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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has come under fire after he said that India should engage in dialogue with Pakistan or the country could end up paying a heavy price. Mr Aiyar said that Pakistan has nuclear bombs which they could drop on India if our governments irked them. “You should talk…
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This aerial picture taken on November 26, 2021 shows the Tonsai village on Thailand’s Phi Phi Don island. The dazzling Thai holiday islands made famous by Hollywood film “The Beach” are facing a severe water shortage following a blistering heatwave across Asia, a tourism official and locals said on May 9, 2024. | Photo Credit:…
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Image used for representative purpose only. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark equity indices bounced back in early trade on May 10 amid firm global market trends and buying in ITC and Reliance Industries. Recovering from the sharp decline in the previous trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 203.52 points to 72,607.69 in early deals….
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Officials are investigating the deadly accident. (Representative pic) A 41-year-old woman has died after she slipped from her safety harness and fell more than 60 feet while riding a zipline in Italy. According to the New Zealand Herald, Ghizlane Moutahir died on Sunday in front of her family members after slipping from the safety harness…
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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The rupee was trading in a narrow range against the U.S. dollar in early trade on May 10, as the support from positive domestic equities was negated by elevated crude oil prices. Forex traders said the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and…
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Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war. There is pressure on all fronts from powerful militias drawn from Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups and newer resistance…
A smiling face at every corner, adulation that reminds him of family and to top it all off, a spicy, delectable plate of ‘chhole bhature’. West Indies cricket great Brian Lara loves India and for a change, Bollywood has got nothing to do with it. The 55-year-old, who is in the country doing commentary for…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. Mr. Zelensky published a decree to “dismiss Sergiy Leonidovich Rud from the post of head of…
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File photo Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): Amid the ongoing debate between BJP and the Opposition leaders about the reservation and minority quota, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said 4 per cent of Muslim reservations “will remain” and that is YSR Congress Party’s “final word” on it. Addressing a public gathering in Kurnool, he…
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Aerial view of the Retiro train station in Buenos Aires, taken on May 9, 2024, during a general strike called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT). Argentina’s President Javier Milei faces this Thursday the second general strike against the “brutal adjustment” of his government, which paralyzes land, sea, and air transportation services as well…
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