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South Korea to lift post-entry PCR testing requirement
Seoul: South Korea will lift a Covid-19 PCR testing requirement for inbound travellers on the first day of their arrival amid the waning wave of the pandemic, authorities said on Friday. The…
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Harish Rao slams Centre over double standard towards Telangana
Hyderabad: Harish Rao has criticised the Union government for adopting a double standard towards Telangana. In the wake of the Mission Bhagiratha’ programme winning a national award for providing safe drinking water…
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UP teacher held under POCSO Act for misbehaving with girl
Lucknow: A teacher of a prominent school in Lucknow has been booked under the POCSO Act and detained after a Class 6 girl student accused him of touching her inappropriately during an…
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UP school principal suspended after kids served rice, salt in mid-day meal
Ayodhya: The principal of a government primary school in Bikapur tehsil of Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya district has been suspended after a video of students being served rice with salt in the mid-day…
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UK unveils new coins featuring King Charles III
London: The UK has unveiled new 50p coins featuring the portrait of King Charles III which will enter general circulation within weeks. On its Twitter handle on Friday morning, The Royal Mint,…
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Israeli elections panel bars Arab party from running in upcoming polls
Jerusalem: An Israeli-Arab party was disqualified from running in the country’s November elections over allegations of promoting an anti-Israel agenda. With nine members voting in favour and five against, Israel’s Central Elections…
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Guarantee issue important for Iran in nuke talks: FM
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister has reaffirmed that the guarantee issue is very important to Iran in the negotiations on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks…
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US Senate approves stopgap funding bill
Washington: The US Senate approved a stopgap funding bill to fund the government through mid-December, ahead of a government shutdown deadline. The upper chamber on Thursday voted 72-25 to clear the bill,…
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G23 meet sparks possibility of third candidate in Congress president poll
New Delhi: With the process of the Congress president election gathering pace ahead of the last day of filing nominations, some G-23 leaders held a meeting on Thursday evening at the residence…
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Turkish President asks Putin to resolve Ukraine crisis via talks
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to engage in negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, according to a statement by the Turkish presidency. “Steps to…
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H-1B: Presidential commission recommends stamping of visas inside US
Washington: A presidential commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has unanimously approved a recommendation for the provision of stamping of H-1B visas inside the US, a move if accepted by President…
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Honey trap extortion racket busted in Srinagar
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday busted a honey trap extortion racket in Srinagar in which influential persons were targeted by the gang, official said. Srinagar police had received a…
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Pakistan sits on gas pipeline project with Iran; holds US sanctions responsible
Islamabad: Pakistan’s avoidance tactics have kept its gas pipeline project with Iran stagnant for a decade as the country has been blaming US sanctions for the lack of the project’s progress, media…
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Akhilesh Yadav asks people to dislodge BJP from power
Lucknow : Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday asked the people to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the 2024 national polls and help Samajwadi Party…
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AIMIM Bihar MLA Akhtarul Iman opposes PFI ban, says it is a political organisation
Kishanganj : The lone MLA from AIMIM in Bihar, Akhtarul Iman, has opposed the ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI), saying it’s not fair to ban the outfit without proving…
