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Labour party joins electoral alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh

Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s top leader Gazi Ataur Rahman had claimed that the party quit the alliance after being “deprived of justice” regarding seat allocations from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dQN2pf9

Jens-Frederik Nielsen | In the eye of the storm

Greenland’s PM has to walk a tightrope between rejecting Trump’s imperial overtures and accommodating American investments and security presence while navigating domestic politics from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BnmO8Sq

U.S. envoys Kushner, Witkoff in Israel for talks on Gaza: U.S. official

Israeli media reported that the talks would also focus on the return of the remains of the last Israeli hostage still held in Gaza. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PFhCGMd

UN rights council decries ‘unprecedented’ crackdown in Iran, deepens scrutiny

With 25 votes in favour, seven opposed and the rest abstaining, it decided to extend and broaden the mandate of independent investigators gathering evidence towards ensuring accountability for rights violations in the country from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/cYaDErw

India and the EU — a fit partnership in a divided world

The two sides have the potential to write a new chapter in multilateralism from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4NyqGCR

Blue Dart hires over 200 PwDs in mainstream roles

As part of this programme, Blue Dart has introduced sensitisation workshops, sign language training, customised workplace adaptations, and role-based enablement frameworks from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ue1Zrhz

Neolite ZKW Lightings plans ₹150 crore production facility in Chennai

The company has also established an independent design centre equipped with modern design tools and simulation software, 3D modelling, optical design, prototyping, and validation support from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pM8NVoY

In Focus-Parley | Does Trump’s Greenland plan signal the end of NATO?

President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland, deemed vital for U.S. security, has sparked debates over NATO’s future. Join experts C. Raja Mohan and T.G. Suresh as they analyze the implications. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yodqAFM

Government asks airlines to submit requests for IndiGo’s vacated slots

Following massive disruptions, DGCA reduced IndiGo's winter schedule by 10%, which meant the airline had stopped operating services in various slots from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qhGLTW8

India’s Power Transmission network scales past 5 lakh circuit kilometres: Power Ministry

According to the Power Ministry, India’s transmission network has grown by 71.6% since April 2014. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YqFdkIe

Putin ready to give frozen assets for rebuilding Ukraine

American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to meet with Mr. Putin on a possible Ukrainian solution from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/uvYWV0O

India, E.U. agree to sign security and defence partnership next week: Kaja Kallas

Kallas noted that the E.U. is among India’s largest trading partners and described India as “indispensable” to Europe’s economic resilience from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/m0dOSJA

Iranian state TV issues first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 were killed

The comments by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who saw his invitation to the World Economic Forum in Davos rescinded over the killings, came as a U.S. aircraft carrier group moved west toward the Middle East from Asia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ga3CbEU

ITC Hotels Q3 net profit rises 9.6% to ₹237 crore

During the quarter under review, ITC Hotel's revenue from operations stood at ₹1,230.68 crore compared to ₹1,015.40 crore, a regulatory filing showed from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2h9mXKq

Australia's Malajczuk smashes fastest century in U19 World Cup history

Malajczuk was the aggressor, making the fastest fifty in U19 World Cup history with a half-century in 23 balls, before breaking the record for the quickest ton, using only 51 balls to get to three figures from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pRlxI5A

Government removes QCO on textile machinery imports

Now the government has removed the quality control order on all machinery and the textile industry will be able to import quality machinery required from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2WaosnK

Valentino Garavani, fashion designer to jet set, dies aged 93 in Rome

His body will repose at the foundation's headquarters in Rome on Wednesday and Thursday. The funeral will be held on Friday at the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JMZjlx9

TVS Infrastructure Trust raises ₹830 crore under first tranche of ₹1,100-crore NCD programme

The company, in a statement, said the funds were raised through a 20-year, long-tenor bond issuance, anchored by the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BnWGbir

Two high-speed trains collide and derail in Spain; at least 20 killed

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia said on Sunday they were following “with great concern” news of the train disaster from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/sUDk5Ml

Navarro renews attack on Delhi, asks why Americans ‘paying for AI in India’

Navarro’s comments came as ties between New Delhi and Washington are reeling under strain on several other issues apart from tariffs from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ETiWxRa

Syrian government announces ceasefire with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

Syria's Defence Ministry said it ordered the fighting to halt on the front lines after the agreement was announced from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ph4J0AX

Pakistan says Trump invited PM Sharif to join Board of Peace for Gaza

Apart from India and Pakistan, at least four more countries have been invited to join the board on Sunday — Hungary, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/WqF6mR5

Israel objects to U.S. announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza

The rare criticism from Israel of its close ally in Washington says the Gaza executive committee “was not coordinated with Israel and is contrary to its policy,” without details from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LHn9l3S

U.S. launches another retaliatory strike in Syria killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambush

U.S. Central Command announced that the strike in northwest Syria killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, who they claim was “an experienced terrorist leader who plotted attacks and was directly connected" to the December 13 attack from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Bn1o98j

Iran protests | The revolution will not be televised

What began as a shopkeepers’ strike transformed into one of the largest anti-government protests the Islamic Republic has seen, triggering a violent state crackdown in which thousands are feared killed; Tehran says Western intelligence agencies hijacked the protest and unleashed ‘domestic terror’ from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5q3SErC

Excluding Awami League from upcoming election will not bring stability to Bangladesh, says party leader in Delhi

Former Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud acknowledges India’s support to Awami League, which remains banned in Bangladesh from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Yzk2XMa

Trump thanks Iran for not following through on executions of protesters

The U.S. president also suggested on his social media site that more than 800 people had been set to be executed in Iran, but he said they now won't be from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dXY3OtW

​On mute: On the U.S., geopolitical turmoil, India’s response

India’s interests can be secured only by assertion of its strategic autonomy from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qnQuHoY

Diplomat’s meeting with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief was routine: India

Ministry of External Affairs says interactions with political interlocutors in Dhaka are part of regular diplomatic engagement from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0uR27vK

Venezuela's Machado meets Trump, tells supporters they can count on him

The enthusiasm of Maria Machado and her supporters stood in contrast to Donald Trump having repeatedly raised doubts about the Nobel Peace Prize winner and his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in Venezuela from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/mUdq0s3

Iran's nationwide protests appear smothered after crackdown, internet outage

Iranian state media has announced wave after wave of arrests by authorities, targeting those it calls “terrorists" from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/stUEJBb

India issues advisory for citizens in Israel in view of regional tensions

The U.S. and U.K. embassies also issued alerts for their citizens to avoid travel to the region from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rz9NjkC

Iran protests: Trump claims killing ‘has stopped’ even as Tehran signals executions ahead

The Iranian security force crackdown on the demonstrations has killed at least 2,586, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/xHs74Rv

Denmark, Greenland talks with Vance and Rubio fail to alter U.S. position

The Danish Minister said a U.S. takeover of Greenland, where Washington has long had a military base, was “absolutely not necessary” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/jvRmGAW

The great reckoning: On the crises in Iran

Iran needs more freedoms and quick reforms, not another war from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/y16X8nI

FBI searches journalist’s home over alleged Pentagon leak

The Post named the reporter as Hannah Natanson and said federal agents seized a work laptop, a personal laptop, her phone and a watch from her home in Virginia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZLEmYge

Decisive new factors in the Iranian conundrum

The genesis of Iran’s ongoing crisis lies in growing and dire eco-political conditions, but it has also shown up new systemic vulnerabilities from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Zpxn2Xq

Greenland official calls it 'unfathomable' that U.S. is considering taking over island

Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland's minister for business and mineral resources, said people in Greenland are “very, very worried” about the U.S. rhetoric. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Pvf4bjp

Scott Adams, whose comic strip 'Dilbert' ridiculed white-collar office life, dies at 68

At its height, “Dilbert,” appeared in 2,000 newspapers worldwide in at least 70 countries and 25 languages from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4LEUNbn

Iran protests: Trump says Iran wants to negotiate, death toll at nearly 600

Pro-government demonstrators flooded Tehran’s streets on Monday in support of the theocracy, a show of force after days of protests directly challenging the rule of 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/M9VmYc5

Trump says countries doing business with Iran to face 25% tariff

The announcement from Mr. Trump comes as he looks to put pressure on Tehran for cracking down on anti-government protestors across the country. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZLQwani

Trump says working well with Venezuela’s new leaders, open to meeting

Donald Trump’s upbeat remarks came just over a week after Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was seized in a U.S. special forces raid and brought to New York to face drug trafficking charges from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hVL23pE

Renewing motor policy: when less can be more

Logically, the renewal premium should be lower since the sum insured reduces each year, yet it remains unchanged, or is even higher and the reasoning is that it is because the car is older from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GvP2UAu

Iran protest deaths cross 500, says rights group; authorities call for counter-rally to ‘condemn U.S., Israel actions’

U.S.-based group says 490 protesters, 48 security personnel dead; Iran warns U.S. against 'miscalculation', threatens retaliation from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/SOfcdYW

NATO talks on deterring Russian activity around Greenland ‘business as usual’, says U.K.

Reports said military chiefs ​from Britain and other European countries were drawing up plans for a possible NATO mission in Greenland, which Donald Trump wants to acquire from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yMb1d0o

Fresh protests in Iran as internet blackout persists

Donald Trump said on Saturday the U.S. was “ready to help” the movement from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LzCvlZ7

Southern Transitional Council | Yemen’s separatists

The STC’s military and political advances led to its integration in Yemen’s government through the Riyadh Agreement, but dissatisfaction prompted recurring clashes from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Du9HWTc

Rubio and Vance | Arms of Trump

Two major events — the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s President and the ICE shooting in Minneapolis — highlight the Trump administration’s twin priorities — foreign intervention and strict immigration enforcement; Rubio and Vance represent different strands of the MAGA movement from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Qa5Zp1M

U.S. Ambassador Gor arrives in India, says ‘incredible opportunities ahead for two nations’

Earlier in the day, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reiterated India’s commitment to a “balanced” trade pact with the United States from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bUOPmEM

Indian top IT firms set for another tepid quarter on weak U.S. demand, client spending

Brokerages expect the top six IT firms by revenue to post about 4% year-on-year revenue growth and a 5% rise in profit for the December quarter on average from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fIuZLAW

UN says U.S. has 'legal obligation' to fund agencies after Trump withdraws from several organisations

The 31 UN-related agencies include the UN's population agency and the UN treaty that establishes international climate negotiations from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PeOuKX4

Iran protests LIVE updates: Internet cut off amid fresh escalation in Tehran; security forces accused of firing on protesters

U.S. President Trump threatened to take severe action against Iran if its authorities "start killing people" from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/FdA7Vvi

FBI, DOJ exit cooperation on probe of ICE agent who fatally shot woman: Minnesota crime bureau

BCA cited lack of ‘⁠complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information ‌collected’ from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Z8FOin9

Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus runs over and kills ultra-Orthodox teen

The violence reflected growing tensions between the Israeli authorities and the ultra-Orthodox, known as Haredim, as the government mulls plans to draft them into the military from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GuP9b0z

Greenland purchase an active discussion, Trump is committed to NATO: White House

The U.S. President said that Russia ⁠and China only feared the alliance as long as America was ​a member from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2eTFkJu

Woman shot dead by ICE agent in Minneapolis during U.S. immigration crackdown

She allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers; the shooting drew throngs of angry protesters to the scene from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/u4MeKA6

America’s Venezuelan actions are most unlawful

The U.S.’s actions create a precarious precedent, surpassing even contested categories under international law from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/K3p6oiE

At a crossroads: On Iran’s unrest, its re-engagement with the world

Iran must initiate reforms and reengage with the world from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/s1xuejp

India probe finds Tata Steel, JSW Steel, SAIL breached antitrust law, regulatory order shows: report

The CCI has asked the steel companies to submit their audited financial statements for the eight financial years to 2023, the October order showed. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/F3AakKz

Waaree Energy Storage Solutions raises ₹1,003 crore

The latest fundraise is part of the ₹10,000-crore capital expenditure plan aimed at setting up of a 20 GWh advanced, lithium-ion cell and battery pack manufacturing plant, the company said in a statement from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/20IfTWa

U.S. allies, adversaries use UN meeting to blast Venezuela intervention as America defends action

U.S. envoy Mike Waltz defended the action as a justified and “surgical law enforcement operation," calling out the 15-member council for criticising the targeting of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5fLEabY

Greenland slams 'disrespectful' picture posted by Trump aide's wife

Stephen Miller is widely seen as the architect of much of Mr. Trump's policies, guiding the president on his hardline immigration policies and domestic agenda from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ymEF2IZ

Gunmen kill at least 30 villagers and abduct others during raid in northern Nigeria

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu condemned the attack and said he has directed security officials to hunt down the gunmen and rescue the hostages from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BGvPUqR

Trump warns Venezuela’s V-P Delcy Rodríguez in magazine interview

The U.S. President also said other ​countries may be subject to American intervention. “We ⁠do need Greenland, absolutely,” he said of the island that is part of Denmark, a NATO country from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PomH3x5

Balendra Shah | Enigmatic mayor

The rapper-engineer architects his leap into national politics, eyeing the prime ministerial chair as Nepal heads to elections from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4IZJ1DG

U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela until safe, judicious transition is possible, says Trump after Maduro capture

The U.S. President also posted a picture of Mr. Maduro in custody on a U.S. naval ship wearing a blindfold, handcuffs and what looked like noise-canceling ear muffs from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/h1kDNxA

Nigeria police charge Joshua driver with dangerous driving over fatal collision

Joshua sustained minor injuries when the Lexus ‍SUV he was travelling in collided with another car on Monday from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/izwdQhm

Demoralised Bangladesh police appreciated by Tarique Rahman for handling massive events

After the fall of the government of Sheikh Hasina, who was recognised for her “zero tolerance of terror” policy, the Bangladesh police continued to be handicapped because of the lingering stain of the crackdown from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZUBxMIl

FBI says it disrupted a potential New Year’s Eve attack inspired by Islamic State group

Christian Sturdivant, 18, was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terror organization after officials say he communicated his attack plans to an undercover FBI employee from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VXgamjT

Russia hands to U.S. what it says is proof of attempted Ukrainian strike on Putin residence

Ukraine and Western countries have disputed Russia’s account of ​the alleged attempted strike from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/xTmQtIH

First time in its history, Bangladesh to try postal ballots in 2026 election

According to the Election Commission of Bangladesh, more than 1.2 million Bangladeshi citizens – both living at home and abroad – have registered already to cast votes through postal ballot system from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2em0oQg

Zohran Mamdani promises to govern ‘expansively and audaciously’ in inaugural speech as NYC Mayor

Mamdani inherits a city on the upswing, after years of slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KCgN8bO