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Kerala FM lashes out at Centre for cutting down state’s borrowing limit by half
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Friday hit out at the BJP-led union government for cutting down the borrowing limit of the southern state by half and accused the Centre…
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UAE astronaut celebrates ‘gravity-defying’ birthday at ISS
United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi has celebrated his first birthday on the International Space Station (ISS) in what he described was a “truly gravity-defying celebration”. Al Neyadi turned 42…
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Explained: What is Disease X, tagged as more lethal next pandemic?
New Delhi: Even as Covid-19 is seeing a decline, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of the threat of an “inevitable” next pandemic of “Disease X”, raising concerns across the globe.…
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Dubai-based Indian businessman Micky Jagtiani passes away
Abu Dhabi: Dubai-based Indian billionaire businessman Mukesh (Micky) Jagtiani has passed away on Friday. He was 70. Jagtiani is survived by his wife and three children. Also ReadEmirates offers free hotel stay…
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Rashid Rover’s spacecraft crashed due to ‘altitude miscalculation’
Japan’s ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander, which was carrying the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Rashid Rover to the moon, crashed on the lunar surface because of an altitude miscalculation that caused it…
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Delhi: Woman officer accuses Saurabh Bhardwaj of ‘coercive behaviour’
New Delhi: Senior IAS officer and special secretary in the Delhi government, Kinny Singh, has accused Services Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj of “coercive behaviour” and requested security for herself. The ruling Aam Aadmi…
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Cocaine detected in Imran’s urine samples, claims Health Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Minister for National Health Services, Abdul Qadir Patel, claimed on Friday that alcohol and cocaine were detected in the urine samples of former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief…
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Modi-Biden talks to revolve around peace, prosperity, planet, people during visits
Hyderabad: The discussions during the upcoming state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US and American President Joe Biden’s trip to India will revolve around four Ps- Peace, Prosperity, Planet,…
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Central agencies shouldn’t spare anyone in recruitment scam now: Suvendu Adhikari
Kolkata: After the Supreme Court on Friday refused to put a stay on Calcutta High Court’s direction allowing central agencies to probe Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee in connection with the alleged…
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WWE’s Sami Zayn performs Umrah, shares experience & pics
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar Sami Zayn has performed Umrah in the holy city of Makkah, ahead of the WWE Night of Champions 2023 event in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)…
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JD(U) to observe fast to protest inauguration of new Parliament building by PM
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Friday announced that it will observe a day-long fast here on Sunday to protest the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister…
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Qatar, Bahrain resume direct flights after six year suspension
Flights between Qatar and Bahrain resumed on Thursday, after six year hiatus following the Gulf crisis in 2017. The resumption comes, about a month after Qatar and Bahrain announced, in a joint statement, their…
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Amit Shah to inaugurate conclave on 9 years of Modi govt
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a day-long conclave on ‘Nine years of Seva, Sushasan, Garib Kalyan’ (service, good governance and welfare of poor) organised by Doordarshan on Saturday.…
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US Ambassador visits T-Hub, heaps praise on Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The new US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti on Friday heaped praise on Hyderabad calling it the ‘future’. “This place has captured my imagination. If you want to see the future,…
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About 4,000 devotees leave from Jammu to attend Kheer Bhawani Mela
Jammu: The Jammu Divisional Commissioner, Ramesh Kumar, and Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner, K.K. Sidha, on Friday flagged off a fleet of 125 buses with 4,000 devotees on board, majority of them Kashmir…
