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In a surprising end-of-year message, Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov urged his followers to reduce their sensory overload, highlighting its detrimental effects on mental health. Durov didn’t hold back in criticizing the EU’s privacy laws, declaring them to be a ‘direct attack on personal freedom. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has a ‘late’ Christmas message…
Gunfire was heard near Venezuela’s Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Monday night, just days after former president Nicolás Maduro was captured and brought to the United States. CNN obtained videos showed what appeared to be lights from drones and anti-aircraft fire across the night sky.On Monday morning, Maduro, handcuffed and flanked by armed federal…
Bangladesh has seen a sharp rise in violence against its minority Hindu community, with six Hindus killed in the past 18 days. The incidents have triggered serious concerns over law and order and the safety of minorities.The latest incident occurred on Monday night, when Sarat Chakraborty Mani (40), a Hindu grocery shop owner, was brutally…
US President Donald Trump on Monday said Venezuela will not hold new elections within the next 30 days and that the country must first be stabilised following the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Speaking to NBC News, Trump insisted the United States is not at war with Venezuela, even as it deepens its involvement…
NEW DELHI: Rupee continued to slide against the US dollar on Monday. It ended 8 paise lower at 90.28 (provisional) against the US dollar, pressured by firm American currency and weak equity market sentiment.Renewed geopolitical tensions triggered by the US military action in Venezuela strengthened the dollar across global markets, forex dealers said, overshadowing the…
Sudden blindness striking days after a routine tooth pull feels like a nightmare no one sees coming. This real case, handled by vitreoretinal specialist Dr. Ashish Markan, involved a diabetic woman with unsteady blood sugars who lost vision in one eye three days post-extraction. Exams confirmed metastatic endophthalmitis, a ferocious infection where pus and bacteria…
LUCKNOW: For two winter mornings, dense fog over Lucknow turned the skies into a maze for an Air India Express Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating flight from Delhi.On January 2 and January 4, the aircraft circled the city 28 times, spending around 171 minutes hovering above Lucknow, only to return to Delhi without landing.On January…
Foreign investors have began the new year as sellers, extending last year’s heavy withdrawal from Indian equities. In the first two trading sessions of January 2026, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew Rs 7,608 crore, or roughly $846 million, signalling continued caution at the start of the year. The fresh pullout follows a steep exit in…
Air pollution has quietly become one of the most serious health threats of our time. In my years as a medical oncologist, I’ve seen first-hand how long-term exposure to polluted air does far more than cause temporary breathlessness or irritation. It weakens immunity, worsens chronic illnesses, strains the heart and lungs, and complicates cancer treatment.High…
Hindu businessman Khokon Das, who was attacked with sharp weapons and set afire in Bangladesh, died on Saturday while receiving treatment in the Natioal Burn Institute in Dhaka.According to the news agency ANI, professor of the National Burn Institute Dr Shaon Bin Rahman confirmed his death.This comes three days after 50-year-old Khokon Chandra Das was…
