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Bahrain pacer Ali Dawood etches name in history books with record spell

Gelephu (Bhutan), Dec. 12 -- Bahrain pacer Ali Dawood recorded the second-best figures in men's T20I cricket, with his remarkable spell of 7/19 becoming only the second instance of a bowler taking sev... Read More


Pakistan: School blast in North Waziristan destroys building, disrupts education for 600 students

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dec. 12 -- A devastating explosion late Thursday night destroyed a government primary school in the Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan, leaving over 600 children without a place to... Read More


"Madhya Pradesh becomes naxal-free," says CM Yadav

Bhopal, Dec. 12 -- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said that the state has now become completely free from Naxal violence and it shall be recorded as a golden chapter in the state's hist... Read More


Rosmah's corruption appeal on hold as she pushes to oust the judge who convicted her

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12 -- Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's appeal against the High Court's 2022 decision to convict her of all three corruption charges in a case involving a solar project for Sarawak schools... Read More


Shashi Tharoor criticises India's stance on marital rape, calls exception a 'violation'

New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- Senior Congress leader and former diplomat Shashi Tharoor expressed profound shock on Thursday that India remains one of the few democracies globally where the issue of marital r... Read More


Sarkozy describes his prison stay and advises on appealing to the far right in his new book

New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy described the prison where he spent 20 days as a noisy, harsh "all-grey" world of "inhuman violence" in a book released Wednesday that als... Read More


Gujarat CM distributes scholarship assistance of Rs 370 crore to 13 lakh students under various schemes

Gandhinagar, Dec. 12 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel granted scholarship assistance of more than Rs 370 crore through DBT to over 13 lakh beneficiary students under the Namo Lakshmi Yojana, ... Read More


Major takeways from National Assembly's 10th session

Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 12 -- Deputies of the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly at the closing ceremony, Ha Noi, December 11, 2025 - Photo: Nhandan These documents accounted for 30 percent of a... Read More


"Prathishta" program launched to rebuild Schools damaged by Cyclone Ditwah

Sri Lanka, Dec. 12 -- The Ministry of Education has launched a new initiative, Prathishtha, aimed at reconstructing schools across Sri Lanka that were damaged by Cyclone Ditwah. According to Secretar... Read More


Review: Ignorance and Bliss by Mark Lilla

India, Dec. 12 -- If ignorance is indeed bliss, as Thomas Gray said in Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742), a will to ignorance is as strong as any interest in knowledge. Our own experien... Read More