World
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New Australian government ministry sworn in
Canberra: The new Australian government’s ministry has officially been sworn in. The 30 members of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s frontbench, which includes a record-breaking 13 women, were sworn-in to their portfolios by Governor-General…
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Ukrainian, Slovak Presidents discuss defence support
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with his Slovak counterpart Zuzana Caputova to discuss defence support for Kiev, Zelensky’s press service reported. During the talks on Tuesday, Zelensky said that Slovakia has made…
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Russia to halt gas supplies to companies of Denmark, Germany
Moscow: Russian energy giant Gazprom has said it would no longer supply gas to Denmark’s largest energy company Orsted and will halt deliveries to Germany under the Shell Energy Europe contract. Orsted…
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WHO warns of further transmission of monkeypox
Copenhagen: The WHO has said that it aimed to contain the monkeypox outbreak by stopping human transmission to the maximum extent possible, warning that the potential for further transmission in Europe and…
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Russia floats new foreign debt payment system
Moscow: Russia says it may use an arrangement similar to that used for payments for its gas supplies to pay its dollar-denominated foreign debts. The Vedomosti business daily on Monday quoted Finance…
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UK’s new ‘High Potential Individual’ student visa route to benefit Indians
London: Graduates from the world’s top 50 non-UK universities, including Indian students, can now come and work in Britain through a new High Potential Individual (HPI) visa route launched in London on…
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Black box of crashed Tara Air aircraft recovered by mountain guides
Kathmandu: A team of experienced international and national mountain guides on Tuesday retrieved the black box of the Tara Air plane that crashed in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district on Sunday, killing 22…
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China claims it is still India’s top trade partner as per its data, not US
Beijing: China on Tuesday insisted that it is still India’s biggest trade partner in 2021-22 as per its figures and attributed the “disparity” to different methods of calculating the trade volume by…
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Why are Indians still curious about the British royal family?
Why are the Indians curious about the British Royal family even after India’s Independence? Even the present generation of Indians know of Queen Elizebeth 11. We have listened to the nursery rhyme…
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India sends one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka
Colombo: India delivered one more consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes (MT) of diesel to Sri Lanka to help ease the acute fuel shortage in the debt-ridden island nation which is grappling with its…
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No justice after 35 years: Pak woman asks judge to send her ‘back to India’
New Delhi: A woman from Bahawalnagar in Pakistan, whose case against land mafia over her five-marla house has been pending for over three decades, asked the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court…
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Apple may not announce its mixed reality headset at WWDC this year
San Francisco: As tech enthusiasts across the globe are waiting to witness Apple’s mixed reality headset or its new AR/VR operating system in real, a new report on Tuesday claimed that the…
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Covid hospitalisations hit new record high in Aus capital
Canberra: The number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 in Australia’s capital Canberra has hit a new record high, authorities said on Tuesday. According to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Health Department, there…
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Over 100 detained for anti-govt protests in Armenia
Yerevan: More than 100 demonstrators were detained during the anti-government protests in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. State media said that the protest leaders intended to enter the No.3 government building and inquire from…
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US not providing Ukraine with long-range rocket systems: Biden
Washington: The US will not provide Ukraine with long-range rocket systems capable of hitting targets inside Russia, President Joe Biden said, despite pleas from the war-torn nation for the supply of advanced…
