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Gandhi, Taj Mahal ironic stars in birth of Hindu Caucus in US Congress
Washington: Lawmakers came and held forth. On Mahatma Gandhi. On the Taj Mahal. And Indian-Americans, their riches and their achievements. Anything but Hindu-Americans. The problem: The lawmakers had been invited to an…
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Making ‘huge push’ to process as many visa applications in India: US
New York: Consular teams have been making a huge push to process as many visa applications as possible in India, which remains the US government’s top priority, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller…
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Indian worker found dead under building rubble in Singapore
Singapore: The body of a 20-year-old Indian national, who died after a part of a building collapsed in Singapore, was pulled out of the rubble in rescue operations lasting for more than…
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2023 likely to become hottest year ever recorded
London: Global temperatures have accelerated to record-setting levels this month, an ominous sign in the climate crisis ahead of a gathering El Nino that could potentially propel 2023 to become the hottest…
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US federal govt agencies targeted in major global cyberattack
Washington: “Several” US federal government agencies were targeted on Thursday in a major global cyberattack, which takes advantage of a weakness in a widely-used software, media reports said. The US Cybersecurity and…
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Cyclone Biparjoy: 82,000 people evacuated to safe places in Pakistan
Islamabad: The coastal regions of Pakistan were on high alert on Thursday with over 82,000 people being evacuated to safer places in the southern Sindh province as Cyclone Biparjoy, currently classified as…
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No Israel normalization if Palestine dispute not solved: US Saudi embassy
Washington: In light of the United States’ efforts to bring Israel and Saudi Arabia closer, the Saudi Embassy in Washington made it clear that an agreement is only possible after a solution…
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UK court orders British firm to pay Rs 8 cr to Beirut explosion victims
Beirut: A London court has ordered a British firm to pay more than 800,000 pounds (Rs 8,30,36,734) in damages to some of the victims of the Beirut explosion, Reuters reported. British-registered chemical trading…
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Pro-Khalistani activist Avtar Singh dies in UK hospital
London: Avtar Singh Purba alias Khanda, a prominent pro-Khalistani activist who was involved in the attack on the Indian High Commission in London, died at a hospital in the city of Birmingham…
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Sri Lanka’s economy shrinks 11.5 per cent in first quarter 2023
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 11.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2023 from the previous year, government data showed on Thursday, even as the cash-strapped island nation struggles to overcome…
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Asia Cup 2023: India to play Pakistan in Sri Lanka
New Delhi: Ending months of speculation around Asia Cup, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Thursday announced that the tournament will be staged in a hybrid model with four games in Pakistan and…
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Indian-origin doctor who drove family off cliff in US barred from practising medicine
New York: A US court has barred a 41-year-old Indian-origin doctor from practising medicine as he is facing multiple attempted murder charges for driving his family off a cliff in California, a…
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Partygate: UK ex-PM Boris Johnson found to have ‘deliberately misled’ Parliament
London: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament when he denied knowledge of Covid-19 law-breaching parties in Downing Street, a cross-party parliamentary panel said on Thursday in its report into…
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List of countries offering ‘citizenship by investment’ programs
Over 100 countries across the world are offering citizenship by investment programs to individuals seeking another nationality. These programs require applicants to make a minimum investment in the respective country. List of…
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6.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Philippines
Manila: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Batangas province in the northern Philippines on Thursday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which occurred at 10.19…
