prominent par...

January 7, 2025 11:00 PM

Bhashini-enabled e-shram portal now available in all 22 scheduled languages

Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, launched the multilingual functionality of the e-Shram portal on Tuesday in New Delhi, making it accessible in all 22 Scheduled Languages. This move alig...

January 7, 2025 5:25 PM

Why does Trump want to end US daylight saving time?

Daylight saving time, a practice affecting almost 400 million people across North America, is once again in the spotlight as debates over its necessity continue. This twice-a-year ritual of adjusting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn has be...

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