Image Credit: X Indian Army NEW DELHI: Konchok Stanzin, Ladakh councilor has questioned the relevance of the statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, installed by the Indian Army on the banks of Pangong Lake.Stanzin, a local resident, criticized the lack of local involvement in its construction and called for a shift in focus toward projects…
A major investigation was underway Monday after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash ever in South Korea when a plane landed at Muan International Airport on Sunday before skidding into a wall and bursting into flames. Questions remain about what exactly caused Jeju Air Flight 2216 to crash and why the death…
When the calendar turned a year ago, Canadian real estate observers were optimistic that a slow 2023 would give way to a recovery, with hopes of renewed demand as soon as spring. But the delay in 2024 lasted longer than some expected, and the Bank of Canada waited until June to implement the first of…
The bulls decided to take control of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) floor on Monday as the stock gained over 3,900 points on investors’ expectations that the key interest rate would hit single digits in the near future. The benchmark KSE-100 index rose 3,678.20, or 3.30 percent, to settle at 115,029.37 from the previous close…
Parents of NCC cadets attending a camp at KMM College of Arts and Sciences remove their protections after many students suffered food poisoning and were hospitalized, in Thrikkakara on Monday. NEW DELHI: Two people were arrested for assaulting a senior officer at an NCC camp held at KMM College in Thrikkakara, Kerala, following an alleged…
The fight during Philadelphia’s Week 17 win over Dallas was largely one-sided. Until the last three minutes. Late in the fourth quarter, the Eagles, leading 41-7, kicked a routine punt to start a play that quickly led to the ejections of Philadelphia’s Sydney Brown and Dallas’ Troy Pride and Jalen Brooks. After Brown and Brooks…
As calls grow within the federal Liberal Party for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as leader, one political analyst says there is little his critics can do to force him. In a Sunday interview with CTV news channel, Lori Turnbull of Dalhousie University and the Institute of Governance said the decision remains Trudeau’s…
Widely popular among young people for their dizzying variety of flavours, including apple, watermelon and cola, the time for disposable e-cigarettes is over in Belgium, the first EU country to ban them. From January 1, the sale of single-use vaporizers will be banned in Belgium, in a bid to protect the health of young people…
Rahul Gandhi took advantage of Manmohan Singh’s death for his political convenience: BJP NEW DELHI: Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, the BJP on Monday alleged that Rahul Gandhi “exploited” the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his “convenient politics” and flew to Vietnam to ring in the New Year while the…
President Joe Biden mourned the death of former President Jimmy Carter in an address to the nation Sunday night from St. Croix, where he is spending his final New Year’s Day as president. Carter died on Sunday at age 100, months after becoming the first US president to reach that milestone. He had been under…