Friday, February 20, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Blog/Opinion
Worldsnap Staff

Dawood moves to 4th place on Forbes most-wanted list

India’s most wanted and Pakistan’s guest for years, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, seems to be nudging his way up on the list of infamy.He is ranked the "third most wanted fugitive in the world", as per the latest list of such people released by US magazine Forbes. In the previous and the first edition of the list in 2008, Dawood had been placed fourth.This time he has replaced Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov. The latter is a major figure in international Eurasian organised crime …

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Ahmedabad
Worldsnap Staff

‘Focus on empowering second generation of NRIs’

He is the only Indian-American who has been felicitated by both the countries. Dr Sudhir Parikh has been awarded the The Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the US and the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman and the Padmashri by India. Parikh is now focusing on making the second generation American-Indians aware about the Indian culture, values and tradition. During his visit to Ahmedabad Dr. Parikh, one of the busiest allergist in US spoke with DNA's Paras K Jha, sharing? his views about various issues rela…

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Ahmedabad
Worldsnap Staff

The quest for rare stamps and coins

Philately and numismatics are probably the most common leisure pursuits of mankind. They give the collector pride and pleasure of having rare possessions besides sharpening and expanding their knowledge. These hobbies enable interaction among people and at the same time provide them immense information on a wide variety of topics of historical significance or spectacular national and international events. RT Makwana, supervisor at the Philatelic Bureau, Ahmedabad, says, "Although many…

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Pune
Worldsnap Staff

Yashada’s website adjudged best in govt category

The Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration’s (Yashada) website has been adjudged as the best Marathi government website at a competition held by the state government. The contest was organised by Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha, an apex institute established by the state for promotion of Marathi. The website www.tukaram.com launched from Pune received the third prize among the non-government Marathi websites.The competition was organised in cooperation with the sta…

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Mumbai
Worldsnap Staff

Thinking ahead pays off

There are two ways of approaching a new home purchase and the funding for it – you can either plan for it well in advance, or spend time regretting it afterwards. This is one scenario where the adage works in reverse, i.e. you will repent at leisure if you haven't acted in haste! If you delay your purchase decision for any reason, rest assured the consequences will be quite severe.For starters, with home loan rates expected to rise soon, you will definitely end up with a …

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