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'Atrocious': Anwar hits back at race-based attacks on Hannah Yeoh's Cabinet appointment

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 17 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has condemned criticism of Hannah Yeoh and Lo Su Fui's appointments to the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories), saying it... Read More


Villagers in Saharsa and Purnea buy potable water despite govt's 'Har Ghar Jal Yojana'

SAHARSA/PURNEA, Dec. 17 -- As an example of the ills plaguing a government department, the rural populace has been forced to pay for drinking water despite the Bihar government's claim of providing sa... Read More


Debt trap drives Chandrapur farmer to sell kidney

India, Dec. 17 -- A debt-ridden farmer from a remote village in Chandrapur district was forced to sell his kidney in 2024 in a bid to repay loans taken from moneylenders. The rate of interest charged ... Read More


Lok Sabha passes SHANTI Bill to modernise, open up nuclear energy sector for private participation

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, aimed at modernising India's nuclear energy... Read More


The Voice Season 28 announces winner: Who bagged $100,000 prize and record deal?

India, Dec. 17 -- The winner of The Voice Season 28 has been officially announced following a two-night grand finale. After nominating an MVP from their respective teams, coaches Michael Buble, Snoop ... Read More


Fanon's centennial: Reimagining the African condition, By Philip Ademola Olayoku

Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- I, the man of color, want only this: That the tool never possess the man. That the enslavement of man by man cease forever. That is, of one by another. That it be possible for me t... Read More


Public money at risk

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Non-performing loans, commonly known as NPLs, are often discussed as if they represent a moral failure of the banking system. In reality, they are a standard business outcome of lend... Read More


VVIP chooper scam: Why work with AgustaWestland but ban 'conduit', says SC

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Union government for continuing to suspend business dealings with Defsys Solutions Private Limited, a defence supplier, over its alleg... Read More


Seven docs under MMC scanner for practising without clearing foreign graduate exam

India, Dec. 17 -- The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has initiated a probe against seven doctors from the state who are allegedly practising medicine without clearing the mandatory Foreign Medical ... Read More


HC acquits two diamond traders in 2011 kidnapping, killing of angadiya

India, Dec. 17 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted two diamond traders who were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering an angadiya (informal banking/ courie... Read More