Yearly Archives: 2024
[ad_1] If you’ve been scrolling through your Instagram feed filled with couples cozying up by the fire, dreaming of finding your own “person,” here’s some good news: eating 12 grapes under the table on New Year’s Eve could be your ticket to finding love in 2025. Yep, you read that right—grapes. Twelve of them. Under […]
[ad_1] Youths hold lit fireworks during celebrations for Pakistan’s 75th anniversary of Independence Day in Karachi on August 14, 2022. — AFP KARACHI: On the eve of New Year, Section 144 has been imposed Karachi-wide for two days — December 31 and January 1 — banning aerial firing, use of fire crackers and carrying firearms. […]
[ad_1] India’s then-prime minister Manmohan Singh smiles during a news conference in New Delhi, India January 3, 2014. — Reuters India announces seven days of state mourning over ex-PM’s death. Official date for state funeral was not immediately announced. Congress party member suggests it would be held on Saturday. India on Friday announced seven days […]
[ad_1] The combined image shows Yoon Suk Yeol and Han Duck Soo. — Reuters/File Democratic Party will go ahead with impeachment, says opposition leader. Opinion polls show overwhelming public support for Yoon’s removal. Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok to assume Han’s role if he is suspended. SEOUL: South Korea’s acting president faces an impeachment vote on […]
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Indian stock market opened on a high note on Friday amid mixed global cues as buying was seen in the auto, PSU bank, financial service pharma, FMCG and metal sectors on Nifty. At around 9:30 am, Sensex was trading at 78,810.40 after gaining 337.92 points or 0.43 per cent, while the […]
[ad_1] Wild Thing avoids Alive after the start of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in Sydney, Australia on December 26, 2024. — Reuters Two sailors have been killed in separate incidents in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organisers and local authorities said on Friday, the first loss of life in the prestigious ocean race […]
[ad_1] Getty Images Charities, food banks and homeless shelters are to receive access to a £15m fund from the government to help use surplus farm food. Set to be launched in 2025 the scheme will give grants of £20,000 or more to the not-for-profit food redistribution sector in England. It continues a pledge by Prime […]
[ad_1] Last Updated:December 27, 2024, 09:29 IST Kumbh Mela is famous for the sacred river bathing ritual to wash away sins, along with religious talks, cultural performances, and processions. Kumbh Mela 2025: Preparations underway at the bank of River Ganga for Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, in Prayagraj. (Image: PTI) Kumbh Mela 2025: The Kumbh Mela, […]
[ad_1] AMONG EXILED Chinese dissidents, Tang Yuanjun was well known. He had participated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and landed in prison as a result. He later defected to Taiwan, swimming to one of its outlying islands from a fishing boat. America granted him asylum and he settled in New York, becoming the […]
[ad_1] Rohit Sharma at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 27, 2024. (Photo by Martin Keep/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The batting position changed. The woeful form did not. India captain Rohit Sharma‘s return to the opening slot ended on a disastrous note on the second day of the Boxing Day Test at the […]