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Daniel Penny, a former Marine recently acquitted of criminally negligent homicide, attended the Army-Navy football game as a guest of honor with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect JD Vance.

Las Vegas Strip to the record-breaking crowds watching Caitlin Clark sink dazzlingly deep 3-pointers, 2024 featured superstars rising to meet the moment. Just 10 months after signing a then-record $700 million, 10-year contract, Shohei Ohtani of Japan took the Los Angeles Dodgers to the World Series, where the team beat the New York Yankees for the title. The Boston Celtics won their league-best 18th NBA championship ring. In Las Vegas, the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their second straight Super Bowl title with the most famous fan on the planet, Taylor Swift, cheering on her boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce. One athlete, though, best captured the zeitgeist of 2024: Clark.

This catchphrase is central to his plan to lower gas prices and tackle inflation, which he blames on the Biden administration's energy policies. However, experts are casting doubt on the effectiveness of this approach in the current economic landscape.

Shashi Tharoor on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Parliament, urging him to focus on addressing present challenges rather than dwelling on the past. «The answer was already given the previous day by Priyanka Gandhi. Why go on about the past? You are accountable for the present and what is happening today and tomorrow. What happened in the past is history; let historians debate it,» Tharoor said. «Even though I have written extensively about these issues, I am not entering that debate because, for me, the government is responsible for the condition of Indians today, the functioning of the Constitution today, and the future of our youth. While I am impressed by the list of initiatives he mentioned, he always omits the negatives we have been pointing out,» the Congress MP added.

Mukti Joddhas and serving officers of the Bangladeshi armed forces arrived here on Sunday evening to attend the Vijay Diwas celebrations, a defence official said. The Vijay Diwas celebrations on Monday will be attended by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he said. The nine-member delegation is headed by a brigadier-rank officer of the Bangladesh Army, the official said. Six other family members of the delegates are also accompanying them for attending the Vijay Diwas celebrations in Kolkata on December 16, which marks Indian Armed Forces' historic victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, he said.

He was not the only one. Many who lay down their arms and enter the mainstream similarly choose to reverse the procedure to start a family. The practice of 'nasbandi' is so widespread that its impact was conveyed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah during an interaction with surrendered Maoist cadres here on Sunday.

Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 in the US on Sunday, December 15. The legendary musician had been hospitalized due to serious health concerns, with updates shared on social media. Hussain was admitted to the ICU due to heart-related issues. Soon after the news borke, industrialist Harsh Goenka tweeted, «The world falls silent as the tabla loses its maestro. Ustad Zakir Hussain, a rhythmic genius who brought the soul of India to global stages, has left us. I was privileged to know him because of his connection with HMV and hear him perform at our home. His beats will echo eternally.»

UltraTech Cement Limited is leveraging inland waterways to transport a large consignment of mineral gypsum via National Waterway 1 (Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system) in a pilot project that was flagged off by the Minister of Shipping, Ports, and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal at G.R. Jetty, Kolkata today. UltraTech is the first cement company in India to leverage National Waterway 1 for gypsum transport at scale. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Inland & Coastal Shipping Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), supported UltraTech's participation in the pilot. The consignment is being shipped from Haldia port in West Bengal to the Gaighat terminal in Patna, Bihar, and transported to Pataliputra Cement Works, UltraTech’s cement grinding unit in Patna district, Bihar. The use of inland waterways over roadways and railways will result in significant carbon emissions reductions and help decongest roads and rail routes. UltraTech’s participation in the pilot provides a boost to the Central government's efforts to promote the use of inland waterways in the country.

Indian Railways, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation, has undertaken a project to elevate railway tracks to remove level crossings before next year's Maha Kumbh, officials said on Sunday. The initiative is set to ease traffic congestion, save travel time, and provide significant relief to city residents, they added. Celebrated in a cycle of 12 years, the Maha Kumbh will be held in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26. Rail under bridges (RUBs) and rail over bridges (ROBs) are ready on almost all the level crossings in Prayagraj where movement will start fully before the mega event, officials said.

Brijinder Singh was re-elected as the president of the Indian Golf Union (IGU) for a second consecutive term during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) here on Sunday. The elections for IGU office-bearers and the Governing Council for the 2024-2026 term were held unopposed as the number of candidates matched the available positions. Singh was the lone candidate for the president's post, while S K Sharma and Sanjiv Rattan were elected unopposed as secretary and treasurer, respectively. The nine members elected to the Governing Council are Farzan R Heerjee (Jharkhand), Harpuneet Singh Sandhu (Chandigarh), Harish Kumar (Uttarakhand), Nagesh Singh (Assam), Dr Param Navdeep Singh (Rajasthan), Sameer Sinha (Gujarat), Shashank Sandu (Maharashtra), Simarjeet Singh (Uttar Pradesh), and Viren Singh Ghumman (Punjab).

Dexter: Original Sin, a prequel to the original series, continues with weekly episodes. Episodes are available exclusively on Paramount+ with Showtime in the United States and Paramount+ in the UK.

Sean Diddy and Luigi Mangione, coincidentally have a connection — a legal one. Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Wayne Thompson, has hired Karen Friedman-Agnifilo as his lawyer. Incidentally, Friedman-Agnifilo's husband, Marc Agnifilo, represents rapper Sean «Diddy» Combs in his sex trafficking case. Thompson was shot and killed on December 4th in New York City while walking to a conference. Mangione, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, has been arrested in the case after a five-day manhunt. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and gun possession charges.

Luigi Mangione, 26, at the center of a tragic tale involving mental health struggles, family tension, and societal rebellion. The complex relationship between Mangione and his mother, combined with his deteriorating mental state, forms a pivotal angle in understanding his actions leading up to this high-profile case, as mentioned in a report by Times of India.

Sumit, who started as an assistant photographer, quickly adapted to the growing demand for aerial photography, offering services that blend technology with tradition, making every wedding unique. Flying drones over wedding guests, capturing mesmerizing aerial shots and even delivering garlands to the couple have made his work a favourite among locals.

Hinduja Group company IIHL is expecting to complete the acquisition of debt-ridden Reliance Capital (RCAP) by next month and aims to ramp up banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) business more than three-fold to USD 50 billion in the next five years. «Most of the approvals and procedures related to the resolution process of Reliance Capital are complete. Couple of the procedures at the end of the administrator and CoC are to be completed. We hope that all these will be over in the next 4-6 weeks and RCAP should come into the fold of Hinduja Group by the end of January,» IIHL Chairman Ashok P Hinduja said. With the acquisition of RCAP, he said IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) is targeting a valuation of USD 50 billion by 2030 as against the current valuation of USD 15 billion (as on September 30, 2024).

IREL) has signed an agreement with a Kazakhstan-based company to develop the titanium value chain in India by harnessing the potential of rare-earth minerals in the coastal parts of the country. The joint venture between IREL (India) Limited and Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant JSC (UKTMP JSC) proposes to convert low titanium oxide (TiO2) ilmenite produced in Odisha to titanium slag, which is in great demand in the aerospace and defence sectors. «The setting up of this JV plant is expected to catalyse the establishment of chloride pigment/Ti Slag/sponge manufacturing industry, which has been hindered by non-availability of high TiO2 feedstock,» Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question.

mass elephant die-off in Botswana in 2020. A new study published in -Science of the Total Environment- confirms toxic cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, poisoned over 350 elephants near the Okavango Delta. The first elephant carcasses were discovered in May 2020, sparking international concern. Researchers initially ruled out poaching, starvation, and common infections. The presence of some elephants found face down hinted at a swift collapse.

«NCL touched the lives of around 10 lakh people and spent more than Rs 1,000 crore on various CSR initiatives in the previous 10 years,» it said in a statement. The company's CSR expenditure in the previous fiscal year was Rs 157 crore.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Sunday said tech worker Atul Subhash’s death by suicide in Bengaluru on December 9 has sparked country-wide discussions about men’s rights. The case of suicide, he said, has opened a new discussion throughout the country centered on men’s rights. “We always talked about women’s rights, but now this particular case has exposed men's rights and how weak the men’s rights system is working,” he told the media in Bengaluru. The Bengaluru Police, the Home Minister said, would also investigate the factors that drove him to the extreme step.

flexible workspace that is looking to raise $25 million in a pre-IPO funding round ahead of its public listing next year, has taken up 100,000 sq. ft. of office space at HQ27 in Gurugram. Previously, Nvidia had leased 73,000 sq. ft. at The Headquarters 27, a commercial project by Bharti Realty in Gurgaon. The facility at HQ27 has the capability to accommodate over 1500 seats.

Shiv Sena (UBT) has dropped broad hints over the past few days of going back to its core Hindutva agenda after the drubbing the party received in the November 20 Maharashtra polls. The party has mounted a strident attack on the Centre for atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in the neighbouring country in August and has now come forward to «protect» an «80-year-old» Hanuman Temple outside Mumbai's Dadar station that was served a demolition notice by the railways. Signalling its intent on the issue, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray performed 'maha aarti' at the temple amid efforts by the party to corner the ruling BJP on the Hindutva plank.