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UK trade body calls for duties on Indian imports of PET plastics to continue
London: The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published its initial findings that a countervailing or anti-subsidy measure on the imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from India be maintained for a further…
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Pakistan turned tables on India, claims PM Sharif
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday claimed Pakistan not just responded to Indian aggression during the brief conflict earlier this month but also turned the tables on the opponent. Addressing army…
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6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Japan’s Hokkaido
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Kushiro, on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, Saturday, May 31, at 14:07 local time, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported. The earthquake occurred…
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KTR inaugurates Knowledge Centre in UK
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and former IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) inaugurated Pragmatic Design Solutions Limited (PDSL)’s state-of-the-art Knowledge Centre on Friday, May 30, at Warwick in the United…
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‘MIT wants free Palestine’: Indian-origin student barred from grad ceremony
An Indian-origin student and class of 2025 president at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Megha Vemuri, was banned from attending her graduation ceremony after she used the commencement stage to…
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Russian missile strike kills child & injures another, Ukraine says
Kyiv: A Russian missile hit a front-line region in Ukraine on Saturday, killing a child and injuring another, a Ukrainian official said as uncertainty remains as to whether Kyiv diplomats will attend…
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Nuclear threats will not deter India’s resolve: All-party delegation in Latvia
Riga: The all-party delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi met Parliamentarians of Latvia, highlighting that India will not tolerate any nuclear threat and will respond accordingly to any act of terrorism.…
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Colombia withdraws statement offering condolences to Pak: Tharoor
Bogota: Colombia has withdrawn a statement offering condolences to Pakistan for the loss of lives following India’s military strikes in response to the Pahalgam attack after an Indian parliamentary delegation explained Islamabad’s…
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Floods kill at least 111 as northern Nigeria battles climate change
Torrents of predawn rain unleashed flooding that killed at least 111 people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south, officials said on Friday,…
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We stopped India, Pakistan from fighting: US President Trump
New York: US President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his claim that he stopped India and Pakistan from fighting and told the two nations that his administration cannot trade with people that…
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11 PTI supporters sentenced to 27 years for violent protests
Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced 11 supporters of jailed former premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), including a lawmaker, for violent protest in the capital on May 9, 2023. The…
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India will never give in to nuclear blackmail, says EAM Jaishankar
Vadodara: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday asserted that India will never give in to nuclear blackmail, and those who “sponsor, nurture and utilize” terrorism should be made to pay a…
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Russia, Ukraine expected to discuss peace memorandums in Istanbul: Kremlin
Moscow: The Kremlin announced Friday that it expects both Russian and Ukrainian draft peace memorandums to be reviewed during upcoming negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian…
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Indian tourist attacked by tiger while trying to take a selfie in Thailand
An Indian tourist was attacked by a tiger while trying to take a selfie with the wild animal at the Tiger Kingdom in Phuket in Thailand. A video of the incident is…
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Hyderabad-origin Zaki wins Scripps National Spelling Bee in US
A 13-year-old Texas student with Hyderabad roots has claimed victory at the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US. Faizan Zaki who is a four-time competitor and last year’s runner-up spelled…
