World
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Over 30 British-Indians in King’s New Year Honours List
London: Cambridge professor Partha Sarathi Dasgupta and COP26 President Alok Sharma are among the more than 30 people of Indian-origin who have been honoured by King Charles III in his first New…
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S.Korea to resume bell-tolling event on NYE after 2 yrs
Seoul: South Korea will resume its annual bell-tolling ceremony to celebrate New Year’s Eve on Saturday after two years of suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ceremony hosted by the Seoul…
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US House panel releases redacted version of Trump’s tax returns
Washington: The US House Ways and Means Committee has released a redacted version of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The documents include six years of tax information for the time Trump,…
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Turkish central bank aims to increase lira share in bank deposits
Ankara: Turkey’s central bank announced its plan to increase the share of the Turkish lira in the country’s bank deposits to 60 per cent by the middle of 2023. “Policies to be…
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Donald Trump may not have a cakewalk in 2024 Republican nomination
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump may be the de-facto leader of the Republican Party since 2016, but he is now shell-shocked as his endorsement in the primaries in the 2024 Presidential…
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130 mn Arab population in poverty: UN survey
Beirut: A survey released by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has said that poverty affects one-third of the Arab region’s population, excluding the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)…
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Four Indian students die in car accident in Crimea
New Delhi: Four Indian medical students died on the spot after the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree in Simferopol, Crimea, the media reported. While two students were in…
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US: Two-year-old dies in accident, Indian-origin mother battles for life
New York: Police in US’ Nevada are investigating a fatal Christmas day crash that left a two-year-old Indian-origin child dead and his mother battling for life in a hospital in the US.…
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BNP-Jamaat procession in Dhaka, violence feared
Dhaka: Residents of Dhaka fear bloody clashes as the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami staged a mass procession in the capital city on Friday. Activists of the ruling Awami League…
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Brazil’s Lula unveils final cabinet appointments
Brasilia: Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has unveiled the final 16 appointments to his 37-member cabinet in the lead-up to his inauguration on Sunday. All will be sworn in during…
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Indian envoy hands over PM Modi’s message to Prachanda
Kathmandu: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on Friday held talks with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and handed over the congratulatory message sent by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Modi…
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Trump, legal team taking victory lap over dying subpoena of Jan 6 House Committee
Washington: US former President Donald Trump, under a litany of legal troubles, loves victory, even when it’s not there, but this time he is taking a victory lap with his legal team…
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People in Pakistan Gwadar city rise up against CPEC
Islamabad: People of Balochistan are rising up in protests across the Pakistan province, threatening a stumbling country, challenging the politicised army and upsetting Chinese dreams of a transnational corridor project. Public anger…
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Biden signs $1.7 trillion government spending bill into law
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill for the federal government that includes a number of administration priorities and officially avoids a government shutdown, ending what…
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Indian-origin pharmacist jailed in UK for drug offences
London: An Indian-origin pharmacist in the UK has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for supplying ‘under the counter drugs’ leading to the death of a woman in 2020. Dushyant Patel,…
