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Biden conferring with Ukraine’s leader over Russian buildup
Wilmington: President Joe Biden is resuming his telephone diplomacy over the Russian troop buildup near its border with Ukraine, coordinating with Ukraine’s leader on strategy to de-escalate a crisis that Moscow says…
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Police to produce Bandi Sanjay before Karimnagar district court
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and Karimnagar member of Parliament Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who has been charged for breaking COVID-19 norms, assaulting police, and other provisions of the Disaster…
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Suez Canal revenues hit all-time record at USD 6.3 billion
Cairo: Egypt’s Suez Canal said Sunday its annual revenues reached USD 6.3 billion last year, the highest in the crucial waterway’s history. Admiral Ossama Rabei, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said…
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‘Did they die for me?’ Satyapal Malik reveals PM Modi’s response on farmers’ deaths
New Delhi: Meghalaya governor Satyapal Malik has lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called him “arrogant”. Malik said that the PM was arrogant when he recently went to meet him…
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Covaxin-2021–A year of ups and downs or travails and triumphs
M Somasekhar January 1, 2022 rang in some good news for Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 developed by a consortia led by Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad and National Institute of Virology (NIV),…
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Haridwar hate speeches: Narsinghanand, 9 others named in second FIR
Dehradun: A second FIR has been lodged against 10 persons in connection with a Dharma Sansad held in Haridwar where hate speeches were allegedly delivered by some participants against Muslims. The second FIR…
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Imran Khan says graft, sex crimes main evils confronting Muslim world
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that rising corruption and sex crimes were the two main evils confronting the Muslim world. He said this during an interactive dialogue on Riyasat-i-Madina:…
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IND vs SA: Kohli ruled out of second Test due to back spasm
Johannesburg: India captain Virat Kohli on Monday was ruled out of the second Test against South Africa here just before start of the game because of an upper back spasm, leaving K…
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Bulli Bai app: Hyderabad police take cognizance, start probe
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police have taken cognizance of a complaint of online harassment filed by a city-based journalist and researcher after her contact information was shared on the ‘Bulli Bai’ app. A…
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Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez retires from international cricket
Lahore: Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, who captained his national team in every format of the game, announced his retirement from international cricket on Monday, saying that he achieved more than he could…
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South Korea reports 2 Omicron-linked deaths
Seoul: Two deaths in connection with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were reported in South Korea on Monday, according to health officials. These are reportedly the first deaths in the country linked to…
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Twitter permanently suspends US Congresswoman’s account for Covid misinformation
Washington: Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Representative from Georgia, for “repeated violations” of the micro-blogging site’s Covid-19 misinformation policies. “We permanently suspended the…
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Bulli Bai’ app: Communal conspiracy against India won’t succeed, says Naqvi
New Delhi: Amid the outrage over Muslim women being targeted through a dodgy app, senior BJP leader and Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slammed those behind the incident and said any “cyber criminal…
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Jerusalem Post hacked on Iran general’s killing anniversary
Dubai: Hackers targeted the website of an Israeli newspaper early Monday, replacing its content with an image that threatened a site associated with Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program on the anniversary of…
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Israel approves 4th COVID-19 jab to people over 60, medical staff
Jerusalem: Israel has approved a fourth dose of the COVID vaccine for people aged 60 years old and above and medical staff, as the country continues to see an unprecedented surge in…
