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El Nino may spur deadly heat waves in India
New Delhi: Climate models have predicted that El Nino is on the horizon, which can lead to severe heat waves and droughts, in many countries, including India. El Nino is associated with…
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Eid-ul-Fitr 2023: List of countries celebrating festival on Friday
Eid-ul-Fitr is an important festival celebrated by Muslims all over the world including India. The date of the festival is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon, which marks the beginning…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning BuzzFeed News to be shut down
New Delhi: In shocking news to the global media industry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning news arm of BuzzFeed.com is being shut down, CEO Jonah Peretti announced on Thursday. The media outlet said that…
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Moon sighted in Saudi Arabia; Eid Al-Fitr on Friday
Riyadh: The Shawwal crescent moon has been sighted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday, April 20. This means Eid Al-Fitr will be on Friday, April 21. Qatar, UAE, Bahrain…
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29 firms file bids for Vizag Steel Plant, Telangana stays away
Visakhapatnam: As many as 29 companies, including seven international players, have submitted bids for supply of raw materials and providing working capital to Visakhapatnam Steel Plant The deadline for filing of Expression…
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5 Army soldiers killed in terrorist attack in Poonch
Jammu: Five Army personnel were killed and another was seriously injured on Thursday after their vehicle caught fire following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said. The deceased Army…
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Adani tried to get to me through his ‘wheeler dealers’: Mahua Moitra
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has alleged that industrialist Gautam Adani tried to “get to me” and some other people through his “wheeler dealers” and criticised NCP leader Sharad Pawar…
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Ram Navami violence: Fact-finding team blames Bihar govt’s ‘failure’
A fact-finding team from the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) visited Bihar following large-scale communal violence that took place during and around the Ram Navami rally last month. Based on…
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Video of dancer in mosque raises Uyghur anxieties about China’s attacks on religion
New Delhi: A Chinese tourism advertisement portraying a medieval Buddhist fantasy, shot in the prayer hall of Xinjiang’s second-largest mosque, has alarmed the Uyghur diaspora, which is calling it a desecration, a…
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BJP slams Cong for appointing ‘anti-national’ Imran Pratapgarhi as star campaigner
Bengaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Thursday took strong exception to the inclusion of Rajya Sabha member Imran Pratapgarhi in the list of 40 star campaigners of the Congress for the upcoming…
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Kashmir’s Jibran Gulzar nominated for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List 2023
New Delhi: Jibran Gulzar, the founder of Gatoes, a hyperlocal startup based in Jammu and Kashmir, has been nominated for the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Asia in 2023. This…
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Pak foreign min Bilawal Bhutto to attend SCO meeting in India on May 4-5
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in India next month, Pakistan’s Foreign Office announced on Thursday, a development that could provide an opportunity…
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Targeting of Amartya Sen ‘pathetic’: Cong on Visva Bharati notice to Nobel Laureate
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused the Modi government of “targeting” Amartya Sen after the Visva Bharati University issued an eviction order asking the Nobel laureate to vacate 13 decimals of…
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Gautam Adani meets Sharad Pawar in Mumbai amid row over Hindenburg report
Mumbai: Industrialist Gautam Adani met NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the latter’s residence in Mumbai on Thursday, party sources said. The meeting follows Pawar’s recent statement that he is not opposed to…
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What’s in store for Paigah Palace in Hyderabad: Museum or heritage hotel?
Hyderabad: Paigah Palace in Hyderabad, which served as the US Consulate in Hyderabad since 2009, will soon see a change in its identity. With the US Consulate officially ending its lease of…
