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MAD STARS 2025 Elevates Global Creativity with Final Jury Announcement in Busan

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Busan, South Korea — The MAD STARS festival, an international celebration of marketing, advertising, and digital content, has unveiled its Final Jury for the upcoming 2025 edition. This year’s competition is expected to see participation from 336 jurors representing 75 countries, with 34 experts selected as the Final Judges to evaluate entries in person. The Final Jury will assess standout submissions from around the globe across a range of categories, including film, print, design, AI, and sustainability, among others. The judges have been organized into six thematic groups, emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach to the evaluation … Read more

Shining Stars of Parliament: Sansad Ratna Awards 2025 Honor Exceptional MPs for Service and Excellence

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New Delhi, India — Seventeen Members of Parliament have been honored with the prestigious Sansad Ratna Awards for 2025, recognizing their outstanding contributions in the Lok Sabha. This year’s recipients include notable figures such as Supriya Sule from the Nationalist Congress Party, Ravi Kishan and Nishikant Dubey from the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Arvind Sawant from the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction. Among the accolades, four Special Jury Awards were presented to individuals for their remarkable consistency in enhancing parliamentary democracy over three consecutive terms. Bhartruhari Mahtab of the BJP from Odisha, N K Premachandran … Read more

Ontario Judge Questions Credibility of Complainant in Landmark Sexual Assault Case Involving Five Former Junior Hockey Stars

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LONDON, Ontario — A judge has ruled in the high-profile sexual assault trial involving five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team, stating that she found the complainant’s testimony lacking in credibility. Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia announced her decision, although she has yet to finalize the charges against each of the accused players. The accused — Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, and Callan Foote — have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred in a hotel room on June 19, 2018. McLeod faces … Read more

Former Junior Hockey Stars Face Legal Turmoil: All Five Alleged in Assault Case Take Leaves from NHL Teams

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Ottawa, Canada — Five members of the 2018 national junior hockey team, who each went on to play in the NHL, have come under scrutiny following allegations of an assault that took place during their junior careers. Since the incident, the players have had varied trajectories in their professional lives but recently found themselves taking leaves of absence from their teams after being instructed to cooperate with a police investigation that began in January 2024. Alex Formenton, 25, a notable forward who previously shined with the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights, was drafted by the … Read more