31 Jul, 2024 8:03 PM
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Masoud Pezeshkian's first full formal day as Iran's President couldn't have started on a worse note. Hours before the day dawned, Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, a guest at his inauguration, was assassinated in Tehran, exacerbating what is already a toxic situation in the Middle East.
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31 Jul, 2024 5:49 PM
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) His first full formal day as Iran's President couldn't have started on a worse note for Masoud Pezeshkian. Hours before daylight, came the shock news of the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, a guest at his inauguration, exacerbating what is already a toxic atmosphere in the Middle East.
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31 Jul, 2024 12:31 PM
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) In Hindu Dharma, the importance of purity - both physical and spiritual - during pilgrimages is emphasised in ancient scriptures. These texts highlight the need for maintaining dietary purity and aligning one’s actions with sattvic principles.
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28 Jul, 2024 8:57 PM
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The state of press freedom serves as a key indicator of a society's democratic health. Journalists' capacity to report without restraint on pertinent issues viz, governance, national concerns, plight of the marginalised, integrity and transparency of the social structure, promoting accountability and progress, etc.
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28 Jul, 2024 10:05 AM
New Delhi: Some academicians describe economics as science because it submits to facts, measures up to logic and defines principles that are lasting enough even in the face of a shifting global scenario. However, economic theories abound to the extent that an economist can get away with propounding personal views as ‘findings’ without having to prove any of those as viable ‘principles’ that could be explained to a person with an average intellect, in simple populations.
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28 Jul, 2024 8:52 AM
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for July 29-August 4
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26 Jul, 2024 6:42 PM
New Delhi: On February 18, Asad Ali Toor, an independent Pakistani journalist, quote-posted a news item on his X account (@AsadAToor) detailing allegations of systematic voting manipulation by a senior Pakistani bureaucrat.
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25 Jul, 2024 7:44 PM
New Delhi: Twenty-five years ago in 1999, India achieved victory over Pakistan in Kargil after the Indian Army evicted the Pakistan Army personnel who had sneaked in and occupied mountain peaks on the Indian territory.
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24 Jul, 2024 11:23 AM
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) It has been a fortnight-plus since the second round of the French parliamentary elections, and the country -- on the surface -- appears the same. President Emmanuel Macron is still in the Elysee Palace, Gabriel Attal is still Prime Minister, and National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet has been re-elected to the post. But appearances are deceptive.
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21 Jul, 2024 10:19 AM
New Delhi: It is a matter of great satisfaction that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been spending plenty of time with the annual conferences of Directors General of Police traditionally convened by the Director of the Intelligence Bureau to review the internal security situation in the country and the law and order management as a vital determinant of it.
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