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Russian Prez, UAE Vice Prez congratulate India on Chandrayaan-3’s Moon Landing
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed were among the world leaders who congratulated India on Wednesday on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon, saying the…
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Rupee rises 27 paise to close at 82.72 against US dollar on forex inflows
New Delhi: The rupee strengthened for the second consecutive session and appreciated by 27 paise, registering the highest single-day gain in nearly two months, to close at 82.72 against the US dollar…
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Moon’s South Pole has deep craters shielded from sunlight for billions of years
New Delhi: The Moon’s South Pole, according to NASA, is full of “mystery, science and intrigue”, a media report said. There are deep craters which have been shielded from sunlight for billions…
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Pak authorities arrest 60 more people in connection with mob attack on churches
Lahore: Pakistani authorities have arrested 60 more people in connection with the unprecedented mob attack on 21 churches in Punjab province, taking the total number of suspects under detention to more than…
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Bezos congratulates India on successfully landing Chandrayaan-3
New Delhi: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Wednesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and all of India on successfully landing Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar soil. “Huge congratulations to ISRO and…
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NASA, ESA congratulate India on success of Chandrayaan-3 mission
New Delhi: Space agencies of the US, the UK and Europe have congratulated the success of India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission. The Chandrayaan-3 mission, led by scientists at ISRO, made history on Wednesday after…
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This Google techie earns Rs 1.2cr a year by working just 1 hr daily: Report
New Delhi: A Google software engineer in his 20s has said that he works for only an hour a day and earns a salary of $150,000 (about Rs 1.2 crore) yearly. The…
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Nepal faces onion shortage after India imposes 40% export duty
Kathmandu: Nepal is facing an onion shortage after India imposed a 40 percent export duty on the commodity. Since Tuesday, the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market in Kathmandu wiped onion off its…
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‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Saudi border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers between March 2022 to June 2023, as they tried to enter the Kingdom from…
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X kills headlines from links to articles as Musk tells journos to publish directly
New Delhi: As Elon Musk on Tuesday invited journalists to publish directly on X (formerly Twitter) and earn a higher income, he started stripping headlines and text from news articles shared on…
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Over 1.7 mn Australians sexually harassed in 2021-22: Survey
Canberra: More than 1.7 million Australians were sexually harassed in 2021-22, a national survey has found. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday published the results of the 2021-22 Personal Safety…
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Key witness changes testimony in Trump classified docs case after switching lawyer
Washington: A key witness against former US President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, has retracted from his testimony, local media reported. In a new court filing on Tuesday, special counsel…
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Pak will not surrender to radicalism and intolerance: Caretaker PM Kakar
Karachi: Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday said the war on terror will continue and it will not surrender to radicalism, extremism and intolerance, a day after outlawed TTP…
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Singapore’s BOC Aviation signs financing pact for 10 Airbus aircraft with IndiGo
Singapore: Singapore-headquartered BOC Aviation Limited and India’s largest airline IndiGo have entered into a finance lease transaction involving 10 Airbus A320NEO aircraft to further expand its fleet, officials said on Wednesday. All…
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Watch: Young man in boxing gloves confronts Stockholm’s Quran desecrator
A young man wearing boxing gloves attempted to attack Silwan Momica who has desecrated several copies of the Quran in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. This came to light on Tuesday after a…
