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Saudi Arabia inks 22 deals with local, foreign defence firms
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has inked 2.13 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of deals with local and foreign defence companies at the ongoing World Defense Show in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches second satellite: Report
Tehran: Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a second satellite into space, state media reported Monday, just as world powers awaited Tehran’s decision in negotiations over the country’s tattered nuclear deal. State television identified…
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Ukraine crisis: Russia violates ceasefire, shells humanitarian corridor
Hours after announcing a ceasefire to open humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of foreign nationals from Sumy, Russian forces violated the agreement by shelling the corridor from Zaporizhzhia to Mariupol, according to…
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Former Ukraine President Yanukovych urges Zelenskyy to ‘stop the war’
Kyiv: Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ‘to stop the war’ as Russia’s military operation in the country entered the 13th day on Tuesday. Notably, Viktor Yanukovych has now…
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Telangana: Chilli prices soar at Enumamula Market in Warangal
Hyderabad: The dry chilli at Enumamula Agriculture Market yard, Warangal is being sold at a record high price making the farmers joyous. Enumamula Agriculture Market yard is one of Asia’s biggest agriculture…
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Indian students in Ukraine’s Sumy board buses to Poltava, hope to be in safe zone soon
New Delhi: Several Indian students stranded in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy heaved a sigh of relief as their evacuation process started on Tuesday and hoped that they would be in…
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Dropping Governor’s address an insult: Tamilisai Soundararajan
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Tuesday said that the state government’s idea to drop the Governor’s address before the budget session felt like an insult. She made the remarks while…
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Hijab row: Karnataka Congress leader arrested in Hyderabad
Kalaburagi: The Karnataka Police on Tuesday arrested Congress leader Mukarram Khan in Hyderabad for making a controversial statement on hijab. Khan had given provocative statements during the protests on the hijab row,…
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Israeli troops demolish homes of Palestinian attackers
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Tuesday it has demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack in the occupied West Bank last year. The residences of…
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Tamil Nadu youth joins Ukranian army to fight against Russia
Coimbatore: After his hopes of joining the Indian Army were dashed, a 21-year old youth from the city has enlisted with the Ukrainian army to fight against the invading Russian troops. The…
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Meet women ‘Covidprenuers’ who used lockdowns to launch their own businesses
New Delhi: Opening a new venture in the chaotic times of Covid when even the long established ones faced a serious threat of shutting down, seemed crazy, if not suicidal, to most…
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Telangana: Bandi Sanjay calls for protests over suspension of BJP MLAs
Hyderabad: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar has called for a state-wide protest against the suspension of three MLAs of his party during the state budget session on Monday. On Monday, three…
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694 Indian students from Sumy have left for Poltava, says Hardeep Singh Puri
Union minister for Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday confirmed that the evacuation process for Indian students stranded in the war-torn Ukrainian city of Sumy has started…
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21mn Yemenis need life-saving aid: Unicef
Sanaa: Some 21 million people in the war-torn Yemen, or nearly 70 per cent of the total population, need life-saving humanitarian assistance, the Unicef said. “This includes 11.3 million children or nearly…
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Iran urges ‘initiatives’ from all parties to accelerate talks in Vienna
Tehran: Iran’s top security official on Monday urged all parties involved in nuclear talks in Austria’s capital Vienna to put forward “initiatives” to accelerate the conclusion of the nuke deal. “Prospect of…
