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Undated, unlocated photo of Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. | Photo Credit: Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AFP In 1998, Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was jailed by the country’s theocratic authorities for the first time while protesting the rampant imprisonment of voices critical of the administration. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while…
U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: AP President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal…
Mephedrone is a synthetic stimulant drug (File) Mumbai: The Mumbai police has seized mephedrone worth Rs 300 crore and arrested 12 persons from several cities in an operation that was underway for the past few days, a senior official said on Friday. He said 151.305 kilograms of mephedrone worth Rs 300.26 crore were seized after…
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India skipper Rohit Sharma met former (World Wrestling Entertainment) WWE wrestler The Great Khali in Ahmedabad. India are set to start their Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign with a match against Australia in Chennai. While the other Indian players were at the venue ahead of their first game, Rohit had to travel to Ahmedabad for…
RBI announced to withdraw the Rs 2,000 note on May 19 (Representational) Mumbai: Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said Rs 3.43 lakh crore of Rs 2,000 denomination notes have come back to the system so far, and reminded the public that they can return the withdrawn notes at 19 RBI offices from October 8. Addressing…
On May 19, 2023, the RBI announced its intent to withdraw the ₹2,000 notes introduced in 2016 for quick remonetisation. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Governor Shaktikanta Das on October 6 said ₹3.43 lakh crore of ₹2,000 denomination notes have come back to the system so far, and reminded the public that they can…
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Skipper Harmanpreet Singh led admirably as the Indian men’s hockey team mauled defending champions Japan 5-1 to reclaim the Asian Games gold, their fourth in the continental showpiece, after nine years and qualify for next year’s Paris Olympics on Friday. The Indians, who had to be content with a bronze medal in the last edition…
S. Rajasekaran , Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT_E_MAIL S. Rajasekaran, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, has been ranked among top 2% of world scientists contributing to orthopaedic surgery by Stanford University, USA. The university on October 4 categorised the contribution of more…
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Narges Mohammadi has campaigned against mandatory hijab for women and death penalty. (File) Paris, France: Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, who has spent much of the past two decades in jail, is the fifth laureate to win the Nobel Peace Prize whilst behind bars. Honoured on Friday for her fight against the oppression of women…
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Pharmacist Lena Springmann prepares a Covid-19 vaccination with Pfizer/Biontech vaccine at a vaccination center in Halle, Germany, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. | Photo Credit: AP The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó…
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