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ICC Nominates Smriti Mandhana & Arshdeep Singh for Cricketer of the Year Award 2024.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

The International Cricket Council has announced the nominees for the ICC awards 2024. Indian Pacer Arshdeep Singh has been named among the nominees for the T20I Cricketer of the Year award,...

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Indian Markets Rebound. Sensex & Nifty Gain Nearly 1%.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Domestic benchmark indices recovered this week after witnessing the biggest weekly fall in more than two years in the previous week. The Indian equity indices ended with nearly a...

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Foreign Investors Pump Rs 22,000 Crore into Indian Capital Markets in December.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Foreign investors pumped in over 22,000 crore rupees into the Indian capital markets so far in December. As per the depositories data, the foreign portfolio investors or FPIs, pumped...

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European Union rules requiring all new smartphones, tablets and cameras to use same C-type charger comes into force.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

European Union rules requiring all new smartphones, tablets and cameras to use the same charger came into force yesterday. The EU said it will cut costs and waste. Manufacturers...

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Tragic plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

In South Korea plane crash, 177 people out of 181 died on Jeju Air flight from Bangkok to Muan International Airport around 290 kilometers south of Seoul in South Korea....

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US President-elect Donald Trump defends H-1B visa program for highly skilled foreign workers.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump has defended the H-1B visa program that allows highly skilled foreign workers to immigrate to the US. In an interview to a...

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Australian PM Announces Emergency Disaster Payments for Grampians Bushfire Victims.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced emergency disaster payments for people affected by a major bushfire in Grampians National Park, approximately 230 km west of Melbourne. Albanese today...

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Taiwan politician in Core Pacific corruption case denies she’s Canadian.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Ying Hsiao-wei, center, leaves the court after being set free on bail today. Dec. 28, 2024. Taipei City Councilor Angela Ying (應曉薇) on Saturday rejected allegations she still held...

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Russian President Putin apologises to Azerbaijan’s Aliyev for ‘tragic’ plane crash.

ION correspondentDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev following the downing of a commercial plane in Russian airspace that killed 38 people. However, Mr. Putin stopped...

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Ukraine Becomes Latest Country to Possess Laser Weapon. Report.

Deepak BoraDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

(Representative image only.) The UK’s DragonFire laser weapon, which could also be bound for Ukraine by 2027. Photo, UK MoD. Ukraine has reportedly acquired a laser weapon capable of...