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K-SMART will revolutionise e-governance in local bodies: Minister M B Rajesh
15 hours, 1 minute ago

K-SMART will revolutionise e-governance in local bodies: Minister M B Rajesh

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The e-governance platform K-SMART, which has already brought transformative changes in urban local bodies, will be expanded to the state’s three-tier panchayats by April, said LSG Minister M B Rajesh. As a prelude to the expansion, a pilot run of K-SMART is set to commence on January 1 in the Thiruvananthapuram district panchayat, Nedumangad block panchayat and Karakulam grama …

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Fire in Oudenbosch forces evacuations, rekindles multiple times
15 hours, 1 minute ago

Fire in Oudenbosch forces evacuations, rekindles multiple times

NL Times  

A major fire on Professor Mulderslaan in Oudenbosch engulfed multiple properties Sunday evening, leading to the evacuation of three homes. The fire initially broke out around 9:15 p.m. in an outdoor structure behind one of the houses, according to the regional safety authority VRMWB. Fire crews worked late into the night to ensure no further rekindling occurred, using thermal imaging …

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Fake Sunny Leone Beneficiary Found in Chhattisgarh Govt Scheme
18 hours, 58 minutes ago

Fake Sunny Leone Beneficiary Found in Chhattisgarh Govt Scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: “Sunny Leon” is one of the beneficiaries of the ‘Mahatari Vandan’ scheme of the Chhattisgarh government providing a monthly incentive of Rs 1,000. “A fake beneficiary in the name of Sunny Leone has been found to have been registered under the Mahatari Vandan scheme in the village of Talur in Bastar district. I have also directed to seize the …

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Ukrainian drones hit a Russian fuel depot for the second time this month
1 day, 2 hours ago

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian fuel depot for the second time this month

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian fuel depot for the second time in just over a week on Sunday, according to a senior Russian regional official, as part of a “massive” cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow’s military. Other key war-related developments from Ukraine and Russia: — Russian President Vladimir Putin …

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Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead during Christmas food distribution
1 day, 5 hours ago

Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead during Christmas food distribution

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events in Nigeria has increased from 13 to 32, police said Sunday. The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The dead included 22 people in …

Nigeria
Kerala Sends Team to Retrieve Illegally Dumped Medical Waste in Tamil Nadu
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1 day, 9 hours ago

Kerala Sends Team to Retrieve Illegally Dumped Medical Waste in Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

Amid public outrage, the Kerala government has dispatched a team to Tirunelveli to retrieve medical waste illegally dumped in several areas of Tamil Nadu. The team, led by a senior officer and supported by eight trucks from Thiruvananthapuram, began removing the hazardous waste on Sunday, according to local media reports.The waste was found in areas bordering the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border …

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25 Notable Supreme Court Judgments Of 2024 On Bail & Arrest
1 day, 9 hours ago

25 Notable Supreme Court Judgments Of 2024 On Bail & Arrest

Live Law  

The Supreme Court delivered several notable judgments in 2024 on the parameters for bail and powers of arrest. PMLA| ED Cannot Arrest On Grave Suspicion Alone; There Must Be Written Reasons To Believe That Accused Is Guilty : Supreme Court Case Title : Arvind Kejriwal v. Directorate of Enforcement | 2024 LiveLaw 463 Coram : Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice …

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Odisha’s 26 villages get recognition as ‘Tsunami Ready’ by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
1 day, 10 hours ago

Odisha’s 26 villages get recognition as ‘Tsunami Ready’ by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

The Hindu  

In Odisha, six districts comprising 24 villages, along with two previously recognised villages, making a total of 26 villages, have been recognized as “Tsunami Ready” by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, said a press statement on Saturday. These activities included —Training and Capacity Building, Community Awareness Programs, Distribution of Tsunami Awareness Materials, Preparation of Tsunami Management Plans, Conducting Mock …

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Get tougher laws to stop borewell deaths
1 day, 15 hours ago

Get tougher laws to stop borewell deaths

New Indian Express  

Uncapped borewells are death traps, especially for young, unsuspecting children playing in the open. On Monday, the Karnataka Assembly passed the Karnataka Groundwater Bill, proposing stringent measures to prevent children from falling into uncapped, newly drilled borewells. The Bill proposes that drilling and implementing agencies face a one-year jail and a Rs 25,000 fine if guilty of ineffectively closing the …

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Host of events to connect NRIs with Odisha
1 day, 15 hours ago

Host of events to connect NRIs with Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has planned a host of activities to ensure a memorable experience for Non-Resident Indians during the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention to be organised in the city from January 8 to 10. As overseas Indians, government officials and other dignitaries will be taken on a tour of various places of attraction during the event, tourist infrastructure …

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Inside China’s alleged scheme to influence governments in L.A. County and far beyond
1 day, 15 hours ago

Inside China’s alleged scheme to influence governments in L.A. County and far beyond

LA Times  

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. According to the criminal complaint, Sun referred to the council member in messages to Chinese officials as a “new political star.” While the U.S. attorney’s office has declined to identify the politician — identified only as Individual …

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The humble South African shoe that Hollywood A-listers, British royals love
1 day, 15 hours ago

The humble South African shoe that Hollywood A-listers, British royals love

Al Jazeera  

In August 2016, Nick Dreyer packed up his failing art dealership in Johannesburg and decided to head back to his native Cape Town. “The Nigerians felt Nigerian, the Americans felt American, … but the South Africans could have been from anywhere.” “We started talking about how we could improve the uniform,” Dreyer says in the duo’s shared office in the …

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Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead in a rush to get Christmas gifts
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1 day, 15 hours ago

Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead in a rush to get Christmas gifts

New Indian Express  

ABUJA: The death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events in Nigeria has increased from 13 to 32, police said Sunday. The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The dead included 22 people in southeastern Anambra …

Nigeria
'We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned': Trump issues threat to local officials
1 day, 15 hours ago

'We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned': Trump issues threat to local officials

Raw Story  

"We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned," Donald Trump declared over the weekend. Trump on Saturday took to his own social media site, Truth Social, to issue a threat to local Panama officials about the famous Panama Canal. A secure Panama Canal is crucial for U.S. Commerce, and rapid deployment of the Navy, from the Atlantic to the …

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Sealdah Division offers Bengal’s GI products through One Station One Product stalls
1 day, 19 hours ago

Sealdah Division offers Bengal’s GI products through One Station One Product stalls

The Hindu  

The Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway is promoting West Bengal’s unique local products with the Geographical Identification tag through its ‘One Station One Product’ stalls. At Krishnanagar railway station, another railway station in Nadia district, an OSOP stall is promoting traditional clay idols which are at the examination as GI registry. Senior officers of Sealdah Division said that various local …

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India Grooves To Desi Carols
1 day, 20 hours ago

India Grooves To Desi Carols

Deccan Chronicle  

“Navin vasariyet aala baal Yesu, santoshacha samudra bharla.” This melodic Marathi Christmas carol echoes through the cold December night. Seasoned with regional languages like Konkani, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, and even Punjabi, and spiced up with dhol, tabla, and bhangra beats, desi carols are an amalgamation of India’s rich cultural and lingual diversity. “I gradually learned Hindi, as it was a …

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Take help of the local staff if you don’t know local language, Kota tells bank branch managers
1 day, 23 hours ago

Take help of the local staff if you don’t know local language, Kota tells bank branch managers

The Hindu  

Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary on Saturday, directed branch managers of Nationalised Banks to avail assistance from local staff in disposing off various applications from beneficiaries if they do not understand Kannada. Chairing the District Bankers’ Committee review meeting at Manipal-Udupi, Mr. Poojary said branch managers at no point of time should refuse to entertain applications for financial assistance on …

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Kerala Urban Policy Commission proposes climate-change mitigation steps and professionalisation of urban governance
2 days ago

Kerala Urban Policy Commission proposes climate-change mitigation steps and professionalisation of urban governance

The Hindu  

Kerala’s urban policy, an interim report on which was submitted by the Urban Policy Commission to the government last week, has proposed several steps to mitigate climate change. It also recommends professionalisation of urban local body governance and the setting up of metropolitan planning committees and business development councils for major cities. Last year, the State government constituted the commission, …

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13 people including children die in stampedes in Nigeria at Christmas charity events
Top News
2 days, 1 hour ago

13 people including children die in stampedes in Nigeria at Christmas charity events

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 13 people, including four children, were killed in two separate stampedes in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed at annual Christmas events, the police said Saturday. The two accidents came days after another such stampede in Africa’s most populous country, amid a growing trend by local organizations, churches and …

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Magdeburg Christmas market car attack: Saudis warned Germans over suspect three times - as shocking details emerge
Top News
2 days, 1 hour ago

Magdeburg Christmas market car attack: Saudis warned Germans over suspect three times - as shocking details emerge

Daily Mail  

Saudi Arabia reportedly warned German authorities three times about the perpetrator of a Christmas market massacre that killed five people and injured hundreds. Psychologist Taleb al-Abdulmohsen has been revealed as the perpetrator of a Christmas market massacre that killed at least five people and injured hundreds Footage taken in the minutes after the crash, which happened at around 7pm, showed …

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Magdeburg attack suspect who boasted to BBC how he helped ex-Muslim asylum seekers get to the West posted about 'slaughtering Germans indiscriminately' before Christmas market massacre that left toddl
Top News
2 days, 5 hours ago

Magdeburg attack suspect who boasted to BBC how he helped ex-Muslim asylum seekers get to the West posted about 'slaughtering Germans indiscriminately' before Christmas market massacre that left toddl

Daily Mail  

The perpetrator of the deadly Christmas market massacre that has left at least five dead wrote that 'slaughtering German citizens indiscriminately' may be a 'path to justice' just months before the horrifying attack. The car that was crashed into a crowd of people at the Magdeburg Christmas market is seen on Saturday morning following the attack in Magdeburg, Germany Emergency …

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Protest Against Arunachal Dam Project Is Result Of Pema Khandu's Failure To Address Local Concerns | OPINION
2 days, 7 hours ago

Protest Against Arunachal Dam Project Is Result Of Pema Khandu's Failure To Address Local Concerns | OPINION

ABP News  

In the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, away from the BJP-versus-Congress tussles dominating national headlines, local indigenous communities in the Siang, Upper Siang, and East Siang districts are raising their voices against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Dam Project. Why Locals Are Protesting Siang Upper Multipurpose Dam Project The residents of the Siang Valley oppose the project due to concerns …

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Hathras Stampede Case: Court To Hear Charges Against Bhole Baba Today
2 days, 10 hours ago

Hathras Stampede Case: Court To Hear Charges Against Bhole Baba Today

ABP News  

New Delhi, Dec 21 A local court will hear charges on Saturday, in connection with the tragic stampede at a religious congregation organised by self-styled godman Narayan Sakar Hari, also known as "Bhole Baba," in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, earlier in July this year in which 121 people died. In his first public reaction to the incident, Bhole Baba had …

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Who is the politician at the center of the latest Chinese influence scandal?
2 days, 15 hours ago

Who is the politician at the center of the latest Chinese influence scandal?

LA Times  

An Arcadia City Council member is the fiancée of a man charged by federal prosecutors this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government by attempting to influence local politicians, according to court records and interviews. “He’s been very active in Southern California for a long time.” Residents said Sun threw and promoted numerous events in the …

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