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Newlyweds Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth made their first public appearance together after their hush-hush wedding earlier this week. The couple were pictured at the airport. Aditi wore a pink salwar suit while Siddharth was dressed in blue. The couple were pictured holding hands. They posed for the shutterbugs. The paparazzi congratulated them at the airport. A paparazzo can be heard saying, “Mithai nehi laye hamare liye (Haven’t you brought sweets for us)?” Aditi replies, “Kal (Tomorrow I will bring).” Take a look at the pictures here: The couple announced their wedding on Monday. Aditi and Siddharth kept their wedding outfits simple and elegant. Aditi wore a golden saree in a traditional South-Indian way. She… Read More »In Pics: Newlyweds Aditi Rao Hydari And Siddharth Pose Holding Hands At Airport

A Bangladeshi student leader was beaten to death at his university campus in an apparent reprisal for attacks on protesters during the uprising that ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina last month. Shamim Ahmed was enrolled at Jahangirnagar University in the capital Dhaka, and was a top member of the student wing of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party, police officer Abu Bakkar told AFP. Bakkar said Ahmed was beaten by unknown assailants on Wednesday night for leading an attack on student demonstrators at the campus in mid-July, when protests demanding Sheikh Hasina’s removal from office were gaining momentum. “We took him to the Gonoshasthaya Hospital, where he later died,” the officer added. Staff at the hospital confirmed… Read More »Sheikh Hasina’s Party’s Student Leader Beaten To Death On Campus

A child enrolled in a Japanese school in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has died after being stabbed on Wednesday, officials confirmed on Thursday, the second such attack near Japanese educational centres in China in recent months. Chinese authorities said the 10-year-old boy was a Japanese national born to a Japanese father and a Chinese mother, and he had been stabbed on his way to school at about 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Wednesday by a 44-year-old assailant surnamed Zhong. He died in the early hours of Thursday, Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa told reporters in Tokyo. “Medical experts made every effort to save his life, and the Chinese side will provide the necessary assistance… Read More »10-Year-Old Japanese Schoolboy Stabbed To Death In China

A previously unknown piece of music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was probably in his early teens has been uncovered at a library in Germany, researchers said Thursday. The piece dates to the mid- to late-1760s and consists of seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting around 12 minutes, the Leipzig Municipal Libraries said in a statement. Born in 1756, Mozart was a child prodigy and began composing at a very early age under his father’s guidance. Researchers discovered the work at the city’s music library while compiling the latest edition of the so-called Koechel catalogue, the definitive archive of Mozart’s musical works. The newly discovered manuscript was not penned by Mozart… Read More »Unknown Mozart Composition From His Teens Discovered In Germany

In a goodwill gesture, India on Thursday said it has decided to rollover a USD 50 million Treasury Bill for an additional year upon the request of the Maldives government. “At the request of the Government of Maldives, the State Bank of India (SBI) has subscribed the USD 50 mn Government Treasury Bill (T-bills) issued by the Ministry of Finance of Maldives, for a period of one more year from the date of maturity of the previous subscription, September 19, 2024,” the High Commission of India in Maldives said in a press release. SBI bought the Treasury Bill under an agreement signed by the previous government. SBI has bought a total of USD 200 million… Read More »“Sincere Gratitude”: Maldives As India Extends $50 Million Budgetary Support