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peace in Ukraine and with a vision of a “humane" Russia “that's peaceful, friendly and ready to cooperate with everyone on the principle of respect". After Central Election Commission rejected the nomination, Duntsova wrote on the Telegram messaging app, “On December 23, the Central Election Commission refused to register my initiative group." According to a Telegram channel close to Duntsova's campaign, the commission found 100 errors in her nomination papers, including mistakes in the spelling of names.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections with wrestler Sakshi Malik announcing retirement and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri, Bharatiya Janata Party MP, Ramesh Bidhuri has said that the athletes should have the mentality of athletes, they should not become the tools of someone. «They have made the country proud, they're talented athletes. Athletes should have the mentality of athletes; they should not become the tools of someone.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Saturday thanked and praised industrialist Gautam Adani for giving financial help for the construction of a new technology centre in Baramati, of Pune district. Sharad Pawar was addressing the gathering during the inauguration of the Robotic lab in the engineering department of Vidya Pratishthan in Baramati. The Chairman of Finolex J Power Systems Limited Deepak Chabaria was also present at the event. While addressing the gathering during the event, Sharad Pawar said that Vidya Pratishthan Institute has taken up a new project, due to technology the engineering sector is changing rapidly. It is very necessary to create a group (section) that is ready to accept these changes to move ahead. «We are building the first centre for artificial intelligence in India and the construction is underway.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday his government will reinforce measures to contain migration as he seeks to help the United States cope with record numbers of people trying to reach the U.S. border.

Colby Covington has raised concerns about perceived political bias among judges following his unanimous decision loss to Leon Edwards at UFC 296, especially with former US President Donald Trump in attendance. Covington is advocating for a rematch in the aftermath of his defeat to Edwards. In the post-fight press conference, Covington alleged that the judges have consistently shown bias against him due to his association with Trump. He claimed that his support for Trump has led to unfavorable judgments, stating, the judges hate him because he supported Trump.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) — A local court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former President Alfredo Cristiani for the alleged cover-up of the 1981 El Mozote massacre during the Central American country's civil war that lasted twelve years.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentine President Javier Milei has issued a decree calling for extraordinary sessions to speed up reforms, reinstate the tax on salaries abolished by the previous government, and modernize the electoral process.

Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (appointment, conditions of service and term of office) Bill, 2023, passed by Parliament fills a gap that parties, jurists, and activists often mentioned. It sets out a selection committee consisting of the prime minister, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and a cabinet minister to recommend the names of CEC and ECs for appointment by the President. A designated search committee, headed by the Union law minister, will prepare a panel for consideration by the selection committee.

turns the Israel-Palestine war into a global economic problem. For weeks, ships transiting the strait, a choke point in the Suez Canal, have been under attack from the Houthis, a group of highly trained, Yemen-based, Iran-backed militants with access to an array of sophisticated naval artillery. The attacks are part of the group’s offensive against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. At least 10 of the world’s biggest shippers and one oil supermajor have decided to avoid the canal, a passageway for more than 20,000 ships a year, which account for 12% of global trade, 9% of oil demand, 6% of LNG imports and 30% of container shipments.

Sanjay Singh on Saturday lashed out at the protesting grapplers for «engaging in politics» and asserted that he is not a dummy candidate of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Sanjay Singh, who was elected as the president of the WFI on Thursday, is known to be a close confidante of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who had been accused of sexual harassment by the country's top wrestlers such as Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia. Sanjay Singh won most of the votes in the delayed polls, as outgoing chief Brij Bhushan gained indirect control over the national federation. «Those who are athletes have already started preparing and those who want to engage in politics can do that. It is their personal matter, I will not speak about this. »I have been in the federation for 12 years.

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ANI. On being alleged that he is close to former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh, Sanjay said he is not a 'dummy candidate' and it is not a crime if I am close to him. "Those who are athletes have already started preparing and those who want to engage in politics can do that.

BJP has set its sights on an «overwhelming» win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking key organisational leaders to work towards boosting the party's vote share by 10 per cent, sources said. Addressing the BJP's national office-bearers and state presidents on the concluding day of the two-day brainstorming meet on Saturday, Home Minister Amit Shah said that the BJP's performance should leave the opposition «stunned», the sources said.

Deaflympics gold medallist Virender Singh Yadav, better known as Goonga Pehlwan, has now decided to return his Padma Shri to the government, showing solidarity with the country's top wrestlers who have objected to election of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh as WFI president. Throwing his weight behind Olympic bronze medallist grappler Sakshi Malik, who announced her retirement from the sport soon after Sanjay Singh's victory in the recent WFI polls, Virender said he would return the honour as a mark of protest against the election of Brij Bhushan's close aide. Bajrang Punia, one of the prominent faces of the protest against the former WFI chief, had returned his Padma Shri on Friday.

Pakistani rupee hit an all-time low, crossing the PKR 300 mark against the US dollar in August 2023. The country's foreign reserves with the State Bank of Pakistan (SPB) also dropped to an alarming level — at $3.1 billion in January 2023. The cash-strapped country struggled to unlock funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Hijab ban order imposed by the previous Basavaraj Bommai-led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, and said that no politics should be done on what people prefer to wear and eat. While there has been no official document reversing the ban on Hijab in educational institutions of Karnataka, several BJP politicians slammed the proposal of reversal by CM Siddaramaiah. Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that his government will withdraw the ban order on the Hijab imposed by BJP and said that no politics should be done on what people prefer to wear and eat.

president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Sanjay Singh on Saturday stated that taking retirement is a personal call of an athlete and said he would refrain to speak on this matter. Earlier, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, a face of the wrestlers' protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, announced on Thursday that she is quitting wrestling.

Israel-Palestine conflict has a long history and I am sure you read a lot of pieces on how the war was long overdue etc. etc. But, still apart from minor confrontations things were smoothening between the two hostile neighbors.

It is believed that El Salvador will debut its much-awaited Bitcoin «Volcano Bonds» at the beginning of 2024. El Salvador is a pioneering country in the use of cryptocurrencies. This action comes after the government made a pioneering decision to accept Bitcoin as legal cash, and it is a key milestone in the country's continuing acceptance of digital currency.

VanEck, a prominent asset management company, has made a significant stride by filing its fifth amended application for a spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). This move, dated December 8, 2023, marks a new chapter in the evolution of cryptocurrency investments.