Month: September 2023

Pakistani National Arrested For Infiltrating Border In Gujarat’s Bhuj

September 24, 2023 admin

An investigation into the matter is underway. (Representational) Bhuj, Gujarat: Border Security Force (BSF) officials have arrested a 30-year-old Pakistan national, for infiltrating the border illegally, in Bhuj, officials said on Saturday. Mehboob Ali, (30), a resident of Badin district in Sindh province of Pakistan, has been arrested, they said. As per BSF, “On September…

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Taiwan golf ball factory fire kills at least six

September 23, 2023 admin

An aerial view shows smoke billowing from a factory after a fire in Pingtung, southern Taiwan on September 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP A fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan killed at least six people, three of them firefighters who died in an explosion, authorities said Saturday. The fire, which began Friday…

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S Jaishankar Talks About “Challenges” Of India’s G20 Presidency At UN

September 23, 2023 admin

S Jaishankar stressed that core agenda of India’s G20 Presidency was global growth. (File) New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday (local time) called India’s G20 Presidency challenging due to a “very sharp East-West polarization and a very deep North-South divide.” In his address at India-UN for Global South: Delivering for Development in…

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Swiss bishops eye new tribunal after sexual abuse revelations

September 23, 2023 admin

Following shocking sexual abuse revelations within Switzerland’s Catholic Church, the Catholic dioceses’ coordinating body said on Saturday it planned to create a tribunal to discipline clergy members who break ecclesiastic law. The Bishops’ Conference of Switzerland said it was “devastated” after a study identified almost a thousand victims and widespread efforts to cover up abuse….

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Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’

September 23, 2023 admin

Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister said he expects parliamentary elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure that jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party doesn’t win. In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said it’s the Election Commission…

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Pope blames weapons industry for Russia-Ukraine war and ‘martyrdom’ of Ukrainian people

September 23, 2023 admin

Pope Francis attends a press conference on board an airplane on his flight back from Marseille to Rome on September 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis has labelled the weapons industry as being a key driver of the “martyrdom” of Ukraine’s people in Russia’s war, saying even the withholding of weapons now is…

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What are the reasons for rise in global debt? | Explained

September 23, 2023 admin

Global debt refers to the borrowings of governments as well as private businesses and individuals. Photo: imf.org The story so far: Global debt rose to an all-time high of $307 trillion in the second quarter, by the end of June 2023, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) said in a report released last week. Quite…

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Bernard and the discovery of glycogen

September 23, 2023 admin

Bernard with his pupils. | Photo Credit: Wellcome Collection gallery Wikimedia Commons Do you know what glycogen is? The stored form of a simple sugar called glucose, glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide that serves as a form of energy storage among animals, fungi, and bacteria. The principal form in which carbohydrates are stored in higher…

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Ten-man Manchester City Show Silk And Steel To Extend Premier League Lead

September 23, 2023 admin

Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League despite having Rodri sent-off in a fiery 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Phil Foden and Erling Haaland struck inside the first 15 minutes as City extended their perfect start in the Premier League to six games. Pep Guardiola’s men have…

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Xi Jinping’s Assurance To Nepal: From Landlocked To Land-Linked

September 23, 2023 admin

Xi met Prachanda on the sidelines of the Hangzhou Asian Games in eastern China. Hangzhou: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to help Nepal transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked nation by facilitating infrastructure connectivity and transit transportation cooperation as he met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Xi met Prachanda…

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