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Inflation, geopolitics key global economic hurdles
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday underscored inflation as a pressing global challenge that transcends borders and defies individual nations' efforts, calling for collective action to tackle the issue effectively.
Trump mocks Trudeau, calls him 'governor of the state of Canada'
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump took a jab at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the social media platform Truth Social, describing him as the \"Governor of Canada\".
Russia calls for rapid stabilisation in Syria
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it wanted to see rapid stabilisation in Syria, criticising Israeli strikes and its creation of a \"buffer zone\" along the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
EIGHT DEAD IN RUSSIAN STRIKE ON ZAPORIZHZHIA IN UKRAINE
KYIV: Rescuers were working on Wednesday to find people under the rubble of a building destroyed in a Russian attack the day before that killed eight people, Ukrainian officials said.
'We must rebuild': Syrian PM urges citizens abroad to return
Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led opposition alliance swept into Damascus over the weekend, bringing an end to brutal rule by his clan
33 killed in Overnight Israeli strike on Gaza
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 33 Palestinians, on Wednesday, most of them in an airstrike on a house in Beit Lahiya town on the northern edge of the enclave, medics said.
Police try to raid prez office over martial law
South Korean police tried to search President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on Wednesday but have not been able to enter the main building, Yonhap news reported as an investigation into the US ally's decision to declare martial law widened.
UnitedHealth CEO murder accused fights extradition to NY
The man charged with murder in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare made it clear he wasn't going to make things easy on authorities, shouting unintelligibly and writhing in the grip of sheriff's deputies as he was led into court and then objecting to being brought to New York to face trial.
U'KHAND CABINET APPROVES 50% SUBSIDY IN POWER TARIFF
Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal of providing 50% subsidy in electricity tariff to domestic consumers in the state, with some conditions, said officials aware of the matter
NO HC RELIEF FOR SAJJAN JINDAL, NSIL FROM SEBI PROCEEDINGS
The Bombay high court on Monday refused to interfere in the proceedings initiated by SEBI against Nalwa Sons Investments Ltd (formerly Jindal Strips Ltd) and its directors, including Sajjan Jindal, chairman and managing director of JSW Group, in connection with the 2014 re-organisation of the OP Jindal group.
Choksi's seized assets can be monetised, says court
A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday permitted the monetisation of assets worth over ₹2,500 crore that were attached or seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of its money-laundering probe against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.
A timely push for the digital rupee
Moving to the digital rupee—India's central bank digital currency (CBDC)—for subsidy payments, a course the Centre is considering, could deliver multiple benefits.
Could Trump as president accelerate de-dollarisation?
De-dollarisation, or the ongoing efforts by many (if not most) countries to reduce dependence on the United States (US) dollar, is not a new phenomenon.
What ails the health insurance industry
Deny, delay, and depose pave the way for insurance company profits and widespread policyholder anger
A Maharashtra primer for Mahayuti leadership
The poll grand slam in Maharashtra will certainly warm the cockles of the BJP's heart; but the phenomenal Vidhan Sabha tally raises several issues which the BJP strategists need to address before getting down to the nitty-gritty of governance in Mantralay, the seat of administration, in south Mumbai.
Two police officers suspended, salaries of policemen withheld
ACTION WAS TAKEN FOR LAPSE IN DUTIES
Brother, sister killed on way to school in Rohtas
A brother and his sister were killed in a road accident on NH 19 (GT Road) near Tekari village under Chenari police station of Rohtas district on Wednesday morning, police said.
TWO STABBED TO DEATH IN WEST CHAMPARAN DIST
Two people were stabbed to death in West Champaran district on Wednesday evening, police said.
Two persons arrested with smack in Patna
During a special vehicle checking drive, Gardanibagh Police on Wednesday seized 523 packets of smack after the arrest of two persons from Chitkohra roundabout.
Liquor, lies mar marriages in Bihar as brides reject grooms
PURNIA: Liquor and lies (boasting cunningly before marriage about brides or grooms), which were earlier not disliked and were in fact accepted as normal infliction of folks, are now hated so much that they are proving to be spoilers.
4 get lifer in 29-year-old bizman's kidnapping case
An Aurangabad sessions court on Wednesday sentenced four persons to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman 29 years ago.
BEST driver had no electric bus experience, finds probe
MUMBAI: Sanjay More, 54, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) driver who was behind the wheel of the bus that rammed into 22 vehicles claiming seven lives and leaving 42 injured in Kurla West on Monday night, had received just three-day training before transitioning from driving a manual geared bus to a longer and automatic electric bus (e-bus), people familiar with the probe said on Tuesday.
More than 200 get PhD degrees in VKSU convocation from Bihar guv
The governor-cum-chancellor of Bihar Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar conferred gold medals to more than 100 students of different sessions during the sixth convocation of Veer Kunwar Singh University (VKSU) on Wednesday, a university official said.
Blood-stage Vaccine for malaria shows promise in trials
NEW DELHI: A novel malaria vaccine candidate that works at the blood stage appears safe and highly immunogenic in African children and shows promising efficacy against malaria when given in a delayed third dose regimen, according to the findings of a phase 2b clinical trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Tuesday.
Violence in Parbhani amid calls for bandh
Violent protests took place for the second day in Parbhani city of central Maharashtra on Wednesday over the vandalising of a replica of the Indian Constitution, police said.
PM releases complete works of Tamil poet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released the compendium of complete works of great Tamil poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharati on his 14th birth anniversary and hailed his contributions, saying a personality like him comes once in centuries.
EU provides information on Indian entities breaching sanctions in dealing with Russia
THE INFORMATION WAS SHARED AS PART OF EFFORTS TO FINALISE EU'S 15TH PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
Mere harassment allegations are not sufficient for abetment to suicide: SC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that mere harassment or actions intended to provoke anger cannot by themselves constitute the crime of abetment to suicide, cautioning against conflating general allegations with the legal threshold for penal charges.
Woman 'throws' infant into river, held: Police
THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND LODGED AN FIR AND THE REASON BEHIND HER ACT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN
WE NEED TO GIVE RIGHTS TO ALL SECTIONS OF SOCIETY: SOREN
RANCHI: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday said there was a need to give rights to all sections of society, especially the deprived and the exploited.