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October 24, 2025 10:25 PM
Advertising legend and Padma Shri recipient Piyush Pandey passed away on Friday at the age of 70. He was the Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer Worldwide of Ogilvy. According to the ad agency, he was "battling an infection that took a seri...
October 24, 2025 1:09 PM
Ahead of the Chhath festival, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited citizens to share songs dedicated to Chhath Puja, calling the occasion a celebration of nature and culture. In a post on X , the Prime Minister said, "The great festival ...
October 24, 2025 1:12 PM
The bloc of Southeast Asian nations will host world leaders at a summit this weekend that will run alongside pivotal trade talks between the United States and China and serve as the first stop for U.S. President Donald Trump’s swing through Asia. ...
October 24, 2025 2:55 PM
Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi's new hardline coalition partner unshackles her security ambitions and gives U.S. President Donald Trump room to press for military spending, but her fragile government may put a brake on what she can do. Takaichi, an ...
October 24, 2025 3:41 PM
India’s regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) marks nine years of transforming how Indians travel. The government launched the scheme on October 21, 2016, to make air travel affordable and accessible for the common citizen. Nin...
October 24, 2025 10:53 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said military brotherhood between his country and Russia would "advance non-stop", state media KCNA reported on Friday. Kim made the comments during a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Kor...
October 24, 2025 10:37 AM
Australia have made a number of tweaks to their Twenty20 squad for the upcoming five-match series against India, including recalls for Glenn Maxwell and Ben Dwarshuis, to allow test contenders to play in the Sheffield Shield before the Ashes. Test c...
October 24, 2025 10:20 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as part of a trip to Asia, the White House said on Thursday, confirming the meeting which had been called into question following an escalation in trade tensions. White Hou...
October 24, 2025 6:04 PM
At least 20 people were killed and several others injured after a bus caught fire in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district in the early hours of Friday. The bus, carrying 41 passengers, was travelling from Hyderabad to Bengaluru when it went up in flam...
October 24, 2025 10:09 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed an effort by some Israeli lawmakers to push forward with annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying Israel is "not going to do anything with the West Bank." A bill applying Israeli law to the West ...
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