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Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the opening ceremony of M12 Highway via a video link in Moscow on December 21, 2023. Since last September, Vladimir Putin has been looking to stop “fighting along the current lines”, and that he may even be willing to accept a deal that seeks to put a stop to the two-year-long war.President Vladimir Putin has been signalling through his intermediaries that Russia is willing to have a ceasefire negotiation with Ukraine, the news source reported citing unnamed former Russian officials, along with American officials.Since last September, Putin has been looking to stop…

Isro Chairman S Somnath has announced that the Aditya L1 is scheduled to reach its destination, the L1 point, on January 6, 2024 after travelling 15 lakh kilometres through space. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is on the brink of achieving a historic milestone with its first solar mission, Aditya-L1.Isro Chairman S Somnath has announced that the spacecraft is scheduled to reach its destination, the L1 point, on January 6, 2024 after travelling 15 lakh kilometres through space. “The L1 point insertion of Aditya-L1 will be done on January 6, 2024 but the time has not been decided yet,”…

India. Violence was reported on Saturday during protests organised by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) alleging police atrocities. Thiruvananthapuram: Police use water cannons to disperse Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers during a protest march, in ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram: Police use water cannons to disperse Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers during a protest march, in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala Police have registered a case against several veteran Congress leaders, including state Congress chief K Sudhakaran, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly V D Satheesan, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, in connection with the violence in Thiruvananthapuram during the party’s march to the DGP office.The Museum…

India. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has said the state government will provide Rs 5 lakh for accident insurance to gig workers. He also assured a Rs 10 lakh health cover for gig workers.The chief minister said the state government will provide social security to workers in the unorganised sectors. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has said the state government will provide Rs 5 lakh for accident insurance to gig workers such as those involved in food delivery, and driving cabs and autorickshaws.According to an official release on Saturday, he also assured the gig workers that the government…

India. Kharge had said he hoped that Dhankhar would accommodate the Opposition's concerns and uphold the basic principle of parliamentary democracy. The letter war between Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar doesn’t seem to end. A day after Kharge wrote to Dhankhar that “he was firmly in favour of dialogue and discussion”, the latter’s office has delivered another letter to Kharge on Saturday evening, saying he was repeatedly rebuffed by Kharge, who rejected his offers of interaction.“I wish your assertion in your December 22 communication that “we firmly believe in fostering dialogue and discussion” was reflected…

India. Sameer Khandekar, who was the dean of student affairs and the head of the mechanical engineering department, collapsed on the dais while addressing the gathering on Friday. IIT Kanpur Professor Collapses On Stage While Delivering Lecture, Dies`He was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead upon arrival.`Kanpur (UP): A 53-year-old senior professor of IIT Kanpur has died due to cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture during an alumni meet. A professor said that Mr Khandekar was diagnosed with high cholesterol levels about five years ago.Talking to PTI over the phone from Delhi, former IIT Kanpur Director Abhay…

J&K. A retired police officer was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Sunday morning, the police said. The incident took place when the retired senior superintendent of police (SSP), identified as Mohammad Shafi, was praying at a mosque in the city's Gantmulla Baramulla area, the police added.Retired police officer praying at mosque shot dead in J&K's Baramulla. After the incident, the police cordoned off the area. “#Terrorists fired upon Shri Mohd Shafi, a retired police officer at Gantmulla, Sheeri #Baramulla, while prayig Azan in the mosque and succumbed to injuries. Area has been #cordoned off.…

India. This follows the robust performance of the corporates in 2023 and will offset weakness from slowing growth in key overseas markets, the credit rating firm said in its latest report on 'India Corporates: Sector Trends 2024.' Fitch Ratings expects that India's resilient economic growth will boost demand of the corporates. This follows the robust performance of the corporates in 2023 and will offset weakness from slowing growth in key overseas markets, the credit rating firm said in its latest report on 'India Corporates: Sector Trends 2024'.Rising demand and easing input cost pressure should boost margins of the corporates in…

Ottawa. A new report from BMO highlights how the rising cost of living is impacting Canadians and what their spending plans are as they head into 2024. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows people are frustrated with him, especially the same young voters who helped propel his party to a majority government in 2015. “Those young people eight years later are having trouble paying the rent, worried about their future in ways that are just as tangible, if not more, because of the global context we’re in,” Trudeau told Global News Ottawa bureau chief Mercedes Stephenson in a year-end…

Canada. Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill received multiple awards from his alma mater UBC for his work in Canada and India. Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill, the first Canadian born in India to become a doctor in Canada, has died. In a statement announcing his death, Gill's family described the father of four as `a special person whose impact on the lives of people in both Canada and India goes far beyond what anyone can read or see.`Born in the village of Kharoudi in 1931, Gill came to North America by boat in 1949, first meeting with his grandfather in southern California…