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Caste atrocities ‘soul-crippling’, need zero tolerance for prejudice: Meira Kumar
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit schoolboy in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the “illness” of caste system and adopting…
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Amid backlash, Zomato withdraws Hrithik Roshan-starrer Mahakal advt, expresses apology
Bhopal: Amid a row, online food delivery firm Zomato has withdrawn the advertisement featuring actor Hrithik Roshan and apologised clarifying the Mahakal reference was for a restaurant and not the temple. Priests…
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In a first, two women hired as metro train drivers in Egypt
Cairo metro has hired two women as the country’s first female train drivers to expand its services to a population of nearly 20 million people The two women hired are— 30-year-old Hind…
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IndiGo flight suffers ‘false cargo smoke warning’; DGCA to probe incident
New Delhi: An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kolkata suffered a “false cargo smoke warning” before landing on Sunday and aviation regulator DGCA is probing the incident. After arrival at Kolkata airport,…
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Dubai’s Emaar to sell fashion platform Namshi to Noon
Abu Dhabi: Dubai’s Emaar Properties has announced that it has decided to sell its online fashion platform Namshi to e-commerce company Noon for $335.2 million. Emaar said in a disclosure submitted to the Dubai…
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Bus carrying 23 Saudi tourists overturns in Turkey
Riyadh: A bus carrying 23 Saudi tourists was involved in a traffic accident in the Turkish province of Rize on Sunday morning, local media reported. Four people were taken to the hospital,…
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Physics Youtuber goes off book; likens sexual activity to jihad
A YouTube channel run by two coaching teachers who mainly prepare students for competitive examinations such as IIT-JEE, CET, Banking, Railways, school syllabus and various state board exams made comments on Islamophobia.…
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Coming to UAE for job? Here’s all you need to know about new visa rules
Abu Dhabi: Job seekers coming to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will soon benefit from a visitor visa specially designed for them. The new visa was among a string of changes announced in…
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Kin of Goa man held in Hyderabad for drug peddling had filed missing complaint
Panaji: The Goa-based kin of a man arrested by Hyderabad police in Telangana for alleged drug peddling had filed a complaint here after he had gone missing on August 1, an official…
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State Govt. to set up 16 trauma care centres set up on ORR: KTR
Hyderabad: Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development KT Rama Rao informed that the State government has set up 16 trauma care centres and 10 advance life support ambulances at interchanges of…
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Yemen: 13 soldiers killed, 27 wounded in Houthi fire in 5 days
The Yemeni army announced the killing of 13 soldiers and the wounding of 27 others by Houthi fire within five days, despite the truce between the two sides in force. The army said, in a…
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Telangana: Security heightened amid increased Maoist activity in 3 districts
Hyderabad: There has been a noticeable increase in Maoists’ activities in Mulugu, Bhupalpally districts, and the Bhadrachalam Agency region recently. According to intelligence reports, around 10 Maoists have moved through the Mulugu…