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India condemns OIC secretary general’s visit to PoK
New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly condemned the visit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), and said that any interference in the country’s internal affairs…
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UK economy rebounds in Oct but recession still looms
London: The British economy is estimated to have grown by 0.5 per cent between September and October, statistics showed, but a lengthy recession is still expected in the UK. October’s rebound followed…
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Putin scraps annual year-end news conference
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual year-end news conference will not take place for the first time in 10 years, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed. Addressing media persons here on Monday,…
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Australia biz operator fined $30k for not paying Indian worker
Melbourne: A vehicle repair business operator in Australia has been fined AU$30,000 for not paying back-pay entitlements to a worker from India, the court said. The Federal Circuit and Family Court imposed…
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Erdogan calls on Putin to establish 30-kilometer Syrian corridor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the establishment of a 30-kilometer (19-mile) security corridor on the Turkish border with Syria, during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Anadolu Agency reported.…
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FIFA World Cup: Semifinalists show that possession is not everything in Qatar 2022
Doha: They are numbers that would make a football ‘purist’ such as Pep Guardiola break out into a cold sweat, or have former Spain coach, Luis Enrique trembling in his bed, but…
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New India-Bangladesh rly line along NE to be operational in June 2023
Agartala: The much expected new railway line between India and Bangladesh along Tripura would be operational in June next year, officials said here on Monday quoting Bangladesh Railway Minister Md. Nurul Islam…
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Bangladesh seeks India’s cooperation on Rohingya crisis
Dhaka: Bangladesh, which is hosting over a million Rohingya refugees, has sought India’s cooperation to peacefully repatriate the people who were forced to take refuge in the country to evade persecution in…
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Large percent of world’s languages endangered
Nearly 50 percent of languages spoken all over the world today are “endangered” and face the threat of extinction. India is among the top with 197 indigenous languages in peril of extinction.…
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What Chinese Prez Xi Jinping’s Saudi visit means for Middle East
Nicosia: The three-day visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia last week and his talks with the Saudi rulers and other important GCC leaders, as well as the signing of…
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Nearly half of newlywed couples in South Korea had no kids in 2021, says data
Seoul: Nearly half of the recently married couples in South Korea had no children in 2021, data showed on Monday, amid the country’s chronic low birthrate and changing social norms. Some 45.8%…
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Zimbabwean Prez says power shortages to ease in 2023
Harare: Zimbabweans will see a vast improvement in electricity supplies in 2023 as the government removes barriers to power generation investments in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. The government would…
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Afghan police seize 30 assault rifles in Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharif: The Afghan police have collected arms and ammunitions including 30 pieces of AK-47 assault rifles from individuals in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of Balkh province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad…
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Sikh youth shot dead in latest homicide killing in Canada
Toronto: The death of 24 year-old Sanraj Singh due to gunshot wounds in Alberta province comes latest in the series of Sikhs killings in Canada. Police said they responded to reports of…
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Afghan forces fire rockets into Pakistan territory, 6 killed
Quetta: At least six civilians were killed while over two dozen sustained injuries when Afghan forces fired rockets into the Pakistani territory from across the Chaman border on Sunday evening, in a…
