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SL to sign deal with India to shift to renewable energy for power generation
Colombo: Sri Lanka will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India to promote renewable energy as the Island nation aims to generate 70 per cent of its electricity requirements from renewable…
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Afghanistan: Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude jolts Kabul
Kabul: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck 85 kilometres East of Kabul in Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to National Center (NCS) for Seismology. Taking to its official Twitter handle, the NCS stated…
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China spent USD 240 bn on 20 countries in rescue lending
New Delhi: China has developed a system of “Bailouts on the Belt and Road” that helps recipient countries avoid default, and continue servicing their BRI debts, at least in the short run,…
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Azerbaijan lifts ‘Covid passport’ requirement for foreign travelers
Baku: Foreign citizens travelling to Azerbaijan by air will be exempt from having a ‘Covid-19 passport’ — a document confirming full vaccination against or immunity to the virus, the country’s authorities announced.…
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Wrong to assume that sacked H-1B staffers have to leave America within 60 days: USCIS director
Washington: Amid mass layoffs in the tech sector, the federal agency for immigration services has said it is wrong to assume that sacked workers holding the much-sought-after H-1B visas have to leave…
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China aims to replace US as global net security provider, says Army chief Manoj Pande
Pune: Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande has said transgressions remain the potential trigger for escalations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and asserted India has adequate reserves…
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Two stabbed to death at Ismaili Muslim centre in Lisbon
Lisbon: Two people were stabbed to death at a Muslim centre in the Portuguese capital on Tuesday, media reports said. The attack took place at the Ismaili Centre and the suspected assailant,…
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China expects Saudi, Iran to improve ties under Beijing brokered peace deal
Beijing: Weeks after China brokered a landmark peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said he expects both countries to improve their ties as arch-rivals in…
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Deadly fire rips through Mexico migrant centre, 37 dead
Mexico City: At least 37 people were killed and about 100 others injured as a deadly fire ripped through a migrant centre in Mexico’s city of Ciudad Juarez near the US border,…
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Biden calls Nashville shooting “sick”, urges Congress to pass assault weapons ban
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) termed the school shooting at Nashville which claimed the lives of six people as “sick” and said that the US has to do…
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New Zealand: Stuart Nash dismissed from Cabinet
Auckland: This evening New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has advised the Governor-General to dismiss Stuart Nash from all his ministerial portfolios. Late this afternoon Chris Hipkins was made aware by a…
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3 suspected Khalistani extremists from India nabbed in Philippines
Manila: Authorities in the Philippines have arrested suspected members of a banned Sikh separatist group, a government agency announced, as a massive manhunt continued in India to arrest pro-Khalistani elements. A joint…
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Another Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Canada
New Delhi: Another statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised at a university campus in Burnaby, Canada, the Consulate General of India in Vancouver announced on Tuesday, just days after another statue was…
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Humza Yousaf succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s next leader
Edinburg: Humza Yousaf has been elected the first minority ethnic leader of the Scottish National party in a narrow victory that confirmed deep divisions over policy within his party, according to a…
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H1B visa cap for FY 2024 reached
New York: The US has received a sufficient number of applications needed to reach the Congressionally mandated 65,000 H1B visa cap for the fiscal year 2024. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services…
