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The General I Knew
This piece is a personal tribute to an extraordinary general, gentleman and my battalion commanding officer
Tendulkar among 50 most influential people on Twitter, according to brand research
American singer Taylor Swift is at number 1 spot and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is placed at number two in the list
Twitter's Parag Agrawal joins other Indian-origin CEOs heading biggest tech firms
Parag Agrawal had joined Twitter 10 years ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees
Sex worker-turned-author basks in glory of Kerala film award
Jameela adjudged the special jury mention for costume-design in the movie 'Bharathapuzha'
World
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Nikki Haley makes big announcement, launches her 2024 US presidential bid
Haley, 51, is the two-term Governor of South Carolina and the former US Ambassador to the United Nations
US fighter jets shoot down high-altitude airborne object in Canada: White House
The decision in this regard was taken following a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
US shoots down unidentified object flying at 40,000 feet above Alaska
The object, which was about the size of a small car, was first detected inside American airspace on Thursday
Business
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Cooking gas price hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder
Non-subsidised LPG price was hiked to Rs 1,103 per 14.2-kg cylinder - the first increase since July 2022
IMF flags debt disagreements, says banning crypto should not be off table
Apart from restructuring debt, regulating cryptocurrencies is another priority area for India, which IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva agreed with
Aluminium majors exhibit technological capabilities at int’l aluminium conference
The two-day event featured an international exhibition by over 30 companies hailing from the aluminium sector and associate industries
Sports
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Wrestlers call off protest after Sharan asked to step aside as WFI president
Govt decided to form an oversight committee which will probe the allegations of sexual harassment of women wrestlers by the WFI president.
Messi and Argentina beat France on penalties to win World Cup
Argentina defeated France 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup for the third time
Messi says will continue Argentina career after World Cup win
Messi has played 172 times for Argentina, scoring 98 goals since making his debut in 2005
Science
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ISRO launches 3 Singapore satellites in dedicated commercial mission
With this successful mission on Thursday, the PSLV rocket has launched 345 foreign satellites belonging to 36 countries since 1999
Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer makes first observations in Exosphere of Moon
These observations provide insight on the dynamics of the lunar exospheric species
US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer
The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study also found neutralising antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in one of the Omicron-infected deer
Life
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Jitish Kallat’s art is the highlight at Bangkok biennale
Chaos is the birthplace of art, says the Indian artist while explaining his muse to reporters
The waist of the matter
Doctors have often sounded a word of caution about blindly following the workout and slimming routines of celebrities
Experts for study on bee population
Pesticides and other agrochemicals such as herbicides and weedicides are killing bees and other pollinators in intensively farmed areas
Relationship
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Yin & Yang | Sex isn't about quantity, so stop counting
Dr Narayana Reddy answers your queries on sex, sexuality and relationship
Is sex during pregnancy, safe?
Sex during pregnancy is safe and healthy provided there are no contraindications
Plea for peace
Amidst the pandemic, the public figures of the country urge their fans and followers to put an end to domestic violence
Metros
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Delhi LG removes AAP govt nominees from discom boards
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party termed the LG's orders removing Shah and Gupta from the boards of discoms 'illegal and unconstitutional'
Kejriwal asks Delhi LG to pay attention to improving city's law and order
Kejriwal was referring to the hit-and-run case in which a 20-year-old woman was dragged to death while trapped under a car in Delhi
Polling underway for civic polls in Delhi amid tight security
The AAP and the BJP have exuded confidence that they will emerge victorious in the polls while the Congress is seeking to regain lost turf
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Columns
The US, as yesterday’s hegemon, has woefully diminished its persuasiveness
The processes that have been adopted can be checkmated only through stout resistance by society and a show of statesmanship
The question that Judge Varma had to decide was whether Rahul implied that all people with the surname of “Modi” were economic offenders
Will we ever see our diplomacy undertaking manoeuvres of the kind China has pulled off here?
