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Shabaan moon sighted in UAE, countdown to Ramzan 2026 begins
The Al Khatim Astronomical Observatory in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, January 19, announced that the Shabaan moon has been sighted over the country’s sky, effectively beginning the countdown to…
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Kaleshwaram project: Telangana HC extends protection to KCR, Harish Rao
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday, January 19, extended till February 25 its interim protection for Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, former minister T Harish Rao and others…
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Jews have debt to free Iran, says Arab influencer, draws flak
Egyptian influencer Loay Al Shareef has drawn flak for saying that Jewish people have a “debt” to free Iran from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s hold, echoing a line often claimed by…
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Telangana CM Revanth leaves for World Economic Forum meeting in Davos
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, January 19, left for Davos to participate in the WEF annual meeting. Reddy, who inaugurated the renovated shrine of tribal goddesses ‘Sammakka’ and…
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USD 1 billion to get on Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
New York: At least six more countries said Sunday, January 18, the United States has invited them to join US President Donald Trump‘s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders…
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Greenland row: US futures sink after Trump warns tariffs on 8 countries
Bangkok: US stock futures skidded Monday, January 19, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries because they oppose having America take…
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Bail before conviction is a right: Ex-CJI Chandrachud on Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam
Jaipur: Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday, January 18, said that national security cannot be an umbrella justification for denying bail, adding that bail before conviction is a “matter…
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Secunderabad Cantonment Board gets one-year tenure extension
Hyderabad: The Union Ministry of Defence has approved one-year extension for the Secunderabad Cantonment Board along with 55 other cantonment boards across India. An official notification confirms that the existing boards, whose…
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Bangladesh says most incidents involving minorities in 2025 were non-communal
New Delhi/Dhaka: The majority of incidents involving members of minority communities in Bangladesh during 2025 were “criminal in nature” and not driven by communal motives, the interim government said on Monday. The…
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Tech Mahindra on WEF list of organisations making AI work in real world
Davos: Indian IT major Tech Mahindra on Monday made it to a list of organisations leading the real-world AI adoption, alongside global giants like AMD, Siemens and PepsiCo. Produced by the World…
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Hyderabad Police books 2 influencers for promoting lottery schemes
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Police on Sunday, January 18, registered a case against two influencers for allegedly promoting lottery schemes on their social media handles, after actor Karate Kalyani filed a complaint. In…
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West Bengal SIR: ECI explains why ‘logical discrepancy’ cases are high
Amid allegations that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has been indiscriminately issuing notices for hearings on claims and objections to the draft electoral roll in West Bengal for the ongoing Special…
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UP: 12 held for offering namaz in empty house ‘without permission’
Bareilly: Police have detained 12 people in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district for allegedly offering prayer (namaz) at an empty house “without permission”, officials said on Sunday, January 18. A…
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China’s population falls as births drop 17 pc decade after 1-child policy ended
Bangkok: How do you convince a population to have more babies after generations of a policy that limited families to just one? A decade after ending China’s longtime, one-child policy, authorities are…
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Karnataka: Dalits protest after denial of permission to lift Goddess
Dalit youths staged a strong protest after they were denied permission, allegedly by upper caste people, to lift the palanquin of the village Goddess on Monday in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur district. After the…
