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Joe Biden to arrive in Delhi tomorrow, will hold bilateral with PM Modi
Washington: US President Joe Biden will arrive in New Delhi on Friday and is scheduled to hold a Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House informed. Beginning Friday, Biden has a packed…
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We consider requests as they come: UN on ‘Bharat’ row
United Nations: The United Nations considers requests from countries to change their names as and when the world body receives them, a top UN official has said, amid a row over President…
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Apple spending ‘millions of dollars a day’ training conversational AI: Report
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly investing millions of dollars a day in creating multiple artificial intelligence (AI) conversational models, as the generative AI race heats up. According to a report in The…
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US: Vivek Ramaswamy says he will pardon all peaceful Jan 6 protesters
Washington: Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed that he will pardon all peaceful January 6 protesters if he gets elected as the next US president in 2024. The 38-year-old Indian American…
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ASEAN centre point of India’s Act East policy: PM Modi
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the centre point of India’s Act East Policy. He made the remarks while addressing the…
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‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ is the news on G20 that’s grabbing US media attention
Washington: On the eve of US President Joe Biden’s arrival in New Delhi in India to attend the high-profile G20 Summit, US media has been gripped with speculation as to whether India…
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Indian-American physician in UK’s top non-fiction prize longlist
London: A book by Indian-American cancer physician and researcher Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee has been longlisted for the prestigious 50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in London. ‘The Song of the Cell:…
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US NSA seeks more info about chip in new Huawei smartphones
Washington: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has revealed that the Joe Biden government seeks to know more about the new, ‘made in China’ Huawei chipset used in the Mate 60 Pro…
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South Korea to be guest of honour at 42nd Sharjah Intl Book Fair
Abu Dhabi: The 42nd session of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) will kick off this year on Wednesday, November 1, and Republic of South Korea will be guest of honour, the…
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2 new studies suggest BA.2.86 less immune-evasive than feared
New York: Amid fresh concerns of Covid-19 due to the new highly mutant Omicron sub variant BA.2.86, two new studies from the US have confirmed that it is less contagious as well…
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China bans some govt officials from using iPhones: Report
Hong Kong: Amid the escalating rivalry between the US and China, the Xi Jinping government has reportedly barred officials from using Apple iPhones at work, the media reported on Wednesday. Beijing has…
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UAE: Sri Lankan national wins Rs 45 cr in Big Ticket Abu Dhabi draw
Abu Dhabi: A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Sri Lankan expatriate won the grand prize of Dirhams 20 million (Rs 45,23,95,571) in the latest draw of Big Ticket Abu Dhabi. The winner Thurailingam…
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French schools send back girls for refusing to remove abaya
French schools have sent 67 girls home for refusing to remove their abayas on the first day of the school year. The abaya — loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women…
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US: Over 4 lakh Indians may die awaiting job-based Green Cards, says report
Washington: More than 10.5 lakh Indians are in the queue for an employment-based Green Card and 4 lakh of them may die before they receive the much-sought-after legal document of permanent residency…
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Japan joins India and China’s neighbours in rejecting Beijing’s new map
Beijing: Japan has joined India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan to lodge protests against China over its new “standard map” for including the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea…
