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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San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that SpaceX has withdrawn its funding request to the Pentagon to begin footing the cost for satellite internet services Starlink for Ukraine.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…
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Karim Benzema wins Ballon d’Or, Putellas retains women’s trophy
Paris: French striker Karim Benzema claimed the 2022 Ballon d’Or here after a dazzling season with Real Madrid which saw the Spanish giants win both La Liga and the UEFA Champions League.…
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World Bank steps in to mediate India-Pak water dispute
Islamabad: The World Bank announced the beginning of two parallel legal processes to address Pakistan’s concerns over two hydropower projects on the western rivers by India in violation of the Indus Basin…
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Pak security agency chief avoids questions on handing over Dawood, Hafiz Saeed to India
New Delhi: The head of Pakistan’s top security agency avoided questions on whether underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed would be handed over to India. In…
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Special attention given to Indian community: Malaysian PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia pays special attention to its Indian community, especially in terms of its education and economy, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. He said the 2023 Budget which was recently…
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Nobel Prize for Medicine & Physiology 2022: Svante Pääbo and the human evolution story
In 2008, Svante Paabo, the Swedish scientist and team made an accidental discovery of a finger bone in a cave in Siberia. Decoding the genetic information from it led him to throw…
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US to continue imposing sanctions on Russian, Iranian arms trade: White House
Washington: The United States will continue to vigorously enforce sanctions on Russian and Iranian arms trade, the White House said, asserting that it will stand with the people of Ukraine for as…
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Hindu-American Tulsi Gabbard compares Biden to Hitler
New York: Fresh off announcing her departure from the Democratic Party, Tulsi Gabbard, who was the first Hindu member of the US Congress, compared President Joe Biden to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.…
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Sindhi group wants to drag Pakistan to ICJ over dead bodies at hospital
New Delhi: Even as the Pakistan government is pretending that nothing happened at the Nishtar Hospital in Multan, where hundreds of rotting bodies were discovered on Friday, more criticism is coming its…
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Andhra techie dies while trekking in US
Amaravati: A 32-year-old techie from Andhra Pradesh died in the United States on Sunday while on a trekking trip. Ganguri Srinath, hailing from Guntur, suffered a fatal fall while trekking in Atlanta.…
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Australia reverse decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Canberra: The Australian government on Tuesday announced that it has reversed a 2018 decision to recognise West Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. A statement citing Foreign Minister Penny Wong said: “The government…
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Russia releases 108 captive Ukrainian women
Kiev: Russia has released 108 Ukrainian women as part of the latest prisoner exchange between the two warring countries, authorities in Kiev have confirmed. In a social media post on Monday, Andriy…
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Andhra Pradesh techie dies while trekking in US
Amaravati: A 32-year-old techie from Andhra Pradesh died in the United States on Sunday while on a trekking trip. Ganguri Srinath, hailing from Guntur, suffered a fatal fall while trekking in Atlanta.…
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UK PM insists on leading Conservatives into next general election
London: Despite the ongoing political upheaval, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted onz leading the ruling Conservative Party into the next general election. In an interview with the BBC on Monday…
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3 killed in military plane crash in Russia
Moscow: Three people were killed and 19 others were injured after a Russian Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the city of Yeysk in Russia’s Krasnodar region, local state media reported. The aircraft…
