UK, 20/12: The design for the first set of bank notes to feature new monarch of Britain, King Charles III, was unveiled by the Bank of England here on Tuesday. The 74-year-old monarch’s portrait will appear on the existing designs of all four polymer banknotes in the denominations of 5, 10, 20 and…
New Delhi, 20/12: The government on Tuesday called out three YouTube channels for making false and sensational claims about its various initiatives and spreading fake news. An official statement said three YouTube channels – News Headlines, Sarkari Update and Aaj Tak Live – were using thumbnails and images of TV news channels and…
Dhaka, 20/12: India skipper Rohit Sharma will miss the second Test against Bangladesh, starting on Thursday, as he has not made a full recovery from a thumb injury. Rohit had flown back to India to see a specialist after injuring his left thumb while fielding in the second ODI against Bangladesh here on…
New Delhi, 20/12: Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has directed the chief secretary to recover Rs 97 crore from the Aam Aadmi Party for political advertisements it published in the guise of government advertisements, official sources said on Tuesday. The Delhi government’s Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP), acting on a 2016…
Kantbanji, 20/12: Govind Sahu, the prime accused in the much talked about Mamita Meher murder case, committed suicide today in Kantabanji Sub Jail. The doctor declared him brought dead this morning while bringing him to the hospital from the prison. Govind was supposed to appear in the Kantbanji court today.
Washington DC, 20/12: Elon Musk has stayed silent on whether he will remain the head of Twitter. The billionaire had asked his Twitter users Sunday whether he should step down as the leader of the social media site. More than 17 million votes were cast and delivered a clear verdict: 57.5% said he…
New Delhi, 20/12: The congressional committee that investigated last year’s attack on the US Capitol recommended Monday that criminal charges be filed against former president Donald Trump. The House panel unanimously urged the Justice Department to pursue Trump for inciting an insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiring to defraud the US government…
Canada, 19/12:The leadership of the U.N.-backed COP15 biodiversity conference applaud after passing the The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 19, 2022. Credit: Julian Haber/UN Biodiversity/Handout via Reuters After four years of fractious talks, nearly 200 countries, including India, approved a historic Paris-style deal on Monday to protect and reverse dangerous loss…
Paris, 19/12: Ballon D’Or winner Karim Benzema announced he was ending his international career on Monday, the day after France lost the World Cup final to Argentina. Benzema, who scored 37 goals in 97 appearances for France, had to withdraw from the World Cup squad before their first match in Qatar due to…
UP, 19/12: In a first, the civic body in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra has slapped a notice on the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay Rs 1.47 lakh as house tax on the Taj Mahal, a protected monument famous all over the world. According to ASI officials, the notice to pay…
