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Video: Alcohol-addicted monkey drinks beer; troubles vendors
Rae Bareli: An alcohol-loving monkey in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district has become a nuisance for liquor vendors. The monkey that has an alcohol addiction, is known to break into liquor shops…
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Digipub condemns police searches at ‘The Wire’
New Delhi: An association of digital media organisations condemned on Tuesday the searches carried out by the Delhi Police at the offices of news portal “The Wire” and the houses of its…
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Bangladesh needs up to $12.5 bn for climate action: World Bank
Dhaka: Bangladesh will need at least $12.5 billion, approximately 3 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP), in the medium term for climate action, according to a World Bank report. Financing…
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Kerala airport set to halt flights for 5 hrs for ‘God’s passage’
Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram international airport here is once again ready to close its runway and halt flight operations for five hours on Tuesday afternoon to enable the smooth passage of the “God”.…
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Australia lifts cash rate to 2.85% amid 32-yr-high inflation
Canberra: The Reserve Bank of Australia announced on Tuesday a back-to-back interest rate hike for seven months in a row, by 25 basis points to 2.85 per cent in a bid to…
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Rajasthan: PM Modi declares Mangarh Dham as National Monument
Banswara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday declared Mangarh Dham as a National Monument in the Banswara district of Rajasthan and said that India’s past, present and future are not complete without…
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‘Should Morbi tragedy be termed ‘act of fraud’ or mere accident?’ asks Uddhav faction
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Tuesday said the Gujarat government cannot shirk its responsibility for the loss of lives in Morbi bridge collapse and asked whether it should be…
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2022 could be deadliest year for Palestinians in West Bank: UN envoy
The United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process this week addressed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and briefed it about the situation in Palestine. Tor Wennesland highlighted the increase…
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Munugode by poll: TRS, BJP cadre clash at Rajgopal’s road show
Hyderabad: Tension erupted between cadres of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Choutuppal near Hyderabad during a road show held by BJP’s candidate Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy’s road…
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Iranian women protest in front of Switzerland Embassy in Tehran
Tehran: Iranian women have protested in front of the Switzerland Embassy in Tehran which also looks after the USA diplomatic interests in Iran. Demonstrating against the terror attack at the Shah-e-Cherag shrine…
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T20 WC: We know his quality, confident that he will do well, Dravid on KL’s form
Adelaide: Indian head coach Rahul Dravid said on Tuesday that the team is pretty confident that opener KL Rahul will do well in upcoming matches and it knows the quality he brings…
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Delhi: Police officials seize hard disks from The Wire’s office
After a search operation by the Delhi police at The Wire’s founding editors Siddharth Varadarajan and M K Venu, one of the publication’s offices at Delhi’s Bhagat Singh Market was also searched.…
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Deny Imran face saving, Nawaz instructs Shehbaz
Islamabad: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif prohibited his younger brother, incumbent Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, from accepting the demands of PTI chairman Imran Khan. Taking to Twitter, Nawaz took a jibe at…
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Congress to undertake yatras in states not covered by Rahul’s march
Hyderabad: The Congress is organising Bharat Jodo Yatras in states not covered by the main walkathon led by senior leader Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday. Ramesh announced…
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Morbi bridge disaster: Kejriwal demands Gujarat CM’s resignation
Days after the devastating Morbi cable bridge tragedy in Gujarat, Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday demanded the immediate resignation of the state chief minister…
