World
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India assumes UNSC presidency vowing to be ‘bridge builder’
United Nations: India took over the presidency of the UN Security Council on Thursday promising to be a “voice of reason and a bridge builder” in a time of global polarisation that…
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Twitter suspends account of Pranay Pathole, a Musk buddy from India
New Delhi: Twitter on Thursday suspended the account of Pranay Pathole, a 24-year-old IT professional from India who is a Twitter friend of Elon Musk for years. The micro-blogging platform also suspended…
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Indian-origin MP marks Bhopal gas tragedy anniversary in UK Parliament
London: An Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP has tabled a motion in the UK Parliament in time to mark the 38th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy this week which is considered…
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British-Indian teen talks about climate change in House of Commons
London: A 17 year-old British-Indian activist addressed the House of Commons, calling for swift action on climate change to prevent its adverse impacts on health. Dev Sharma was among the 250 members…
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Apple App Store policies present ‘conflict of interest’: Mark Zuckerberg
San Francisco: Amid the ongoing Elon Musk and Apple tussle, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has once again slammed the iPhone maker for its App Store content moderation policies that present…
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San Francisco to allow city police use ‘killer robots’
San Francisco: San Francisco’s ruling Board of Supervisors has voted to allow the city’s police to use robots that could “potentially be equipped with explosive charges to breach fortified structures containing violent,…
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1971 Dhaka debacle was ‘military failure’, says Bilawal Bhutto
Islamabad: Exactly a week after former Pakistan Army Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa referred to the East Pakistan loss as a “political failure”, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in a thinly-veiled rejection of the…
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Former US President Bill Clinton tests Covid positive
Washington: Former US President Bill Clinton announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19, with mild symptoms. In a tweet late Wednesday, the 76-year-old said: “I’ve tested positive for Covid. I’ve had…
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India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in Afghanistan: Taliban
Kabul: The Taliban dispensation in Afghanistan has said that India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in several provinces across the war-torn country. In June, India re-established its diplomatic…
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India will work to promote universal sense of oneness as G20 President: PM
New Delhi: With India formally assuming the G20 Presidency from Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an article to commemorate the occasion said that the country will work to promote the universal…
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India’s ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu gets one-year extension
New Delhi: The tenure of India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has been extended for a year till January 31, 2024. Earlier, he was due to retire in January 2023.…
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Beijing’s stockpile of nuclear warheads has nearly doubled since 2020: Pentagon
Washington: Beijing accelerated its nuclear weapons program last year and has nearly doubled its supply of warheads since 2020 to past 400, a size that US military planners did not expect to…
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Indian-origin doc slams ‘racist joke’ at British Curry Awards
London: British Indian TV presenter Dr Ranj Singh slammed a ‘racist joke’ by a ‘white guest presenter’ at the recent 2022 British Curry Awards, even as Indians went on to become the…