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4 members of Imran Khan’s party’s media wing ‘abducted’ by Pak intel agencies
Lahore: In a fresh crackdown on jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party, four senior members of his media team were taken into custody allegedly by intelligence agencies on Saturday. “International…
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Bangladesh quota reform movement: Army deployed amid rising death toll
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Army enforced a curfew in the streets of Dhaka on Saturday, July 20, as the movement against government job quotas led by students is turning increasingly violent. The movement…
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Women’s T20 WC: ICC keep a watch on security situation in Bangladesh
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) said it has been keeping a watch on the security situation in Bangladesh, the venue of the women’s T20 World Cup later this October. The…
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Air India flight AI-1179 lands safely in San Francisco after close to 30 hrs
New Delhi: Nearly 30 hours after the Air India flight to San Francisco took off from New Delhi it landed safely at the airport in the US city following a diversion to…
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Around 1000 Indian students return home from riot-hit Bangladesh
Dhaka: Around 1000 Indian students have returned to India through various land ports and regular flights out of Dhaka and Chittagong airports as the situation remains volatile in Bangladesh due to the…
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US issues warning on Microsoft outage, Nadella says working to bring systems back online
San Francisco: US cybersecurity agency CISA has warned that hackers are trying to take advantage of Microsoft outage for phishing and other malicious activity, as the tech giant’s Chairman and CEO Satya…
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360 more Indians, Nepalese enter Meghalaya from violence-hit Bangladesh
Shillong: Over 360 more citizens of India, Nepal and Bhutan crossed over to Meghalaya from violence-affected Bangladesh, taking the total number of people taking refuge in the state to over 670, officials…
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Trump pledges to end Ukraine-Russia war during call with Zelenskyy
Washington: Donald Trump has pledged to end Ukraine’s war with Russia after its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reached out to the former US president to congratulate him on his Republican presidential nomination. The…
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Poliovirus detected in Gaza, no paralytic cases so far: UN
United Nations: Discovering the poliovirus in Gaza environmental samples is deeply concerning but it’s a relief that no cases of the paralysing disease have been reported, UN humanitarians have said. The UN…
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Trump vows to end illegal immigration; supports legal expatriation
Washington: Former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday vowed illegal immigration and let people come inside the country legally, a move that would help communities like Indian-Americans, a…
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World Court declares Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories ‘unlawful’
United Nations: The World Court on Friday declared in a wide-ranging historic opinion that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is “unlawful” and said it should leave the area “rapidly”. The Hague-based International…
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As Bangladesh reels under deadly clashes, 245 Indians return home
New Delhi: India on Friday described the violent protests in Bangladesh as an “internal” matter of Dhaka but at the same time said it was closely monitoring the situation in the context…
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Explained: How global tech outage disrupted ops across industries
By Parameswaran Valeri A global tech outage triggered by a cybersecurity update crippled operations across sectors including air travel, healthcare, finance and many more, in the early hours of Friday. The services…
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Dozens killed: What sparked violent protests in Bangladesh?
With the killings of three more people in Dhaka’s Rampura-Badda area on Friday, July 19, the toll in the ongoing protest against freedom fighter quota in Bangladesh crossed 35. The protest over…
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UK airports, trains, London Stock Exchange, NHS impacted by global IT outage
London: The UK’s airports and trains experienced delays, with the London Stock Exchange and the National Health Service among the other organisations in the country dealing with the fallout of a global…
