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7 British-Indians win 2022 Young Dentist Award in UK
London: Seven British-Indians have received the Young Dentist Award in recognition of their excellence in dentistry across the whole of the UK. The 2022 Dentistry Awards, feted as ‘dentistry’s biggest party’, took…
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Ukraine’s Kherson without power after heavy Russian shelling
Kiev: The entire central Ukrainian city of Kherson was left without electricity after heavy Russian shelling targeted critical infrastructure and also resulting in two deaths, authorities said. Kherson, one of the first…
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US govt releases new group of JFK assassination documents
Washington: The US government released a new group of records related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy (JFK). The National Archives posted more than 13,000 documents containing newly released…
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2 dead, dozens trapped in Malaysian landslide
Kuala Lumpur: At least two people have been killed and dozens are trapped in a landslide that happened in Malaysia’s Selangor state at around 2:00 a.m. local time on Friday, according to…
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US House passes bill for vote on Puerto Rico’s status
Washington: The US House of Representatives passed legislation that would set a vote on Puerto Rico’s political status. The bill titled the Puerto Rico Status Act — went through the House in…
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Indian-American duo to pay over $420,000 to settle kickback charges
New York: An Indian-American couple has agreed to pay $422,789 to resolve allegations that they received illegal kickbacks in return for referring patients for laboratory testing. Dr Vijesh Patel and his office…
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India to launch database on crimes against peacekeepers to fight impunity
United Nations: India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has announced that New Delhi will be setting up a comprehensive database to monitor crimes against peacekeepers and aid the fight against impunity. Citing…
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Iran condemns US ‘intervention’ in Iranian women’s rights as ‘hypocritical’
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned US’ “interventionist” policies concerning Iranian women’s rights as “hypocritical”. Nasser Kanaani made the remarks in response to a US-proposed resolution that was adopted by the…
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Biden says Covid-19 cases rising across US
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that Covid-19 cases “are rising” across the country. The remarks, which Biden posted on Twitter, came as American families are getting together for the holidays,…
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Sri Lanka discusses nuclear energy cooperation with Russia
Colombo: Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said on Thursday that the South Asian country is discussing nuclear energy cooperation with Russia. The minister said he met with the…
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Jaishankar announces India’s candidacy for 2028-29 UNSC term
United Nations: India will seek election to the Security Council for a two-year term that starts in 2028, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said. He made the announcement on Thursday at…
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Twitter suspends accounts of prominent journalists who wrote about Elon Musk
Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of prominent journalists including those who are from the New York Times and the Washington Post. There is only one similarity between them. They wrote about…
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Hasina asks people to choose between peaceful life or BNP-Jamat alliance’s mischief
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the nation to decide between the Jamat-BNP who established only communalism, militancy, and politics of killing, or her Awami League, to go ahead with…
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Jaishankar attacks Pak and China, says ‘contemporary epicentre of terrorism’ remains very much active
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday told the UN Security Council that the “contemporary epicentre of terrorism” remains very much active as he lamented that evidence-backed proposals to blacklist terrorists…
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Former Twitter employee sent to 3 yrs jail for spying for Saudi
A former Twitter executive convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to over three years in prison in the United States. Ahmad Abouammo was sentenced to three and a half…
