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UAE: Emirati donates 300 hotel rooms to flood victims
Dubai: As United Arab Emirates(UAE) suffers from its worst floods an Emirati businessman in collaboration with the ministry of community development has pledged to donate 300 hotel rooms to shelter the victims.…
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Congress suspends 3 Jharkhand MLAs held in WB with huge amount of cash
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday suspended three Jharkhand MLAs, who were caught allegedly with a huge amount of cash in Howrah, and accused the BJP of attempting to topple its coalition…
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Money recovered by ED does not belong to me: Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata: Arrested Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who is at the centre of a multi-crore school jobs scam, on Sunday claimed that the money recovered during Enforcement Directorate raids does not belong to…
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UP: TET to be made mandatory for recruitment of teachers in madrasas
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will make the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for recruitment of teachers in madrassas of the state to provide quality education to students. A proposal is being…
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How chickenpox virus is linked to onset of Alzheimer’s disease
New York: An international team of researchers has found that varicella zoster virus (VZV), which commonly causes chickenpox and shingles, may activate herpes simplex (HSV), another common virus, to set in motion the…
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10 years and counting: India’s poor elderly wait for monthly pension to go up from Rs 300
New Delhi: Rs 300. For some, a movie ticket or a cappuccino, for others their weekly grocery budget or maybe a simple family meal in a dhaba’. And for many thousands across…
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Undetected hypertension adds to India’s rising stroke burden
Undetected and untreated hypertension is the top risk factor for stroke which is the second leading cause of death and disability after ischemic heart disease across the world. Studies have shown that…
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Telangana: Students suffer food poisoning in Mahboobabad gurukul
Hyderabad: In yet another incident of food poisoning, at least 38 students fell ill on July 29 after consuming the food at a tribal welfare gurukul in Mahboobabad. Four of the students…
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Punjab farmers squat on rail tracks as part of SKM’s protest against Centre
Chandigarh: Punjab farmers squatted on rail tracks at several places as part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha’s nationwide stir against the Centre “reneging on its promises” made when the protest against now-repealed…
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Put Tricolour as social media pic from Aug 2, says PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday suggested people to put the Tricolour as profile pictures on their social media accounts from August 2. Addressing his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki…
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Couple murdered in Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati: A couple was found murdered in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Sunday. The incident occured in Ratnapuram village of Chintoor ‘mandal’ (block). According to police, Rangaiah (51) and his…
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Hyderabad: ED raids railway contractors’ residences in the city
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday raided the residence of two railway contractors allegedly involved in a scam worth Rs 100 crore. The central agency’s team from Delhi raided the residence…
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Metro car shed in Aarey threatens not just leopards, but wide range of animals, warn activists
Mumbai: While the Maharashtra government is moving forward with the Mumbai Metro-3 car shed project in Aarey Colony, a forest area in the city, environmentalists warn that not only leopards, but a…
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Indonesia blocks Yahoo, PayPal, Dota for failing to register for licensing
Jakarta: The Indonesian government has blocked the access to eight major online platforms, including Yahoo, PayPal and Dota, as they have failed to register for licensing, an official said. Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan,…
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Telangana govt sanctions Rs 2,410 crore for road development in GHMC, 10 ULBs
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Sunday sanctioned Rs 2,410 crore for the construction of roads under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits and 10 Urban Local Bodies. The latest amount has…
