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Kyiv: As European leaders and experts gather in Kyiv to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there is a collective sense that Russia is not willing to stop any time soon. Speaking at the opening of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Special Meeting, there is clarity on what Ukraine needs now:…
KOLKATA: Election Commission has designated 837 out of the 1,835 booths under the Kolkata North parliamentary constituency as ‘super sensitive’, citing concerns about possible trouble-mongering. On hundreds of these booths, 150 or more names were deleted from the electoral rolls in the SIR exercise. “The EC apprehends residents left out of the voter list might…
Israel is set to immediately sever all contact with several United Nations agencies and international bodies following a review conducted after the United States’ withdrawal from dozens of international organisations. The move, Jerusalem said, was prompted by what it described as persistent bias, politicisation, and actions hostile to Israel by the affected bodies. Trump Pulls…
From Polo Fields to Desert Relays: Dubai’s January 2026 Sports Line-Up Is Next-Level If you thought Dubai’s skyline was the city’s only headline-grabbing feature, January 2026 is proving otherwise. The Emirate has transformed into one of the most action-packed sports destinations in the world this month, hosting an eclectic mix of elite competitions, endurance challenges,…
NEW DELHI: Raymond Group Chairman and Managing Director Gautam Hari Singhania suffered minor injuries after a speedboat carrying tourists capsized in the Maldives early Friday, while two Indian men, including rally driver Hari Singh, are feared missing and search operations are underway.Singhania was among seven people on board the vessel that overturned near V Felidhoo….
KOLKATA: A day before polling for the first of the two-phase assembly election in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday gave a “bodol noy, bodla chai (revenge, not change)” call, flipping her old slogan of “bodla noy, bodol chai (change, not revenge)” of 2011, when she demolished the decades-old Left Front fort in the state with…
Travel has a tendency to alter your perspective on large things: landscapes, cultures, history. Yet, more often than not, it is small, mundane things that stay with you. Things you did not plan for, did not read about in depth, but things you find yourself noticing over and over. They seep into your daily life…
BENGALURU: The IT industry is undergoing one of its deepest structural shifts in decades as AI reshapes talent needs across the delivery chain. The traditional pyramid model with large teams of junior coders supervised by layers of managers-is giving way to a capability-dense, AI-augmented structure. “The shift is from coding depth to problem framing,” said…
JAISALMER: A massive fire broke out at the HPCL Pachpadra Refinery in Balotra on Monday afternoon, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to inaugurate the refinery on Tuesday.The incident triggered panic among administration officials and authorities. Watch Fire Erupts At Rajasthan’s HPCL Refinery Ahead Of PM Modi’s Launch Event The official cause…
A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly leaking portions of the unreleased animated film ‘The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’.According to a police statement issued on April 24, authorities received a report on April 16 regarding clips from an unreleased film circulating on social media platforms. The suspect was identified and apprehended within…
