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India’s youth are trading club nights for pickleball, a fast-growing paddle sport that blends fitness with fun. With over 1,200 courts and a booming business model offering low setup costs and high profits, the sport is drawing players, investors, and entrepreneurs alike. By 2030, India’s pickleball industry is projected to…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooSweden’s new National Security Advisor, Tobias Thyberg, quit hours after taking up the role as sensitive pictures of him on a dating app were sent anonymously to government. Thyberg had omitted the information during security background checks, the government said. “It is a systemic failure that this kind of information…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooReverend Winnie Varghese has made history as the first woman dean of the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City, United States. She is the 12th dean of the historic church. Born in Kerala’s Kaviyoor, in Pathanamthitta, she moved to the US with her parents when she…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooIndia extended emergency financial support to Maldives through rollover of $50 million Treasury Bill, the High Commission of India in Maldives said. “It’s done under a unique Government-to-Government arrangement,” it added. “I express my sincere gratitude to EAM S Jaishankar and Indian government for extending crucial financial support,” Maldives’ Foreign…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooThe office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is committed to providing a safe corridor to enable the release of the last known living American hostage in Gaza, Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier. It added that Israel has not agreed to any ceasefire or prisoner release deal…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooUS President Donald Trump misspoke and accidentally called Barbie and other toys making company Mattel a “country” while threatening tariffs. “Mattel is the only country I’ve heard, they said, ‘We’re going to counter (tariffs)’.” However, Trump quickly corrected himself, by adding, “We’ll put a 100% tariff on his toys,” referring…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooUS President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to cut prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices by 30% to 80% in country. “I’ll be instituting…most favoured nation’s policy whereby US will pay the same price as…nation that pays…lowest price anywhere in…world,” Trump added. “Our citizens’ healthcare costs will…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooSlovakia’s PM Robert Fico said many Western countries want the war between Russia and Ukraine to continue. “I’m shocked that there’s a proposal that on May 15, Russians and Ukrainians can meet in Istanbul for direct talks where concrete results can be obtained,” Fico added. He stated the conflict will…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooRussia has claimed that a viral video shows French President Emmanuel Macron hiding a packet of cocaine as he travelled along with UK PM Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a train to Ukraine. Macron’s office responded to Russia’s claim and called it fake. Sharing two pictures, his…
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: pooAfghanistan’s Taliban government has suspended chess across the country until further notice, citing that chess is “considered a means of gambling” under Islamic Sharia law. In 2024, the Taliban also banned mixed martial arts (MMA) and other free fighting championships, calling them too “violent” and “problematic with respect to Sharia”….
Published on: May 12, 2025 | By: poo
