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Global maritime forum 'Sagarmanthan' to kick off today: Govt

Sagarmanthan, South Asia's largest maritime thought leadership forum, will begin on Monday, according to an official statement.

Russia resells more gas in Europe after cutting off Austria

'Gas was still cheaper from Russia than from other sources, so Austrian volumes had quickly been resold,' a source said

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Boeing lays off 400-plus workers

Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its Machinists union.

RCEP benefit minimal for India due to China's opaque trade practices

India will not be able to reap greater benefits from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement due to widening trade deficits with member countries and China's opaque trade practices, think tank GTRI said in its report.

IMF team arrives in Lanka for review of $3 bn bailout facility

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team on Sunday arrived in Sri Lanka to carry out the third review of nearly $3 billion bailout facility, Finance Ministry officials said.

City gas firms want CNG price hike, govt wants to see cost

The govt, with effect from November 16, cut supplies of low-priced natural gas coming from old fields to city gas retailers by up to 20%

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Saudis resist recommiting fossil fuel transition pledge at COP29

'Saudi Arabia is leading a push back with a mix of delaying tactics and outright blocking maneuvers'

Municipal corporations need to impose adequate user charges

MCs can significantly enhance non-tax revenues by applying adequate fees, user charges for essential services

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India's FTAs not paused & all talks progressing as per schedule: Official

Negotiations for all the proposed free trade agreements, including those with the UK and European Union (EU), are progressing as per the schedule and the country's FTAs are not paused, a top government official has said.

US: First case of new form of Mpox reported

Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first US case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

Putin critics lead march in Berlin calling for democracy in Russia

Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine and calling for democracy in Russia.

B'desh will seek extradition of Sheikh Hasina: Yunus

The Chief Adviser made this remarks in an address to the nation on the completion of 100 days of interim govt

COP29 week one ends in deadlock as divisions stall climate action progress

India demanded accountability from nations on unmet financial commitments

Hezbollah's main spokesman killed in Israeli strike in central Beirut: Official

The main spokesman for Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group was killed in the first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month on Sunday, an official with the militant group told The Associated Press.

Japanese troops will train with US, Australian forces

AMID CONCERNS OVER CHINA

'Russia launched 120 missiles, 90 drones targeting Ukraine'

The attack comes as fears are mounting about Moscow's intentions to devastate Ukraine's power generation capacity ahead of the cold winter

Latest typhoon lashes Philippines, causing tidal surges in areas

A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month.

Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza

As arrests made over flares fired at Netanyahu's home

Preventable tragedy?

At the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College Hospital in Jhansi, a fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), snuffing out the lives of at least ten newborns—innocent lives that had barely begun their journey on this Earth.

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Touch of compassion

In Darjeeling-celebrated as the 'cloud kingdom'-Mamata Banerjee has been striving to consolidate Gorkha and other tribal identities, alongside development, through active and passionate engagement with the people

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Gluttony Personified

Man was a hoarder and accumulator. But with time, he changed too. Be it the Earth or skies or someone's home-delivered food, man became greedy for it all

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Faculty takes medical student to barber shop, gets head tonsured, enquiry ordered

A faculty member of Government Medical College in Khammam district, Telangana allegedly took a student to a barber shop and got his head tonsured, prompting the government to order an enquiry into the incident, officials said on Sunday.

Four-month-old tiger cub found dead in MP's Pench reserve

A tiger cub, aged around four months, was found dead in Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district on Sunday, an official said.

Over 26,000 aspirants participate in army recruitment rally in J&K's Poonch

Over 26,000 young aspirants participated in a recruitment rally conducted by the army after a gap of five years in Jammu and Kashmir's border district of Poonch, officials said on Sunday.

Gujarat man arrested from Akola in Maharashtra, 25th arrest in case

BABA SIDDIQUE MURDER