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Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Mahakumbh: PhonePe, ICICI launch Rs 59 insurance plan for train and bus travellers, Rs 99 for flights; Check how to avail

PhonePe, in collaboration with ICICI Lombard, launches two insurance coverage plans for Maha Kumbh Mela travelers, offering comprehensive coverage for various risks. The plans cost Rs 59 for train/bus travelers and Rs 99 for flight travelers. The Mela is expected to draw 40 crore people, with Indian Railways operating 13,000 trains to manage the crowd.

Open Culture 

The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead (1970)

What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The “inspired pairing” of the […]

BigNewsNetwork.com 

PM Narendra Modi flags off Pravasi Bharatiya Express in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged off the inaugural journey of the Pravasi Bharatiya Express, a special tourist train dedicated to the Indian diaspora, in Bhubaneswar. Sharing a post on X, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology wrote, "Dekho Apna Desh. PM @narendramodi Ji flagged off the ina

BigNewsNetwork.com 

"Together we celebrate India, Indianness, connect to our roots": PM Modi lauds diaspora during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday during his remarks at the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas highlighted how the diaspora's presence in India during time of festivities in the country gives them a chance to connect closer to India and lauded their value systems for seamlessly integrating with the world and at the same time carrying Indian ethos forward. "In just a few days

CounterPunch 

Take Your Money and Shove it:  The Second Long Telegram, US Aid, and Russia’s Economic Trauma

“It was as if the West’s central philosophical commitment to limited government was extirpated by a crude economic determinism that insisted on no government in Russia.” –      Peter J. Stavrakis, Kennan Institute Occasional Papers, 1993 Diplomatic advisors and analysts are a funny breed.  They can be lauded as sages, called upon to clarify the complex and offer the odd lapidary More

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CounterPunch 

Petro Government in Colombia Confronts Lawfare, Alvaro Uribe and US Intervention 

President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ever aspired to serve all Colombians. Its existence depends on push-back against Colombia’s peculiar mix of corporations, big landowners, financial moguls, and narco-traffickers. Difficulties are cropping up now that call for sharpened resistance. Prospects for re-election More

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BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

NHL roundup: Another big game for Jesper Boqvist in Panthers' win

(Photo credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images) Jesper Boqvist scored two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves in the Florida Panthers' 4-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Sam Reinhart and Eetu Luostarinen also scored and Matthew Tkachuk had two assists for the Panthers, who have alternated losses and wins for six games. Bobrovsky improved to 18-9-1 this season. Boqvist logged the third multigoal