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Venezuelan opposition leader Machado met Trump on December 15 at the White House and presented the US President her Nobel Peace Prize medal. Days after Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize 2025 medal to United States President Donald Trump, the Nobel Foundation has issued a statement clarifying that prizes cannot be “symbolically” given to others. “A prize can not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed,” the foundation said in a statement on Sunday. It further stated that one of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to “safeguard the dignity of the Nobel…

Virat Kohli’s century went in vain as New Zealand defeated India by 41 runs in the third ODI to win the three-match series 2-1. Virat Kohli’s 54th ODI century went in vain as India went down in the third and final ODI against New Zealand by 41 runs at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday. Chasing 338, India kept losing wickets at regular intervals, and it was only the chase master Kohli who kept India in with a chance to win the game. The 37-year-old did find support in Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana as the duo hit…

In effort to dismantle legacy of TMC’s 2011 “poriborton” (change), PM gives call for “real change” or ‘asol poriborton’ from site of TMC’s major agitation. Nearly two decades after the plains of Singur in Bengal became the epicentre of a political earthquake that toppled a 34-year-old regime, the town was on Sunday back at the heart of a high-stakes ideological battle. The challenger then, Mamata Banerjee, is now an incumbent of three terms as Chief Minister, who faced sharp attacks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose party BJP is hoping to turn the tables this time. At the Sunday rally,…

A video purportedly showing people offering prayers inside the house has surfaced and is being circulated on social media, police said. Twelve Muslims were detained from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district for offering namaz in an empty house, officials said on Sunday. The row over the prayer gathering erupted after video purportedly showing people offering namaz inside the house was circulated on social media. Police said the “precautionary action” was taken after receiving information from people in Mohammadganj village that a vacant house was allegedly being used as a “temporary madrasa” for the past several weeks. The 12…

The gunfight started during a cordon and search operation at village Sonnar near Mandral-Singhoora in Chatroo area around noon. An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Singhpora area of Kishtwar district in J&K on Sunday, police said. Intermittent firing is going on as three terrorists of the Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit are likely engaged in the gunbattle who also lobbed grenades at the security personnel, it is learnt. Sources said some soldiers have been injured in the firing, but there is no official confirmation yet. According to officials, the gunfight started during a cordon and search…

Kareena Kapoor shared nostalgic throwback photos from 2016, celebrating the time she was pregnant with Taimur Ali Khan. Kareena Kapoor sent social media into a nostalgic frenzy after dropping a carousel of throwback pictures from 2016. Calling it “The Year of the Bump,” the actor revisited one of the most memorable phases of her life, when she was expecting her first child, Taimur Ali Khan. The post turned out to be a revelation, offering fans an intimate glimpse into her pregnancy days, both glamorous and deeply personal. In the first picture of the carousel, Kareena kicked things off with a…

Babar Azam was absolutely livid while taking the walk back towards the pavilion, as he also hit the boundary rope with the bat. The Sydney derby delivered plenty of drama, particularly for the Sixers, as Steve Smith and Babar Azam found themselves at the centre of it. A miscommunication while fielding allowed a boundary for the Sixers, and the confusion continued during their opening partnership in the chase of 190 against the Thunder; however, it didn’t affect the flow of their innings, as Smith went on to smash a brilliant century to help his team register a massive win. During…

AIMIM was confident about its performance as national spokesperson Waris Pathan after exit polls said the AIMIM would achieve “great success” in the BMC polls. As the BJP-led Mahayuti is making big wins in the civic body elections across Maharashtra, Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has also put up an impressive performance with notable notable gains particularly in Muslim-dominated wards. The AIMIM is leading in 94 wards, as per TV reports at 6pm.  The Owaisi-led party is leading with 33 seats in Sambhajinagar, 15 seats in Amravati, 20 in Malegaon, 14 in Nanded Waghala, 10 in Dhule, 2…

All Indian government officials serving on the board of state-owned entity IPGL, which took over operations at the Shahid Beheshti terminal in 2018, have resigned. India is exploring several options to retain its presence at the Chabahar port in the face of increasing US pressure on Iran, which has cast a shadow on the development of the strategic facility central to New Delhi’s connectivity ambitions, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. A six-month exemption from US sanctions applicable to Chabahar port, granted by the Trump administration last year, is valid until April, and the government has taken several…

At 8.46 pm on Friday, Downdetector had over 77,000 reports of X outage from across the globe, with over 6,000 from India. Users across India and around the world could not access micro-blogging social media site X on Friday evening as thousands of users reported the outage on Downdetector. At 8.46 pm on Friday, Downdetector had over 77,000 reports of X outage from across the globe, with over 6,000 from India. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user reports. This is the second time the micro blogging site has suffered an outage this…