Monday, 23 December 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024
India ushered in its 75th Republic Day on Friday with a grand display of its women power and military might that included elite marching contingents, missiles, warplanes, surveillance gadgets and lethal weapon systems, with French President Emmanuel Macron gracing the occasion as the chief guest. In another first, the parade was heralded by over 100 women artistes playing Indian musical instruments such as sankh, naadswaram and nagada instead of traditional military bands kickstarting the celebrations.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) asserted that the party was 'firmly with INDIA coalition' but wanted the Congress to do 'introspection' with regard to alliance partners and sharing of seats. "All is well in Bihar's ruling Mahagathbandhan and the media speculations are driven by some agenda," State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha said.
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India and France have firmed up a defence industrial partnership roadmap that would provide for co-development and co-production of key military hardware and platforms and facilitate technology collaboration in a range of areas including space, land warfare, cyberspace and artificial intelligence. Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said the India-France defence industrial roadmap would also facilitate cooperation in areas of robotics, autonomous vehicles and cyber defence.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the RSS is trying to make sure that everybody in the country is 'blindly obedient' to what it says and added that the answer to that is resistance. Publishing a video on social media on Friday of the interaction with the students, Gandhi said, 'Universities, once bastions of free thought and expression, have now been converted to breeding grounds of fear, suppression, and blind obedience.'
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Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has taken a pre-planned break after 12 continuous days and will resume on January 28 with a padyatra in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh. "The yatra will resume at 1400hrs on January 28th with a padyatra in Jalpaiguri, followed by a padyatra in Siliguri and a public address there. The night halt is at Sonapur in Uttar Dinajpur district," he said.
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Oxford University has terminated its deal with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) after students experienced technical glitches while taking online admission test for the institution. Thousands of students from across the world appear for test to get admitted to Oxford every year.
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Jannik Sinner downed defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 at the Australian Open to hand the top seed a first defeat at his Melbourne Park fortress in six years and power into his maiden Grand Slam final. "It was a very, very tough match," said Sinner, who did not face a single break point in the match.
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UN judges in The Hague will rule on Friday whether to order Israel to suspend its military campaign in Gaza as officials push ahead with efforts to negotiate a new deal for a ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages. The judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also called the World Court, are due to rule on South Africa's request for emergency measures against Israel in a case accusing it of state-led genocide in the Gaza Strip.
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Indian cinema veterans Vyjayantimala, Chiranjeevi, Mithun Chakraborty, singer Usha Uthup and composer Pyarelal Sharma were among 132 recipients of the coveted Padma Awards for the year 2024 announced on the eve of Republic Day. Tamil actor and politician Vijayakanth, who passed away in December 2023, has been posthumously recognised with Padma Bhushan, presented for distinguished service of high order.
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Alabama executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith by asphyxiating him with nitrogen gas on Thursday, the first use of a new method of capital punishment that the state is advancing as a simpler alternative to lethal injections. United Nations human rights experts and lawyers for Smith had sought to prevent it, saying the method was risky, experimental and could lead to a torturous death or non-fatal injury.
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