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India’s no.1 female chess player, Humpy Koneru, returns to Norway Chess Women 2025

Stavanger: India’s top-ranked female chess player, Humpy Koneru, will return to compete in Norway Chess Women 2025. Currently ranked World No.6 in women’s classical chess, Humpy aims to make her mark in the prestigious chess tournament.Humpy Koneru’s return to Norway Chess Women highlights her remarkable career, filled with significant milestones. In 2002, she became the first…

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Delhi Elections: Former Delhi CM and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal files nomination papers

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal filed nomination papers today. He filed his nomination from the Delhi seat. He was accompanied by his wife Sunita Kejriwal and many women supporters. A post from the Aam Aadmi Party’s social media handle said in Hindi which roughly translates as, “We will bring Kejriwal…

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Lakhs of rupees looted from C.S C. owner attack in Gun point

SUBARNAPUR 15/1:  Day by day, anti-social activities are increasing in Subarnapur district. Sometimes the temple is stolen and sometimes the public market is looted.Then the incident of Tuesday evening has created an atmosphere of fear in the entire district. Lakhs of rupees were looted from Nilambar Mohapatra of Lehedi village, who opened a C.S.C. at…

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UPSC cheating case: Supreme Court grants interim protection to Pooja Khedkar

New Delhi, 15/1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim protection to sacked IAS trainee Pooja Khedkar from any coercive action in a case related to cheating and fraudulently availing benefits under the OBC quota to clear the Union Public Service Commission. bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma sought a response…

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INS Sarvekshak completes first phase of joint hydrographic survey in Mauritius

Port Louis: Strengthening maritime cooperation between India and Mauritius, Indian Navy Ship INS Sarvekshak completed first phase of joint hydrographic survey in Port Louis, Indian Navy said on Wednesday. R Sooroojebally, Commissioner of Police, Mauritius Police Force, visited the ship and and was briefed on progress of survey operations. CO INS Sarvekshak met India’s High…

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Over One Million People Pushed Out Of Home In 2024 By Gang Violence In Haiti: UN

United Nations: Gang violence in Haiti drove a record of more than 1 million people from their homes last year, the United Nations said. The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the figure marked a threefold increase in displacement within a year, rising from 315,000 in December 2023, Xinhua news agency reported. In the…

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Firefighters Continue Battling LA Wildfires Amid Dangerous Weather Warning

Los Angeles: Firefighters continued to work overnight to contain wildfires in greater Los Angeles, with “particularly dangerous” winds warning in effect through Wednesday. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions will continue for coastal Southern California including the areas of the wildfires in Los Angeles County, said the US National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday….

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