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India, Russia set $100bn trade target by 2030, to move forward on FTA
Moscow: India and Russia have set a new target of $100 billion in trade between the two nations by 2030, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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Putin thanks PM Modi for trying to help resolve Ukraine crisis
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for trying to help find a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis. “I am grateful to you for the attention…
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Pak PM announces relief package of Rs 50bn for domestic electricity consumers
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced a relief package of Rs 50 billion for millions of domestic electricity consumers as his cash-strapped government was battling to push back the…
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PM Modi receives Russia’s highest civilian award
Moscow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday, July 9, officially conferred the ‘Order of St Andrew the Apostle’ award by Russian President Vladimir Putin for his contribution to fostering bilateral ties…
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NBA’s Jaylen Brown, ex-player Tacko Fall perform Umrah
Days after winning the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP), Boston Celtics star wing Jaylen Brown, alongside former NBA star Tacko Fall, performed Umrah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, July 8.…
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India’s silver girl Mirabai Chanu faces a heavier task at the Olympics
The state of Manipur has produced excellent sportsmen and women. They have shone in hockey, football, weightlifting, and boxing, the most famous of them all is Mary Kom. There is also a weightlifting champion…
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Telangana student dies by drowning in US
New York: A 25-year-old Indian student studying at Trine University, died after he drowned at a waterfall at Albany in New York state, India’s Consulate here said, the latest incident to hit…
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Elon Musk again rakes up EVM issue before US elections
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday again raked up the electronic voting machine (EVM) issue before the US presidential elections in November, vouching for paper ballots and in-person…
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French left-wing leader Melenchon vows to recognise Palestine
The leader of France’s left-wing New People’s Front bloc, Jean-Luc Melenchon, has pledged to recognise Palestinian statehood following his coalition’s victory in the recent French general election. The New Popular Front won…
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German House votes to ban red triangle symbol used by Hamas
Berlin: Germany’s House of Representatives has voted to ban the red inverted triangle symbol that the Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, uses to mark Israeli targets in its videos. Since Israel…
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No solution on battlefield: India on Ukraine conflict after US flags concerns
New Delhi: India has consistently maintained that dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward to resolve the Ukraine conflict as a solution can’t be found on the battlefield, official sources said after…
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Army troops fire at Pakistani drone along LoC in J-K’s Poonch
Mendhar: Army troops fired a few rounds to shoot down a Pakistani drone along the Line of Control in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said…
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UNSC to meet on Russian attack on Ukraine children’s hospital
United Nations: Security Council is scheduled to take up on Tuesday Russia’s bombing of a children’s hospital in Ukraine that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned as “particularly shocking”. Ukraine’s largest children’s health…
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Indian-origin Singaporean jailed for raping runaway girl
Singapore: An Indian-origin Singaporean bar owner was sentenced to jail for 13 years and four weeks on Monday and will receive nine strokes of the cane for raping a runaway 17-year-old girl…
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Biden dares detractors to challenge him at Democratic convention
Washington: US President Joe Biden dared his detractors on Monday to challenge him at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month, amidst increasing voices from within his own party colleagues that…
