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‘Shameful’: Elon Musk accuses Trudeau of ‘crushing free speech’
Ottawa: SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk slammed the Justin Trudeau government in Canada for “crushing free speech” in the country. His remark came in wake of a recent order of the…
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UK nurses tied Sikh patient’s beard with gloves, kept him hungry: Report
London: Nurses allegedly tied a Sikh patient’s beard with plastic gloves, left him in his own urine and offered him food he couldn’t eat for religious reasons, a senior whistleblower from UK’s…
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Is Elon Musk making USD 142,690 every minute? Know what he says
New Delhi: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday refuted reports that he makes USD 142,690 every minute, or USD 8,560,800 an hour, saying he is losing more money whenever Tesla stock nosedives.…
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16 Pakistani beggars offloads from Saudi Arabia-bound flight
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has offloaded 16 alleged beggars in the disguise of Umrah pilgrims from Saudi Arabia-bound flight at the Multan airport two days ago, media reported. According to…
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UK museum to sign pact for Shivaji’s Tiger Claws’ journey to India
London: The Victoria and Albert ( V and A) Museum is all set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government next week, which will see 17th century Tiger…
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Fresno becomes 2nd US city to ban caste discrimination
New York: After Seattle, Fresno in California has become the second US city to ban caste discrimination following the city council’s unanimous 7-0 vote in favour of adding caste as a ‘protected…
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Like Chandrayaan, US-India relationship will go to the moon & even beyond: EAM Jaishankar
Washington: The India-US relationship is at an all-time high and the Modi government is going to take it to a different level, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, stressing that like…
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Toll rises to 65 in Friday’s twin suicide attacks in Pakistan
Karachi: The death toll in the two suicide attacks in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces has risen to 65 even as counter-terrorism authorities said they have registered a first information…
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Afghan embassy in India announces shut down of operations
New Delhi: The Afghanistan Embassy here announced Saturday night that it is ceasing its operations from October 1, citing a “lack of support from the host government”, failure to meet expectations in…
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Glasgow Gurdwara ‘strongly’ condemns move by extremists to block Indian envoy’s entry
London: The Glasgow Guru Granth Sahib Gurdwara has ‘strongly condemned’ the incident where Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, was stopped this week from attending a programme by pro-Khalistan extremists.…
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Kavitha to speak about her journey with Women’s Reservation Bill in London
Hyderabad: A London-based Indian diaspora think tank, ‘Bridge India’ on Saturday invited MLC K Kavitha as one of the leading advocates for greater female participation in the democratic and political process in…
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US misses the ‘bigger picture’ on row with Canada: Jaishankar
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was struck by how little people in the US, specially officials he met over the last days including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security…
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Toll rises to 60 in Friday’s twin suicide attacks in Pakistan
Karachi: The death toll in the two suicide attacks in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces has risen to 60 even as counter-terrorism authorities said they have registered a first information…