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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to visit Saudi Arabia
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia beginning Saturday to discuss ways to further strengthen relations between the two countries. During the visit,…
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India: Rice production may fall by 12 mn tonne in Kharif season: Food Secretary
New Delhi: India’s rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes during the Kharif season of this year, due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the government said on Friday. However,…
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Kim Jong-un vows not to give up nukes
Seoul North Korean leader Kim Jong-un publicly expressed his determination not to give up the country’s nuclear weapons, accusing the US of seeking the collapse of his regime, not just denuclearization, state…
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Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: RSS leader withdraws appeal in SC
New Delhi: RSS leader Rajesh Kunte on Thursday withdrew his appeal filed in the Supreme Court challenging a Bombay High Court order, which declined to entertain his plea seeking a transcript of…
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UN experts call for action on findings of Uyghur abuse in China
Geneva: A collection of human rights officials said the international community must not ignore the systematic abuses allegedly perpetrated against Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region…
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Floods in Pakistan terrible tragedy; heartfelt sympathies to affected people: Rahul
Kanyakumari: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed sympathies to all the people affected by the floods in Pakistan and condoled the loss of lives in the tragedy. The devastating floods in…
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Delhi University to digitise 500 higher education institutions via AWS
New Delhi: University of Delhi is using AWS Cloud to enable the adoption of Samarth eGov — an open-source automation e-governance platform — across Indias universities and higher education institutions (HEIs) and…
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Pakistan drops 7 places in Human Development Index
Islamabad: Pakistan has dropped seven places in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 161 out of 192 countries in the 2021-2022 period, according to a UNDP report. According to the report, titled…
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SC stays demolition of iconic Curlies in Goa, where Sonali Phogat was drugged
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the demolition of Curlies restaurant on Goa’s Anjuna beach, which has recently been linked to the death of Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat. The…
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TRS district presidents passionately urge KCR to float national party
Hyderabad: District presidents of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Friday requested chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) to contest in national elections. Chief Whip Balka Suman, district president of Mancherial, said,…
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Criminals to turn police informers in UP’s Saharanpur
Saharanpur: In a novel experiment, the Saharanpur police in Uttar Pradesh have urged over 900 history-sheeters to turn police informers. The initiative is a part of the Sankalp scheme that seeks to…
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Hyderabad: Swiggy agent, customer attack each other with a knife
Hyderabad: In an incident reported from Nanakraguda on Thursday, a Swiggy delivery partner was allegedly attacked by a customer for being late. The accused identified as Shiva Prasad ordered food on the…
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Gujarat: Congress calls for bandh on Saturday, appeals traders to support
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress has given a symbolic bandh call in the state on Saturday to protest against inflation and unemployment. The Congress has appealed to the traders and other businesses to pull…
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Hyderabad: Stones pelted at Ganesh procession in Hussaini Alam
Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at Hussaini Alam in Old City after a person allegedly pelted stones at a Ganesh procession. However, acting swiftly the police controlled the situation and dispersed the crowd.…
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AP: Police deny permission for Maha Padyatra by Amaravati farmers
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Police have denied permission to Amaravati farmers for ‘Maha Padyatra’ proposed to be launched from September 12 to demand the implementation of High Court orders for development of Amaravati…
