Malaysia Open 2025: Prannoy, Malvika, Satwik/Chirag, Dhruv/Tanisha Reach Round Of 16

Kuala Lumpur:  Top male singles player H.S Prannoy, doubles specialists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, women’s singles star Malvika Bansod, mixed doubles pair Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto and Sathish Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath advanced to the next round in the Malaysia Open 2025, the season’s first BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. But there were some setbacks too as youngster Akarshi…

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Australia announces squad for Sri Lanka Test series, Steve Smith named as interim captain

Canberra: Right-hand batter Steve Smith has been appointed as the interim skipper of the national side as team Australia announced a 16-player squad for their two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, which will begin on January 29.Smith will lead the side in the absence of Pat Cummins, who is both on paternity leave and dealing with…

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Oscars 2025: 7 Indian films get nominated including Suriya’s Kanguva and Aadujeevitham,

Buzz for the 2025 Oscars has started; as many as 323 feature films have gone to the eligibility list for 97th Academy Awards scheduled to be held on March 2, 2025. According to reports 207 of those feature films competing in the prestigious race of Best Picture category. List comprises some prominent contenders such as…

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Andhra Announces Rs 25 Lakh Each For Families Of Tirupati Stampede Victims

Tirupati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday announced compensation of Rs.25 lakh each to the families of the six devotees who died in the stampede on Wednesday night during distribution of tickets for a sacred event at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple. Revenue minister A. Satyaprasad made the announcement after a ministerial team called on the…

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Eco-Retreat Camps Offer Millet-Based Delicacies

Bhubaneswar: Tourists visiting eco-retreat camps can relish the millet-based delicacies prepared by the skilled hands of Women Self-Help Group (WSHG) members. Besides luxury camping, water sports, and immersive cultural experiences, they can enjoy local Odia cuisine including the mouth-smacking millet dishes made by the WSHG members giving the taste of homemade food millets, enjoying folk music,…

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India has given message of ‘Buddha’, not ‘Yuddha’ to the world: PM Modi at PBD, Odisha

Bhubaneswar: India has conveyed the message of ‘Buddha’ and not ‘Yuddha’ (battle) to the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his speech at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebration in Bhubaneswar of Odisha, Odisha.PM Modi graced the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. In this address to the diaspora he said that India has…

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President to visit Odisha today, will attend closing ceremony of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: President Draupadi Murmu will visit Odisha today to grace the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bhubaneswar. Tomorrow, she will attend the closing ceremony of the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.As per reports, President Draupadi Murmu will arrive in Bhubaneswar today. She will reach the Bhubaneswar Airport at 4:35 pm. From there, she will go directly to Raj…

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Encounter breaks out between Naxalites and security forces in Sukma, Chhattisgarh

Sukma, 9/1: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday, a senior police official said. The gunfight started in the morning in a forest along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, the official said….

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13 killed, 30 others injured in Russian strike in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia

Kyiv: At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured in a Russian-guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, according to officials, Al Jazeera reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 13 people were killed in the attack and offered condolences to the families of the victims. Zelenskyy shared a video on X (formerly Twitter)…

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