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Korean Air plane overshoots runway in Philippines airport
Seoul/Manila: Korean Air Co. said Monday its flight KE631 with 173 people on board overran the runway while landing at Cebu International Airport in the Philippines a day earlier but no injuries…
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1 arrested after military base outside Washington reports ‘barricade situation’
Washington: A person was taken into custody after a US military base outside Washington, D.C. reported a “barricade situation”. According to US police code, barricade situation means an incident where a person…
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Five of family killed as car rams into truck in UP
Basti: Five persons of a family were killed, late on Sunday night, when their car rammed into a stationary container truck in Munderwa area in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district, police said. The…
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JNTUH decides to restore pre-COVID exam pattern
Hyderabad: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) has decided to restore the pre-COVID exam pattern from the current academic year. After reverting to the old exam pattern, the engineering students of the…
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Karnataka Guv gives nod for Ordinance to hike SC, ST reservation
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government’s ordinance to increase jobs and education reservation quota for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has recieved the Governor’s nod, paving the way for the Bommai government…
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Boris Johnson pulls out of UK PM race
London: Boris Johnson has pulled out of the race to become the next UK Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, saying he has enough support but decided that it was…
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Coimbatore car blast affects Diwali sales in area
Chennai: A car exploded on Sunday morning and led to the closure of all roads near Eswaran Kovil street in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district. Heavy police was deployed in the area, forcing…
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Cyclone Sitrang likely to become severe cyclonic storm
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclone on Sunday evening and is very likely to gather further strength becoming a severe cyclonic storm before crossing the Bangladesh…
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Iran to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to Russia
Tehran: Iran has signed a contract with Russia to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to the country. Iran is now capable of meeting 85 per cent of its domestic needs for gas…
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Foreign pressures not to disrupt Iran’s pursuit of progress: FM
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that foreign “pressures and propaganda” will not disrupt the determination of the Iranian nation and government in treading the path of progress. Amir-Abdollahian made…
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Iraqi PM-designate says working to form coalition government
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has said that he is working to form a coalition government and has been interviewing candidates from different political blocs for ministerial positions. The interviews…
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Kavitha extends support to ‘Postcard to Modi’ campaign
Hyderabad: Extending her support to the ‘Postcard to Modi’ campaign launched by Handlooms and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao on the handloom GST issue, TRS MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha also joined the chorus…
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CPM urges KCR to pay CCS, PF arrears to TSRTC staff
Hyderabad: CPM party State secretary Tammineni Veerabadhram on Sunday wrote a letter to chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and urged him to take steps for the release of the pending arrears of…
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Rishi Sunak most likely to be UK’s next PM as Boris Johnson drops out
London: The United Kingdom is all set to have its first Prime Minister of Indian origin, Rishi Sunak, as former PM Boris Johnson dropped out of the race, according to UK media…
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46 percent of Indians perceive news coverage of PM Modi as biased: Report
New Delhi: A report by Delhi-based think tank Lokniti-CSDS and Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Stiftung finds that 46% of Hindus and Muslims who follow various media sources perceive news coverage of PM Modi…
