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7.0 magnitude quake hits Indonesia
Jakarta: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 96 km north of Tuban, Indonesia at on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake that hit the region…
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Three killed in flash floods in Iran
Tehran: At least three people were killed in flash floods in western Iran over the past 24 hours, Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. The victims were from the provinces of West…
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Four Indians take home Rs 22L each in UAE’s Big Ticket draw
Abu Dhabi: Four Indian expatriates won the grand prize of Dirhams 100,000 Dirhams (Rs 22,27,045) each in the Big Ticket Abu Dhabi weekly draws held on Monday, April 13, 2023. The winners…
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Video: Sharmila offers to gift Constitution copy to Telangana CM
Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) president YS Sharmila on Friday offered to gift a copy of the Constitution to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to advise him to read it and govern…
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Hyderabad: 125 feet Ambedkar statue saw light due to BJP, says Bandi
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao apologise to Dalits for what he called betraying the community. Sanjay said Chief Minister KCR “failed”…
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Saudi Crown Prince launches four ‘special economic’ zones
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud have launched four new special economic zones in the kingdom. The zones, located in Riyadh, Jazan, Ras al-Khair and…
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Tharoor slams govt over removal of Maulana Azad references from NCERT textbook
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed the government over the removal of references to India’s first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in the new NCERT class 11…
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Man poses as rich bachelor to cheat people on matrimonial site, held
New Delhi: A man was arrested for cheating innocent people by projecting himself as a rich bachelor on a matrimonial site, and used expensive cars to impress his victims, a Delhi Police…
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US Ambassador-designate Eric Garcetti arrives in India, takes over as new envoy
New Delhi: The pink auto has again taken the route of the US Embassy in India and this time, dropped off America’s ambassador-designate Eric Garcetti, who is all set to take over…
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Russia’s oil exports hit 3-year-high in March, revenues up USD 1 bn: IEA
Moscow: The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Friday said Russia’s oil exports reached the highest level since April 2020 in physical terms in March 2023 due to an increase in supplies of…
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Hyderabad: BRAOU releases PhD admissions entrance notification for 2022-23
Hyderabad: Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) on Friday has invited applications for the academic year 2022-23 from eligible candidates for admission into PhD programs in the following departments: English, Hindi, Education, History, Political…
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Highest sovereign defaults in 2022, two in 2023: Moody’s
Chennai: Global credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Friday said that 2022 saw a spike in the annual sovereign bond defaults with seven countries defaulting on repayments. In 2023, there were…
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UAE: Indian bizman donates Rs 11 cr to billion meals campaign
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian businessman Dr Azad Moopen on Wednesday announced his donation of Dirhams 5 million (Rs 11,11,92,725) over a period of five years in support of ‘1…
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Iftar culture of UP political parties ends
Lucknow: The Iftar politics, that was once an important part of Uttar Pradesh politics, has gone missing. A large part of the month of Ramzan is over and not a single political…
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‘JPC only’: Cong after man at centre of Adani-China row says he’s Taiwanese
New Delhi: The Congress pointed to Adani Group’s alleged China links on Friday and asserted that the only way forward is a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe to investigate all the relevant aspects…
