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Hindu temple vandalised in Canada; police describes it as ‘hate-motivated incident’
Toronto: A prominent Hindu temple in Canada’s Ontario province has been vandalised by unknown people with “anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti”, in what is described by police as a “hate-motivated incident.” In a…
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Pakistan gets Saudi’s approval for USD 2 billion funding to secure IMF bailout
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan has received the nod for funding of up to USD 2 billion from Saudi Arabia, a move that will help the country secure the much-required bailout from the IMF,…
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ChatGPT falsely accuses innocent law professor for sexually harassing students
San Francisco: In a bizarre incident, AI chatbot ChatGPT, as part of a research study, has falsely named an innocent and highly-respected law professor in the US on the list of legal…
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Local health board in UK to recruit 900 overseas nurses, mostly Indians: Report
London: A local health board in the UK could be recruiting as many as 900 nurses, mostly from Kerala, in the course of next four years to address workforce shortages, which is…
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Indian-Americans stage peaceful rally against legislation on caste-based discrimination
Washington: Scores of Indian-Americans held a peaceful rally in California to register their protest against a Democratic senator for introducing a bill in the state’s Senate seeking to explicitly ban caste-based discrimination.…
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India elected to UN statistical body; China suffers diplomatic rout
United Nations: In a sign of India’s diplomatic influence, it has been elected to the UN Statistical Commission and two other bodies while China suffered a diplomatic rout unable to get the…
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UN Women chief blasts Taliban ban on female Afghan UN staff
United Nations: Sima Bahous, UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, has condemned the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. “We stand in…
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700 firefighters work to douse massive Dhaka wholesale market fire
Dhaka: About 700 firefighters continued working on Wednesday to completely douse a massive blaze that erupted at the Bangabazar in Dhaka — the biggest wholesale market in Bangladesh — 36 hours ago.…
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Husband pleads guilty to murder of Indian nurse, 2 kids in UK
London: A suspect charged with the triple murder of an Indian nurse and her two children pleaded guilty to the murders at a court hearing in eastern England on Wednesday and was…
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Video: Imran Khan enters Pak court wearing bulletproof ‘bucket’
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appeared in an anti-terrorism court in Lahore amid tight security with a black bucket like bullet proof bucket like structure on his head, leading…
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Defiant Donald Trump pleads not guilty to all 34 criminal charges against him
New York: Donald Trump, the first former US President to be criminally charged, has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at his arraignment in a Manhattan court…
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Fortune of world’s richest person Bernard Arnault crosses $200 bn for first time
London: The fortune of Bernard Arnault, the world’s richest person, has topped $200 billion for the first time as shares in his French LVMH luxury goods empire hit a record high, a…
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Bob Lee, Cash App creator and ex-CTO of Square, stabbed to death
San Francisco: Bob Lee, founder of Cash App and current Chief Product Officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin, has been stabbed to death in a shocking incident here. MobileCoin confirmed to ABC7 News…