New Delhi, Jan 1 (UNI) Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported 29.58% year-on-year rise in total sales at 1,78,248 units in the month of December, 2024. The car major had recorded total sales of 137,551 units in the month of December, 2023. “In December 2024, Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total…
Dubai, Jan 1 (UNI) Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has recorded the highest ever rating points tally achieved by an Indian bowler as he consolidated his position at the top of the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings after another successful Test in Melbourne that saw him finish with a nine-wicket match haul. Bumrah, who is shortlisted…
Moscow, Jan 1 (UNI) Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi have split first place in the 2024 World Blitz Championship, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said on Wednesday. Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi played for the world champion’s title in the finals in New York that was expected to last four rounds. Former World…
New York, Jan 1 (UNI) The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion on New Year’s Day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau estimates released on Monday. The 0.9 percent increase in 2024 was a slight slowdown from 2023, when the world population grew by 75…
Washington, Jan 1 (UNI) The relationship between incumbent US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris became strained after the November election which Harris lost to Republican candidate Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal said, citing sources familiar with the matter. Post-election communications between Biden and Harris who replaced him in the presidential race…
Washington, Jan 1 (UNI) The FBI has discovered the largest stash of explosives in its history during a detention of a Virginia resident, according to court documents. Brad Spafford was detained on December 17 for storing an unregistered short-barreled rifle, the documents read, adding that during the search at his farm, a stash of explosives…
Mumbai, Jan 1 (UNI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajitdada Pawar on Wednesday wished the people of the state on the occasion of the New Year. Chief Minister Fadnavis, in his message, stated that a new Maharashtra is to be created. Progressive Maharashtra has to be made more dynamic. Expressing the…
Damascus, Jan 1 (UNI) A Syrian man was arrested in Berlin on Tuesday morning on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing two men with a knife in a supermarket and in the street, the German capital’s police force said. “Initial data suggests that the suspect could be showing signs of mental illness,” Berlin police said…
Seoul, Jan 1 (UNI) At least 13 people have been injured in Seoul after a car drove into a traditional market, the Yonhap news agency has reported, citing police. The incident occurred on Tuesday when a 73-year-old man drove his sedan into a crowd of people visiting the Mokdong Kkaebi Market in southwestern Seoul, the…
San Francisco, Jan 1 (UNI) A 29-year-old man was shot and killed across the street from the Harvard Market in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood early Tuesday. Police responded to sounds of gunfire shortly before 3 a.m. where they found the man with multiple gunshot wounds in his torso, police said. Police are searching for the…
