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Abu Dhabi, Dubai urge health entities to monitor monkeypox virus
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Department of Health and Dubai Health Authority urged medical facilities on Friday to remain vigilant over monkeypox, in notices issued on Friday. A circular from Dubai Health Authority…
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Rahul Gandhi’s thought process lacks consistency: TMC
Kolkata: TMC on Saturday declined to attach much importance to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s latest olive branch to regional parties saying the Congress leader lacks “consistency” and should bring some “clarity in…
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Hyderabad: Four arrested in second honour killing
Hyderabad: City police on Saturday arrested four persons, including a minor, and are on the lookout for two others for the murder of a 22-year-old youth over an inter-caste love marriage. A day…
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Fuel prices reduction a formality: Gehlot
Jaipur: Calling reductions in fuel prices a formality, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday claimed the Centre had to reduce the excise duty under the pressure of the Congress party’s public…
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Telangana logs 40 fresh COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Forty new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Telangana on Saturday taking the total cases in the state to 7,92,842, a health department bulletin said. As no COVID-19 deaths were reported on…
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Reduction of excise duty on petrol, diesel not enough, says Thackeray
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said the Central government’s reduction of excise duty on petrol and diesel was not enough and demanded that it be brought down further to…
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Honey trapped Army man arrested for leaking info to ISI agent
Jaipur: In what could be a big catch, the Rajasthan Police on Saturday arrested an Indian Army personnel, Pradeep Kumar, for spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. According to the police, Kumar,…
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Saudi Arabia elected as representative of Arab group at ICAO
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) unanimously won the ICAO Council elections to be a representative of the Arab Group, during the 27th Ordinary General Assembly of the Arab Civil Aviation Organization,…
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Amnesty calls on Houthis to release 4 journalists on death sentence
The human rights organization Amnesty International has called on the Houthi group in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, for the immediate release of four Yemeni journalists facing the death penalty, ahead of the appeal hearing,…
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India, Singapore call for global cooperation to deal with terrorism
New Delhi: India and Singapore have strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms including cross-border terrorist activities and vowed to expand bilateral cooperation to combat the menace. The two strategic partners also…
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Karnataka: Man sent to 7 years in jail for abetting woman’s suicide
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Saturday sentenced a man to seven years in prison for his role in the suicide of a woman. The woman ended her life after being abused…
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Indian Consulate in Dubai to set up walk-in passport Seva camps
Abu Dhabi: The Consulate General of India in Dubai will organise walk-in passport Seva camps for emergency passport renewal service on two consecutive Sundays, starting May 22. The second camp will be…
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It is always people first for us: PM Modi on fuel price cut
New Delhi: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a sizeable cut in fuel prices, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that people are the first priority for his government. The government…
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K Chandrashekar Rao, Kejriwal visit Delhi govt school in Moti Bagh
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal visited a government school in the national capital’s Moti Bagh area on Saturday to take stock of improvements made…
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S.Korea, US to launch ministerial-level dialogue channel on supply chains
Seoul: South Korea and the United States agreed on Saturday to launch a ministerial-level dialogue to discuss ways of cooperation on supply chains of key industry items and other economic security issues, industry…
