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Slanted-eyes gesture by Miss Finland prompts East Asia outrage and fallout at home

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 -- A social media photo posted by Finland's delegate to last month's Miss Universe pageant has ignited widespread backlash across East Asia, spilling into Finnish politics and ev... Read More


Jairam Ramesh slams government's hasty passage of VB-G RAM G Bill reframing MGNREGA

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday slammed the government's hasty passage of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G... Read More


Cough syrup nexus: Allahabad HC dismisses pleas challenging FIRs against alleged kingpin, others

PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 19 -- The Allahabad high court on Friday dismissed writ petitions that challenged the FIRs lodged against multiple accused of interstate trafficking of codeine-based cough syrup. Dism... Read More


Jairam Ramesh calls winter session 'pollution session', slams govt lack of debate on pollution

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over air pollution, alleging that the recently concluded winter sitting of Parliament eff... Read More


Gujarat builds semiconductor-focused policing grid for Sanand and Dholera

India, Dec. 19 -- Gujarat's push to emerge as a national semiconductor hub has led to a parallel build-up of a specialised security and policing architecture for the Sanand and Dholera industrial regi... Read More


Haryana assembly: Rare bonhomie witnessed on day 1 of winter session

CHANDIGARH, Dec. 19 -- The opening sitting of the Haryana assembly's winter session unfolded without much hostility--and barring occasional verbal exchanges--especially during the first half of the ne... Read More


2,052 out of 2,784 vocational teacher posts filled: Haryana education minister

Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- Haryana education minister Mahipal Dhanda on Thursday said in the assembly that out of 2,784 vocational teacher posts sanctioned by the government of India, 2,052 posts have bee... Read More


Bangladesh in flames: Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's death triggers massive protests, media offices torched

India, Dec. 19 -- Violent protests broke out across several Bangladeshi cities following the death of political leader Sharif Osman Hadi, who rose to prominence during the July-August 2024 uprising th... Read More


Farmers' interests are paramount: Haryana CM

Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini assured the House that the state government is committed to ensure welfare of the farmers. As the issue of flood-affected farmers facin... Read More


National conference reviews 2025 information, education, mass mobilisation efforts

Hanoi, Dec. 19 -- The Party Central Committee's Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation convened a national conference in Hanoi on December 19 to review its 2025 activities and cha... Read More