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An international yoga business founder whose chain of yoga studios promoted themselves as “Yoga to the People” has pleaded guilty to a tax charge in a New York federal court

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi as he aims to repair relations between their countries that have been strained since he came to power last year

In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted

Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when they want to sell their avocados

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Skill development today forms the basis for rapid socioeconomic growth in a country. Disruptive changes and a structural transformation are leading to a new work order, increasing the significance of developing a skilled ecosystem.

The world is reopening, and Indians are eager to explore. Ranked 81st globally, the Indian passport opens doors to visa-free travel in 29 countries and visa-on-arrival in 28 others, according to data from Henley and Partners, an investment migration consultancy based in London.

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Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to achieve victory and said his country's military «completely transformed reality» in the year since Hamas's October 7 attack, which has left the country fighting two wars. Netanyahu told troops Israel «will win» as it battles militants in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon and prepares to strike Iran, almost a year since the unprecedented attack by Palestinian Hamas militants sparked the Gaza war. Israel's army chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said that, one year on, «we have defeated the military wing of Hamas».

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. KAMALA HARRIS’S candidacy has injected some energy into what had been a poisonous presidential race between two old men who bickered over their golf games on national television. But her ascension comes with risks.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India has the potential to sustain high economic growth in the coming years and become a developed economy by 2047 if it introduces new regulatory, legal, infrastructural and educational reforms, economist John Lipsky told Mint. Lipsky, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) said the reforms initiated by India in the past few years have helped it remain the fastest growing among the G20 economies.

Kharg Island, home to the country's main export terminal, and held talks with a naval commander on Sunday, the oil ministry's news website Shana reported, amid concern Israel could attack energy facilities. An Israeli military spokesman said on Saturday that Israel would retaliate in response to last week's missile attack by Tehran «when the time is right». U.S. news website Axios cited Israeli officials as saying Iran's oil facilities could be hit, while U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he did not think Israel had yet concluded how to respond.

The families of such students are deeply perturbed over the unfolding of events, especially in the backdrop of the escalation in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and Israel-Hamas war. Iran fired around 200 missiles into Israel on October 1 in response to Israel's killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and other commanders of the militant outfit. Following the Iranian action, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran will «pay» for it.

India's decision to ease restrictions on rice exports. Last month, the Indian government withdrew a blanket ban on overseas shipments of non-basmati white rice. It imposed a floor price of USD 490 per tonne and exempted the commodity from export duty. Exports of non-basmati white rice were banned from July 20, 2023, to boost domestic supply. «It's welcoming news for all the importers like us, as South Africa imports roughly 10 million tonnes of rice every year. After Thailand and Vietnam, which account for 70 per cent of imports of rice in South Africa, India is the next biggest exporter of rice to South Africa,» said Pranav Thakkar of Dev International, one of the largest importers of Indian products to South Africa.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A major explanation for India’s manufacturing sector remaining stagnant despite policy efforts to stimulate its growth lies in the changing traits of industrialization, with India being a latecomer only making it more challenging. In China and the US, industrialization and urbanization took place together.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India will become a developed economy over the next 25 years if it sticks with the reforms pledged by policymakers, but the country has to move fast in building global supply chains before it is too late, economist Jagdish Bhagwati said in an interview.

The IRS is expanding its program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency for free

Harry Enten, the renowned data reporter from CNN, highlighted a concerning statistics for the Democratic Party and Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris that just 28% of US civilians think and believe that the country is on the right track under the Democratic administration, reported Daily Beast. According to Harry Enten, this figure is significantly lower than the average of previous year’s figures which was around 42%. According to the Daily Beast, Harry Enten claimed that, in the political history of the US, no incumbent party has ever won the Presidential elections with such low figures and approval. Also Read: Who is winning U.S Presidential elections, Trump or Harris? Here's what polls, odds and historians are saying

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pending fines to the proper bank, postponing its decision on whether to allow the tech firm to resume services in Brazil. The payment of the fines, which X lawyers argued that the company had paid correctly, is the only outstanding measure demanded by the court in order to authorize X to operate again in Brazil. X has been suspended since late August in Brazil, one of its largest and most coveted markets, after not complying with court orders related to hate speech moderation and failing to name a legal representative in the country, as required by law.

India has moved to withhold Zakir Naik's 'X' account, restricting access to the controversial Islamic preacher's social media in the country. This action followed hours after Pakistan warmly welcomed Naik, who is wanted by Indian authorities for charges related to money laundering and promoting extremism through hate speeches. Naik's presence in Pakistan has triggered fresh diplomatic responses from India, with sharp criticism directed at Islamabad for hosting him.

ICMR has signed a memorandum of understanding with the NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) to promote sustainable energy in healthcare research, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', an official statement said on Friday. The partnership aims to equip Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) institutes across the country with solar power, supporting India's push towards renewable energy and sustainability, the statement issued by the Union health ministry said. Under the agreement, the NVVN will supply, install, test, commission and maintain rooftop solar panels at 15 ICMR institutes with a combined capacity of 4,559 KW. The project also includes a power purchase agreement (PPA) for grid-connected solar projects, offering a fixed solar tariff for the next 25 years to ensure long-term cost efficiency and sustainability for the ICMR's operations, the statement said.