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Dec 9, 2024 | 
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Anoushka Kale is reading English Literature at Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University London: Anoushka Kale has been elected president of the University of Cambridge's renowned Cambridge Union Society for the Easter term following an uncontested race. The 20-year-old British Indian student will reportedly become the first female Union president since last Easter term. She is the fourth candidate in five elections to become president unopposed.
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Harmeet K. Dhillon is one of the top election lawyers in the country. Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. “I am pleased to nominate Harmeet K. Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice,” Trump announced on Truth Social, a social media platform owned by him.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
ndtv.com | Head Escapes With.. |Chandrajit Mitra
Former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna died at his home in Bengaluru late last night. He was 92. The veteran politician, who had also served as the External Affairs Minister, breathed his last around 2:45 am.
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Mumbai: In a unique initiative, the India Post, Maharashtra & Goa Circle, have arranged for a huddle of Penguins - the most recognisable original inhabitants of the Antarctic continent - to sail to India on a set of special postcards, officials said here on Monday. The flightless birds with flippers - the only aquatic variety that live and breed on ice - are considered the symbol of the frozen, 14.2 million sq. km of landmass surrounding the South Pole.
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Beirut: Israel conducted more than 100 air strikes on military targets in Syria on Monday including a research centre Western countries suspected of having links to chemical weapons production in Damascus, a war monitor said.
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United Nations: Israeli troops that have moved into the buffer zone on the edge of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights "constitute a violation" of the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria, a UN spokesman said Monday. The UN peacekeeping force deployed in the Golan Heights, known as UNDOF, "informed the Israeli counterparts that these actions would constitute a violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 in three cases. (File) Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to take the stand on Tuesday for the first time in his long-running corruption trial under a court order that is likely to force him to juggle between the courtroom and war room for weeks. Israel has been waging war against the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza for more than a year, during which Netanyahu had been granted a delay for the start of his court appearances.
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One of the false cards found on the man also matched the ID used by the suspect. (File) Authorities on Monday detained a man in central Pennsylvania in connection with last week's murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after finding him in possession of a gun, a silencer and false identification cards similar to those used by the killer, several media outlets reported.
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday criticised the Karnataka government for denying permission to 'Marathi Ekikaran Samiti' to hold their conference in the state. Mr Shinde accused the Siddaramaiah government of "repressing" the Maratha community by arresting several leaders. Speaking to the media, Mr Shinde said, "Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka had organised a conference.
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Fawaz al-Akhras was being designated for providing "support and facilitation to Bashar al-Assad. (File) Washington: The US unveiled sanctions Monday against Bashar al-Assad's father-in-law, a day after the former Syrian president reportedly fled to Russia as rebels took over the capital Damascus. Assad's abrupt departure brought to a spectacular end five decades of brutal rule by his clan over a country ravaged by one of the deadliest wars of the century.
