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The former school teacher and state governor was elected to the largely ceremonial position last week with 64 percent of the vote by members of India’s parliament and state assemblies.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed that there was a “foreign conspiracy hatched by the United States” to topple his government through the opposition’s no-confidence motion.
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Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people, most of them pro-democracy activists in what is now known as the largest known mass execution carried out in a single day in the modern history of conservative Arab kingdom.
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One witness saw the attacker clad in black Shalwar-Kameez rush into the mosque during Friday prayers and open "fire with a pistol", picking out the worshippers "one-by-one". He "then blew himself up", Ali Asghar said.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who has become the first top Israeli leader to officially land in the Persian Gulf...
Goa on Monday registered a very high voter turnout of 78.94 per cent in polling for the 40 Assembly seats which passed...
Red clothing and underwear are displayed in Saudi shopfronts, but the increasingly popular Valentine's Day promotions...
Bahrain has confirmed that an Israeli naval officer will be stationed in the Gulf state, the first time an Israeli...
Demonstrators bore portraits of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as well as the Imam Ruhollah Khomeini,...
As the first phase of the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly concluded on Thursday, the voter turnout for the Jat-...
Israeli security forces have killed three Palestinians in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian...
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Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born British author whose writing led to death threats from Muslims in the 1980s, has been stabbed as he was about to give a lecture in southwestern New York state.
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Taiwan is preparing its air-raid shelters as rising tension with China and Russia's invasion of Ukraine raise new fears about the possibility of a Chinese attack on the democratic island.
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In only his second trip abroad since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February, Putin met Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on pressing issues facing the region
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After ringing Ukraine with tens of thousands of troops, Russia invades its neighbour in the early hours of February 24, setting off the worst conflict in Europe in decades.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, forcing residents to flee for...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a special "military operation" to protect Donbas, the separatist-held...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, February 21, 2022 recognised the independence of separatist regions in...
The leaders of Ukraine's two breakaway regions announced a general mobilization Saturday, spurring fears of a further...
U.S. President Joe Biden says he is now “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine and...
The US has hoped that India, which is committed to a rules-based international order, will stand by its side in case of...
A Russian anti-submarine destroyer chased off a US submarine near the Kuril Islands, forcing it to leave the country's...
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The outcome of the elections in Uttar Pradesh will be a litmus test for the BJP. This will largely determine the Hindu nationalist party’s political future.
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When Yemeni Houthi rebels struck Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, killing three people on Jan. 17, the Biden administration strongly condemned what it called “terrorist attacks.” It was the 14th time the State Department
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Fourth, the War on Terror has also been politically defeated in the United States. The majority of Americans are now in favor of withdrawal from Afghanistan and against any more foreign wars.
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Israel has started talking tough about going to war with Iran. Then Hezbollah sent a reality check. 2006 will forever haunt Israel as it confronts the fact that, when comes to shove, it's not as capable as it claims to b
FIFA says the Club World Cup 2021, scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi in February this year, is scheduled to go ahead...
Team USA, whose 600-plus athletes competed in hundreds of events over 19 whirlwind days here, staged a thrilling...
The Olympics like no other opened in Tokyo on Friday sans the customary razzmatazz, the toned-down ceremony showcasing...
We know what it takes to deliver a successful Games in Australia," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told International...
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the...
he International Cricket Council (ICC) has broken its silence over the controversial end to the 2019 World Cup final.An...
New Zealand coach Gary Stead has called for the Cricket World Cup's rules to be overhauled, labelling the showpiece...
Today, no sector of Iran’s economy has been spared by Washington’s punitive measures, which helped propel the country...
The United Arab Emirates plans to introduce a federal tax on corporate earnings for the first time next year, in its...
Indian economy contracted by 6.6 per cent in 2020-21 on account of outbreak of Covid-19 and subsequent nationwide...
Multichemi International Ltd, which manufactures and distributes a wide range of products under dash, one of Sri Lanka’...
Commercial Bank Bangladesh, Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s largest overseas operation, has been adjudged the ‘Most...
Chairman of the Iran-Russia parliamentary friendship group says that Tehran and Moscow have reached good agreements in...
Iran has criticised the decision to ban the import and export of containerised cargo from Iranian ports to all...
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A plea filed has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking prohibition of any exhibition or publication of the film "Why I killed Gandhi" or any of its contents in any manner whatsoever on any OTT platform or Social Media
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With better education opportunities and good office jobs, Omani women are now challenging tradition and questioning marriage more than ever before by demanding equal life partnerships.
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A prominent Turkish actor Ayberk Pekcan, also known as aka Artuk Bey in the popular Turkish series 'Resurrection: Ertugrul', has passed away due to lung cancer.
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David Burke's staff are busy putting up blue and green balloons. The places are set, glasses polished, and candles lit. Music from The Godfather plays in the background.
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Scotland will on Monday become the first country in the world to ensure universal access to free period products following the passing of landmark legislation in 2020.
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Regular international flights are likely to resume from March 15 and will follow the standard operating procedures effective at Indian airports for foreign arrivals and departure, government sources said on Monday.
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In Islam, parents are given a high status yet Muslim children would wait for the days dedicated to parents as per Western customs to celebrate such occasions as no particular day was dedicated to father or mother
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The government on Thursday issued revised guidelines for international arrivals, doing away with the mandatory seven-day home quarantine for those arriving from overseas and the need for them to undertake an RT-PCR test.
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China on Thursday expressed serious concerns regarding India's ban of Chinese apps over security reasons, adding that it hopes India would treat all foreign investors, including Chinese firms, in a transparent manner.
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Mark Zuckerberg lost $29 billion in net worth on Thursday as Meta Platforms Inc's stock marked a record one-day plunge, while fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos was set to add $20 billion to his personal valuation.
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After securing great success in developing, operating and exporting its domestic unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Turkey is preparing for similar success stories with mini-submarines in the near future.
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Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for "primates" in video at the social network.A Facebook spokesperson called it a "clearly unacceptable error.
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In 2017, Michel Roccati was in a motorbike accident that left his lower body completely paralysed. In 2020, he walked again, thanks to a breakthrough new spinal cord implant.
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Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown.
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Dhaka’s air was classified as “poor” or “very unhealthy” as the mega city ranked the second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning. Dhaka’s AQI score was recorded at 212
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Sri Lanka as we know it today would disappear to become part of the new Indian subcontinent in 200 million years from now, says a new study.A research paper was published in the American Journal of Science.
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Mathura: A war room will soon be set up in Lucknow to curb the menace of copying in exams, Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay said on Saturday.
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A 76-year-old devotee from Chennai, who died recently, made a donation of ₹ 9.2 crore to the ancient hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near Tirupati.Her sister handed over documents of immovable property to the TTD Board.
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A job advertisement to recruit 30 female train drivers in Saudi Arabia has attracted 28,000 applicants, highlighting the scale of pent up demand as the kingdom opens up more opportunities to women.
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A specialty tea from Assam's Dibrugarh district was on Monday auctioned at ₹ 99,999 per kg, a record price fetched for the second time in two months for such a high-end variety of the commodity from the state.
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