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para shuttlers who secured medals at the Paris Paralympics last month. Indian para shuttlers won five medals, including one gold, two silver and as many bronze, at the Paris Games. Nitesh Kumar, who clinched the coveted gold in the men's Singles SL3 category, will receive a prize of Rs 15 lakh, while silver medallists Suhas Yathiraj (men's singles SL4) and Thulasimathi Murugesan (women's singles SU5) will each be awarded Rs 10 lakh. Bronze-medal winners Manisha Ramadass (women's singles SU5) and Nithya Sre Sivan (women's single SH6 category) will each receive Rs 7.5 lakh.

Sweden says that Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Quran, Islam's holy book in 2023. Authorities in Stockholm claim that Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard carried out «a data breach» and managed to send «some 15,000 messages text messages in Swedish» over the string of public burnings of the Quran. Senior prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said that a preliminary investigation, carried out by Sweden's SAPO domestic security agency, showed that «it was the Iranian state via the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, that carried out a data breach at a Swedish company that runs a major SMS service».

National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at several places in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday as part of its probe against the Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a pan-Islamist organisation aspiring to establish an Islamic caliphate in the country, officials said. They said the searches were being carried out at 11 locations in the state.

Muhammad Yunus, who is leading Bangladesh's interim government, outside a hotel in New York where he is staying for attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session. Protestors raised slogans against the Yunus Chief advisor of the Bangladesh's interim government over the alleged attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. Sloganeers chanted, «Go back, Step down, Step down, Step down» and held up posters which said «Shiekh Hasina Our Prime Minister.»

Donald Trump will pledge to personally recruit foreign companies and outline new incentives — including an offer of federal land — designed to lure operations to the US during an economic address on Tuesday in Savannah, Georgia. The Republican presidential nominee will outline a carrot-and-stick approach, according to a senior Trump adviser who requested anonymity to detail the proposal, luring those who sell into the US with a more favorable business climate while also threatening harsh tariffs on imports. The speech is the latest effort by Trump to cast himself as the best steward of the economy, seeking to seize on a top issue for voters with less than 50 days before the election. Trump’s Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, is expected to outline her own economic vision during a campaign appearance in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: New York-based alternative investment firm Stonepeak has emerged as the fourth shortlisted bidder to submit a binding offer to buy O2 Power, a renewable energy platform in India. The deal, which may rank among the largest green energy transactions in the country, is expected to have an equity value of around $1 billion and an enterprise value around $2.3 billion, said two people aware of the development.

China has made several moves in recent months to advance its ambitious aim to become the trade and transportation hub of Asia. To its west, China has agreed to build a rail line across Central Asia. Beijing also said it would help Vietnam plan three rail lines leading to the countries' shared border. And China is trying to persuade Russia and North Korea to let it reopen a long-closed port on the Sea of Japan. If successful, the plans would give China closer ties to the economies of Northeast and Southeast Asia, the Mideast and even the Arctic, the latest steps in its 11-year-old Belt and Road Initiative to create a more China-centered global order.

General Waker-uz-Zaman and his troops stood aside in early August amid raging student-led protests against Hasina, sealing the fate of the veteran politician who resigned after 15 years in power and fled to neighbouring India. In a rare media interview, Zaman told Reuters at his office in the capital Dhaka on Monday that the interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus had his full support and outlined a pathway to rid the military of political influence.

Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wanted the Democrats to win the 2024 U.S. election, in which the former president faces Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate. The Republican presidential candidate's statement on the campaign trail contrasts with the line adopted by some of his allies, who have argued that Ukraine would welcome Trump back as only he — in their telling — has the acumen to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Moscow's war on Ukraine. «I think Zelenskiy is the greatest salesman in history. Every time he comes into the country, he walks away with 60 billion dollars,» Trump said at a rally in western Pennsylvania. «He wants them to win this election so badly, but I would do differently — I will work out peace.»

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both clash for the top post in America in November. Both the Presidential candidates are currently at loggerheads, with not clear expectation or majority in either case, with even the key swing states roughly divided between them, leading to more chaos.

Lithuania has signed a deal with U.S. ammunition producer Northrop Grumman as it seeks to increase defense capabilities in the shadow of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Taking a country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone

The cost of a popular ticket that allows people to use all local and regional trains, buses and subway systems across Germany is set to increase by about 18% next year

Officials from nine southern European Union member countries are focused on harnessing offshore wind and solar energy

Michael Kovrig and his girlfriend were walking home from dinner on Dec. 10, 2018.They lived in Beijing, where Kovrig, a former diplomat, worked at an independent global think tank.

Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the biggest star in Saudi Arabia football but this sudden development has sent shockwaves among the football community in the country. In one of the King's Cup' most important clashes, Ronaldo has suddenly been dropped from the squad, for unverified reasons. However, the chatter around this sudden benching of the player is claimed by reports that the manager wants the Portugal striker to get some rest ahead of more important clashes ahead.

Will someone please offer Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a job? Preferably, a nice sinecure at an NGO in another country that’s subsidized by Liberal donors.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller had a clear response about a year ago when asked if he would lower Canada’s immigration targets amidst concerns that the rising numbers could further exacerbate the country’s housing crisis.