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CJI Ramana inaugurates 2 special courts in Tirupati
Tirupati: Supreme Court Chief Justice N V Ramana on Thursday inaugurated two special courts meant for trial of red sanders smuggling cases in Andhra Pradesh. Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court…
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Jordan signs $38mn agreement with Kuwait to support education
Amman: Jordan secured a $38.3 million loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to finance Jordan’s public educationt infrastructure. The loan given on Wednesday is part of a new bilateral…
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Shanghai Disney Resort to partially resume operations
Shanghai: The Shanghai Disney Resort said on Thursday that it will partially resume operations from Friday onwards as the Covid-19 outbreak is declining in the city. Wishing Star Park, the World of…
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EMIs to rise as RBI hikes repo rate
Mumbai: Home, auto and other loan EMIs will rise after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the key interest rate by 50 basis points, the second increase in five…
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UN envoy in Sanaa to persuade Houthis on ending Taiz siege
Sanaa: UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa in a bid to persuade the Houthi group to accept a proposal for ending the siege on Taiz city.…
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Karnataka honour killing: Girl blamed parents in last call to Dalit boy
Mysuru: The audio clip of the minor girl, allegedly killed by her father for being in relationship with a Dalit boy, was on Thursday handed over to the police for investigation. The girl…
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Uttar Pradesh: Muslim fakirs heckled in Gonda
Gonda: A video, purportedly from a village in Gonda district, has gone viral on the social media in which some local people are seen abusing and harassing three Muslim fakirs (religious men) who…
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Kashmir: Schools pay tribute to slain teacher Rajni Bala
Ramban: In the memory of late school teacher Rajni Bala, all students and staff members of Government Girls Higher Secondary School Banihal on Thursday observed silence for two minutes to pay tribute.…
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Kuwaiti man sentenced to 5 yrs in prison for criticising Saudi
Kuwait: A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday sentenced a Twitter user to five years in jail with immediate effect for defaming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on social media, local media reported. In…
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Why world is facing largest cost-of-living crisis in a generation?
United Nations: The world is facing a cost-of-living crisis unseen in at least a generation, partly due to the Ukraine conflict, said a UN report. “The largest cost-of-living crisis of the 21st…
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Turkey sends more than 18,000 Afghan migrants back home
Ankara: Turkey has repatriated a total of 18,256 Afghans to their homeland since flights to the war-ton country resumed on January 27, the Interior Ministry said. The total number of illegal migrants…
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Bengaluru FC appoints Simon Grayson as head coach
Bengaluru: Bengaluru FC on Wednesday announced the appointment of Englishman Simon Grayson as the club’s head coach ahead of the 2022-23 season. “Coming to India was a possibility that I had looked…
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Satyendar Jain complains of uneasiness, taken to hospital
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, whose custodial remand was extended till June 13 on Thursday, was rushed to a nearby hospital after he complained of uneasiness while leaving the Rouse…
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Telangana’s Malavath Poorna summits North America’s tallest peak
Hyderabad: The world’s youngest girl to climb Mt Everest at the age of 13, Malavath Poorna, from Nizamabad, Telangana has once again made history by reaching the summit of Mt Denali, North…