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Sikh named to US DHS’ Faith-Based Advisory Council
New York: After Indian-American community leader Chandru Acharya, Kiran Kaur Gill, an Indian-origin Sikh, has been named to the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Faith-Based Security Advisory Council. Gill, Executive Director,…
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Jay Shah’s statement can ‘split’ cricketing communities: PCB urges emergency ACC meet
Lahore: A ‘disappointed’ Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday requested the Asian Cricket Council to convene an emergency meeting in the wake of BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s statement that India won’t travel to…
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New Zealand strengthens terrorism laws to make country safer
Wellington: The New Zealand government is strengthening counter-terrorism laws to make it harder for people who are known threats to undertake terrorist acts, Justice Minister Kiri Allan said on Wednesday. Following the…
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Hyderabad: DAV school principal booked for negligence in 4-yr-old’s rape case
Hyderabad: In the case of the four-year-old girl’s sexual abuse, the DAV school principal was booked by the city police for negligence (allowing the driver to enter classrooms). The four-year-old girl was…
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Russian commander admits ‘tense’ situation in Ukraine’s Kherson region
Moscow/Kiev: Sergei Surovikin, the new unified Russian battlefield commander in Ukraine, has admitted that the situation in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson is “tense”. Kherson was the first big city captured…
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Finnish Parliament backs proposal to build fence along Russian border
Helsinki: A proposal to build a fence along parts of Finland’s border with Russia received wide support from parties in Parliament. Prime Minister Sanna Marin convened a meeting on Tuesday to discuss…
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Blackouts in over 1,000 Ukraine towns after massive Russian rocket attacks
Kiev: More than a thousand towns and villages across Ukraine remain without power after massive Russian attacks in recent days, Ukrainian officials said, as per media reports. Emergency services spokesman Oleksandr Khorunzhyi…
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‘We have to catch next pandemic earlier’: Oracle’s Larry Ellison
Las Vegas: At age 78, Oracle’s Larry Ellison is still on the job and this time, it is more than just Cloud, as he aims to safeguard humanity from the next pandemic…
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US reports over 27,000 monkeypox cases
Los Angeles: Over 27,000 monkeypox cases had been confirmed in the US as of Monday, according to the latest data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). California has…
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Blackouts in over 1,000 Ukraine towns after massive Russian rocket attacks
Kiev: More than a thousand towns and villages across Ukraine remain without power after massive Russian attacks in recent days, Ukrainian officials said, as per media reports. Emergency services spokesman Oleksandr Khorunzhyi…
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Rishi Sunak would beat Liz Truss if UK PM poll held now, finds survey
London: Former Indian-origin chancellor Rishi Sunak would beat his rival Liz Truss if the Conservative Party leadership election is held now as a result of what is dubbed as “buyer’s remorse” among…
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Ex-British fighter pilots lured by Chinese military for training PLA personnel
London: The UK government said on Tuesday that it is taking “decisive steps” to stop lucrative Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving and former British military pilots to train the People’s…
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Russia has destroyed a third of Ukraine’s power stations in just a week of bombing raids
Kiev: Russian air strikes have destroyed about 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations in just one week leaving the country’s energy situation ‘critical’, President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed, the media reported. Bombing raids…
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China remains at bottom of internet freedom study for 8th straight year
Washington: Global internet freedom declined again in 2022 for the 12th year in a row, with China remaining as the most restricted country for the eighth consecutive year, a study has found,…
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SpaceX withdraws request for Pentagon to fund Starlink in Ukraine: Musk
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that SpaceX has withdrawn its funding request to the Pentagon to begin footing the cost for satellite internet services Starlink for Ukraine. Musk’s tweet followed…
