Delhi: In High Court, ED admits freezing shopowner’s bank account over ‘mistaken identity’ Delhi News | WN24
In 2022, a Delhi resident running a shop at Palam was in for a rude shock when she suddenly realized her current bank account linked to her small retail readymade garment shop was debit frozen, upon instructions to her bank from the Enforcement Directorate. ED – the central agency investigating financial crimes — on Monday, […]
BJP releases second part of manifesto: SIT to probe AAP govt’s ‘scams’, free education for needy students | Delhi News | WN24
Declaring that the people of the Capital have made up their minds to walk forward with the BJP, former Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday released the second installment of the party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ or manifesto for the February 5 elections. Thakur said the second part of the ‘Developed Delhi Sankalp Patra 2025’ was accompanied […]
Trump order leaves Cuba prisoner deal in limbo | WN24
HAVANA (Reuters) – Karen Vasquez, 44, walked out of jail in Cuba on Sunday, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican under which the Biden administration would loosen sanctions on the communist-run island, while Havana would release more than 500 people from its jails who are considered political prisoners by Washington. Vasquez was still […]
Mexican president urges ‘cool heads’ in face of Trump threats | WN24
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called Tuesday, January 21, for “cool heads” in the face of US President Donald Trump’s announcement of severe new restrictions on migration, among other policy changes. Sheinbaum said Mexico was preparing to repatriate people from other countries expelled by the United States, after Trump vowed to deport “millions and millions” of […]
Trump announces 500 bln USD AI infrastructure investment in U.S. | WN24
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a 500-billion-U.S.-dollar investment from OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States. At a White House event Tuesday afternoon, Trump said the three companies are set to partner on a new AI infrastructure company called Stargate, which will […]
북한 스마트폰 메시지 앱에 한국식 표현 ‘오빠’ 입력해보니… | WN24
북한 스마트폰 메시지 앱에서 한국식 단어를 입력하면 다른 단어로 자동변환된다. 특정 단어는 경고 메시지가 나타난다. ‘오빠’라는 단어를 입력하면 ‘동지’로 바뀌고 경고 메시지가 표시된다. /사진=데일리NK 북한 스마트폰에서 한국식 표현을 입력하면 자동으로 북한식 표현으로 변경되거나 경고 문구가 뜨는 것으로 확인됐다. 데일리NK가 최근 입수한 북한 스마트폰의 통보문(메시지) 애플리케이션(앱)을 분석한 결과 메시지창에 ‘오빠’라고 입력하면 자동으로 ‘동지’로 변환됐고, 동시에 “경고! […]
Hundreds of Capitol rioters released from prison after Trump’s sweeping pardon | WN24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were freed on Tuesday, after the new president pardoned more than 1,500 people, including some who assaulted police officers. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said 211 people had been released […]
Trump’s trade policy: Fix ‘unfair, unbalanced trade, counter currency manipulation’ | Business News | WN24
US President Donald Trump on Monday instructed his commerce and treasury departments to investigate the causes of America’s “large and persistent” annual trade deficits in goods, as well as the “economic and national security” implications of such deficits, according to an official document titled ‘America First Trade Policy’ released by the White House on Monday. […]
US Capitol rioters celebrate prison release after Trump pardons | WN24
When Kevin Loftus became one of the Capitol rioters granted a sweeping pardon by new US President Donald Trump, he walked out of the Philadelphia prison where he was being held and drove overnight to Washington without even stopping to change his clothes. Loftus was making a beeline for the Washington prison that has become […]
‘Expect a fine balance of boosting growth and employment with continued fiscal prudence’ Business News | WN24
The backdrop of the upcoming Union Budget is a complicated one with rapidly evolving geopolitical and geo-economic factors. Moreover, domestic growth momentum has also slowed down in recent months. The government now expects FY25 GDP growth to slow down to a four-year low of 6.4 percent from 8.2 percent in FY24, even though India remains […]