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Xi visits casino hub Macao to mark 25 years of its return to Chinese rule

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo) on Wednesday began a three-day visit to Macao to mark the 25th anniversary of the casino city's return to Chinese rule.

Rescuers dig for survivors of Vanuatu earthquake with unclear death toll

A near-total telecommunications collapse meant people struggled to confirm their relatives' safety

Pirates demand $10 million in ransom after hijacking Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 captives

The pirates who hijacked a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew off the northeastern coast of Somalia last month are demanding $10 million in ransom, according to a Somali official.

Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO as an act of terrorism

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail.

After Assad's fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria's mass graves is just beginning

Bones are visible here and there among the mounds of earth in a field south of Damascus, one of the mass graves around Syria believed to hold the bodies of tens of thousands of people killed under Bashar Assad's rule.

Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo left) said Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, seized after the ouster of Syria's President Bashar Assad, until another arrangement is in place \"that ensures Israel's security.\"

South Korean President fails to appear before CIO for questioning over martial law

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (Photo) failed to appear before the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) for High-ranking Officials on Wednesday, defying a summons for questioning over his short-lived imposition of martial law.

Russia says suspect detained in the killing of a senior general in Moscow

The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services

"Why every home must get a newspaper"

Print journalism is in a state of crisis. The circulation of newspapers in India seems to have stagnated in relation to population growth, meaning the proportion of people reading printed news has dropped.

A 'couple hundred' North Korean troops killed, wounded in battles with Ukrainian forces

A couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded during battle in the Kursk border region, a senior military official said Tuesday.

Cross-Strait blood ties cannot be denied

Blood is thicker than water. Except that which flows through the veins of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party it seems.

Wake-up Call

The global democratic landscape in 2024 reveals an unsettling yet fascinating trend.

Chenab Railway Bridge in J-K receives safety nod

The Chenab Rail Bridge, the highest railway bridge built on the Chenab river to connect Kashmir till Kanyakumari, has finally received the safety nod and is awaiting an inaugural date from the authorities.

91 pc of Smart Cities projects completed, ₹ 1.47 lakh crore invested: Centre

With 100 cities leading the initiative, the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) has completed 7,380 out of 8,075 projects, with an investment of Rs 1,47,704 crore, the government said on Wednesday.

Experts stress preserving Ladakh's high-altitude animal genetic resources

Experts have stressed the importance of preserving Ladakh's high-altitude animal genetic resources, its unique livestock and the indigenous cows and yaks.

Fake 'caste certificates' made in Delhi exploiting Dalit reservation benefits, CBI probe must: Sachdeva

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday alleged that fake caste certificates are being created within the Delhi government to loot reservation benefits meant for Dalits.

SC gives Yasin Malik more time to respond to CBI's plea for transfer of cases

The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave separatist leader Yasin Malik and five others two more weeks’ time to respond to the CBI plea for the transfer of trial in two terror-related cases from Jammu to New Delhi.

LG asks Delhi CM to convene special session to table CAG reports

A few MLAs were compelled to approach Delhi High Court for enforcement of their own Constitutional rights, so flagrantly 'violated' by the elected government, V K Saxena said

Priyanka, Manish Tewari among Cong MPs for JPC on 'ONOE' Bill

Congress MPs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Manish Tewari, Sukhdev Bhagat and Randeep Singh Surjewala will be in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for deliberations on the 'One Nation One Election' Bill, party sources said on Wednesday.

DMK and allies slam Shah for remark on Ambedkar

\"Only those who have committed more sins and are burdened by them, have to worry about virtue,\" Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Wednesday, castigating Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remark on the architect of the constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar.

KTR Challenges Revanth to debate on Formula E

The state Cabinet has formally decided to proceed against KTR in this case

Maha Deputy CM Shinde welcomes Thackeray's 'Return to Hindutva'

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has welcomed his former leader Uddhav Thackeray's \"radical change\" in the form of his supposed 'return to Hindutva', on Wednesday.

Apologise for Amit Shah's remarks on Ambedkar, or quit: Uddhav to PM

Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to either apologise for Union Minister Amit Shah's comments on Dr B R Ambedkar, or quit his post.

Maha Ministry portfolio allocation announcement likely by weekend

The official announcement about allocation of portfolios to Maharashtra's newly sworn in ministers could take more time and might happen by Friday or even Saturday, which would be the concluding day of the six-day Maharashtra assembly winter session, which began in Nagpur on Monday, December 16, sources said here on Wednesday.

Govt, Oppn trade barbs over Ambedkar in Parliament

Storm over Amit Shah's remarks forced adjournment of both Houses of Parliament

Cops stop Cong from gheraoing UP Assembly

Congress workers fought a pitched battle with police in the state capital in order to reach Vidhan Bhawan on the call by the Uttar Pradesh Congress for Vidhan Sabha gherao on Wednesday to protest against the \"misrule of the BJP government\".

Death audit of road accident fatalities Compulsory in Bengal

Death Audits in case of fatalities in road transport accidents (RTAs) will be compulsory in West Bengal, as per the latest order from the state Health Department.

No mobile phones allowed inside Tarapith Temple, opening and closing timings fixed

The Sebayit Committee has banned the usage of mobile phones and photography inside the sanctum of the Tarapith Temple in Birbhum district.

UGC approves guidelines for the introduction of skill-based courses and micro-credentials in higher education institutes

According to the draft of the guidelines, all universities and other higher education institutions, with the necessary infrastructure and training capacity, will be eligible to offer short-term skill development courses after obtaining due approval from their statutory bodies or boards of management

Youth arrested after cheating businessman of ₹36.5 lakh

Promising to assist in securing a Rs 5 crore loan, a youth duped a small businessman of Rs 36.5 lakh in Durgapur town.