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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit this week and fled the country after violent protests demanding her resignation. Ms Hasina, who started her fifth term as Prime Minister earlier this year, left the capital Dhaka in a military aircraft and landed in India. Her shocking exit has now impacted the trade between India and Bangladesh, which had grown during her tenure. Movement of trucks carrying goods between India and Bangladesh at the Changrabandha border check post in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district has almost come to a standstill. “We estimate that about $300 million worth of export trade has been…
India’s Full Schedule, Medal Events At Paris Olympics 2024, August 7: It’s going to be big day for India at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Wednesday. Weightlifter and Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu will be in action. Top names in athletics like Annu Rani, Jyothi Yarraji, Avinash Sable will also be in action. In wrestling, Antim Panghal will compete in the women’s 53kg wrestling. But the one athlete all will be focussed on is Vinesh Phogat. Vinesh has already assured India its fourth medal in the Paris Olympics by reaching the final of the women’s 50kg category. She will fight for gold against…
“A torn ligament. A lower weight category. An unbeaten world champion. Nothing stands in her way” Abhinav Bindra summed up Vinesh Phogat’s hurdles aptly, shortly after she became the first Indian woman wrestler to book a final berth at the Olympics. Bindra, India’s first-ever gold medallist, though missed mentioning another hurdle. One that saw Vinesh Phogat getting shoved, pushed and dragged on the streets of the National Capital in May last year. Far from the wrestling mats, Vinesh and her fellow wrestlers including Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, were fighting a different battle. Of that of demanding the…
Student leaders whose protest campaign culminated in Ms Hasina’s ouster met with Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman and President Mohammed Shahabuddin late last evening, and the decision was taken to “to form an interim government with Muhammad Yunus as its chief,” the President’s office announced. The Bangladeshi Army has reshuffled several generals, demoting some seen as close to Sheikh Hasina, and sacking Ziaul Ahsan, a commander of the feared Rapid Action Battalion paramilitary force. Former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, 78, was also released from years of house arrest yesterday. Rights groups have alleged that hundreds of Hindu houses,…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia has shared yet another strong comment on social media regarding Vinesh Phogat after the latter reached the final of the women’s 50kg freestyle category at the Paris Olympics 2024. Bajrang and Vinesh were part of many top-level wrestlers who had protested on the streets against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh, accusing him of sexual harassment towards women wrestlers. Now, with Vinesh guaranteed a medal at Paris 2024, Bajrang Punia has made sure that the mistreatment towards Vinesh isn’t forgotten. On Tuesday, Vinesh became the first female Indian wrestler…
Bangladesh is pinning its hopes on one of the nation’s most acclaimed intellectuals to bring stability to a country scarred by coups and political upheaval. Muhammad Yunus, whose work alleviating poverty won him a Nobel Peace Prize, was named the head of a new interim government on Tuesday following the sudden ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister this week. Though he’s mostly stayed away from politics, Yunus is one of Bangladesh’s most famous faces and brings considerable clout with Western elites. Restoring normalcy to Bangladesh won’t be a small feat for Yunus. Over the past few weeks, clashes between…
Hamas named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader on Tuesday, after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh’s was killed in Tehran last week, sending regional tensions soaring. “The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces the selection of leader Yahya Sinwar as the head of the political bureau of the movement,” a statement from the group said. Minutes after the announcement, Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, said it fired a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. The Israeli military and officials accuse Sinwar of being one of the masterminds of the October 7 attack on…
Forty years after three men were booked for murder following a trivial fight among children over mangoes in an Uttar Pradesh village, the Supreme Court has come to their rescue by reducing the life sentence to a seven-year jail term. The sentence has been awarded for a lesser offence of culpable homicide. In 1984, three men were booked for murder of a fellow villager by hitting with a ‘lathi’ (stick) on the head. The trial court in 1986 convicted them for murder and sentenced them for life, while the Allahabad High Court in 2022 confirmed the sentence awarded to them…
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in India for the last 24 hours, has not sought asylum “anywhere”, her son categorically told NDTV today, brushing off speculation. Ms Hasina, 76, was contemplating retirement anyway and now she will retire from politics and is likely to divide her time between her family members, added Sajeeb Wazed, who is based in Washington. Asked about multiple reports about UK’s “silence” her request for asylum and revocation of her visa by the US, Mr Wazed said, “The reports about her requesting asylum are incorrect. She has not requested asylum anywhere. So the question of…
India vs Germany, Men’s Hockey Semi-Final Olympics 2024, Live Updates: India trail 1-2 against Germany in the second quarter of the men’s hockey semi-final match at the Paris Olympics 2024. Gonzalo Peillat and Christopher Ruehr scored for Germany while Harmanpreet Singh scored for India. Having displayed nerves of steel to come within touching distance of a second successive Olympic medal, the Indian hockey team fancies its chances against reigning world champion Germany. India won last of their eight Olympic gold medals way back in the 1980 Moscow Games. Paris provides them a great opportunity to make history. A semifinal win will ensure a silver…