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The Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday sacked several officials charged with misuse of power, negligence in work, and corruption, sources informed. Consolidation officer Anuj Saxena of Muzaffarnagar was among those dismissed from service for not discharging his duties, sources informed. The government has also withheld the annual salary increment of Consolidation Officer Shiv Shankar Prasad Singh, who was posted at Ballia and terminated the service of Assistant Consolidation Officer Manoj Kumar Neeraj, who was posted in Meerut.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has ranked 32nd in the Forbes’ list of world’s most powerful women that also featured US Vice President Kamala Harris and musician Taylor Swift. Three other Indian women named in the list are HCL Corporation CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra (rank 60), Steel Authority of India chairperson Soma Mondal (rank 70), and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (rank 76). European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen topped the list, followed by European Central Bank boss Christine Lagarde at the second position and US Vice President Kamal Harris at number three.

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has urged the international community to declare “gender apartheid” a crime against humanity, drawing a comparison between the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women in Afghanistan and the persecution of Black people under apartheid in South Africa.The speaker at the 21st annual Nelson Mandela Lecture here on Tuesday was Malala Yousafzai, who was recognised for her advocacy for girls’ education in Pakistan and who was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17. Every year on the anniversary of the global icon’s death, who went on to become South Africa’s first...

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Dr. B.R. Ambedkar with flowers on “Mahaparinirvan Diwas,” the anniversary of his 67th death.At his statue on Parliament grounds, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla, and other lawmakers paid their respects to the author of the Constitution. Previously, the Prime Minister posted on ‘X’ social media platform, saying, “Pujya Baba Saheb was not only the creator of the Indian Constitution but also an enduring advocate for social peace who devoted his life to the betterment of the oppressed and underprivileged. I offer my sincere respects to him on...

When Virat Kohli resigned, Sourav Ganguly, a former captain of the Indian cricket team, took over as president of the BCCI. According to numerous accounts, he was instrumental in Virat Kohli’s dismissal. He now claims, though, that he was not involved in it. I did not dethrone Virat as captain. I’ve stated this numerous times. Kohli had no desire to lead in Twenty20 Internationals. I advised him to quit from all white-ball cricket formats if he was not interested in leading in Twenty20 internationals once he made that decision. On Dadagiri, Sourav Ganguly stated, “Let there be a white-ball captain...

The Ranbir Kapoor film “Animal” and Vicky Kaushal’s most recent movie, “Sam Bahadur,” are going up against them other in cinemas. “Animal” surpassed the Rs 200-crore threshold in its first weekend of release, while “Sam Bahadur” managed to earn a total of Rs 25 crore. “Sam Bahadur,” which debuted to a respectable first day’s attendance, stars Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh in prominent parts.

Monday saw the continuation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, in spite of the nation’s ongoing conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.Due to the horrific October 7 attack on southern Israel by the Palestinian organisation Hamas, which resulted in 1,200 deaths and 240 kidnappings, the trial was put on hold two months ago, according to Israeli officials. Netanyahu, the head of the right-wing Likud party in Israel, is charged with fraud and betrayal of confidence in connection with his interactions with affluent individuals, including Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan. Prosecutors claim that from 2007 to 2016, Netanyahu was...

President Vladimir Putin ordered the transfer of rights to managing Russia’s second-busiest airport from foreign shareholders that include Germany’s Fraport AG and the Qatari wealth fund by shifting their stakes into a new domestic entity. Shareholdings in the Cyprus-registered concession that runs St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport will be consolidated in a new Russian company under a decree published late Thursday. Existing investors, which also include a consortium with Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala Investment Co., will retain their stakes but won’t be able to vote because those rights will be held only by Russian shareholders in the new company.

The Lok Sabha erupted in excitement this morning as the Parliament’s Winter Session got underway, welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A day after the BJP won all three of the core states’ assembly elections, cries of “teesri bar Modi sarkar” reverberated across the Lok Sabha. Along with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari, the prime minister was sat in the front row. Ahead of the nation’s elections in 2019, BJP members seated in rows behind him applauded and clapped in approval of his return to power for a third term.

Jeff Bezos, the former CEO of Amazon and the second richest man in the world, and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez seem to love many activities together, but there’s one activity that Sanchez doesn’t share with him: working out.Although the couple works out together frequently, she told Vogue that she would rather keep their routine private. Sanchez declared, “We cannot perform the same exercises.” “He and I are at very different levels. His strength in the gym is unmatched,” claims Jeff Bezos’ fiancée. She has already complimented him on his dedication to fitness. She posted vacation pictures of Bezos without a...