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Saudi Arabia to invest $3.4 billion in vaccines, drug industry
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Industry and Mineral Resources minister announced the launch of a number of investment opportunities in the vaccines and vital medicines industry, with a value of…
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Tripura by-election results to be announced on Sunday
Agartala: The results of the by-polls held on June 23 in the four politically-crucial Assembly constituencies in Tripura will be announced on Sunday, officials said. The counting of votes for the by-elections…
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Kejriwal, Mann hold Tiranga Yatra in Himachal’s Kullu
Kullu [Himachal Pradesh]: With an eye on upcoming Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was in Kullu on Saturday where he launched Tiranga Yatra. The Tiranga…
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Tesla Enhanced Autopilot now available in US, China
San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot is available in the US and China. According to Teslarati, in the US, Enhanced Autopilot costs $6,000. Meanwhile, in China, it costs…
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June 25 spine-chilling reminder of Emergency: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said 47 years have passed since the Emergency was imposed in the country, but even today, the memories of the events that unfolded on…
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AP CM Jagan hailed for renaming Konaseema after Dr BR Ambedkar
Amaravati: Stating a historical moment, Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad hailed Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for naming Konaseema District after Dr BR Ambedkar. Addressing a…
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Israel retracts decision to release Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda
The Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday cancelled its agreement to release Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawda just two days after he suspended an open hunger strike that lasted for 111 days after receiving promises of…
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Will set up separate block of Shiv Sena: Rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar
Guwahati: Asserting they are still part of the Shiv Sena, one of the rebel MLAs Deepak Kesarkar on Saturday said the dissident legislators would be setting up a separate block of the…
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Telangana: Rs 3219 Cr sanctioned to civic bodies under TUFIDC
Hyderabad: Telangana Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TUFIDC), which carries out infrastructure-development projects in the state, has been sanctioned Rs 3809 crore for projects in all urban local bodies. Accordingly, to…
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Media has right to report FIRs, court cases, without attracting libel: Bombay HC
Nagpur: In a significant judgement, the Bombay High Court has upheld the rights of the media to report registration of first information reports (FIRs) with the police and cases filed in the…
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Shekhawat was hand in glove with Pilot in conspiracy to topple govt: Gehlot
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Union minister and senior BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, alleging that the latter was hand in glove with Sachin…
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Palestinian teen shot by Israeli forces in Ramallah
Jerusalem: A Palestinian boy succumbed to injuries he sustained after being shot by Israeli occupation forces on Friday evening, in Silwad town, east of Ramallah. 16-year-old Muhammad Abdullah Hamed, died of wounds…
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Sri Lanka reduces amount of holding foreign currency
Colombo: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Saturday announced that the amount of foreign currency an individual can hold has been reduced from $15,000 to $10,000. The central bank said the…
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Renowned Turkish scholar Sheikh Mahmoud Effendi passes away at 93
Acclaimed Islamic scholar Sheikh Mahmud Osta Osman, known as Mahmoud Effendi, passed away at dawn on Thursday, while receiving treatment for kidney diseases in hospitals in the Turkish city of Istanbul. He…
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Hardik relishes captaincy, says it brings out best in him
Malahide [Ireland]: He struck gold in his debut season as captain in the IPL, and Hardik Pandya admits that responsibility brings out the best in him on a cricket field. Hardik, who…
