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Police take position to disperse students protesting over the quota system, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 19. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: At least 130 people have been killed in the student protest clashes against quotas for government jobs in Bangladesh. In a new development, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court…
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Screengrab of viral video of house of Naorem Ibomcha Meitei being bombed in Churachandpur Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Naorem Ibomcha Meitei, 43, was born in southern Manipur’s hill district Churachandpur. He and his family fled from this Kuki tribes-dominated area when ethnic violence broke out in May 2023. Today, Mr Ibomcha said, he saw a viral video…
Protesters throw stones as they clash with police during the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka. Dhaka: Grief-stricken widow Fatema Begum wept when hospital staff said her husband had been killed in the unrest that has roiled Bangladesh for nearly a week. She wept again when they refused to hand over his body. Islam is the…
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The Embassy of India in Myanmar reiterated its advisory against fake job rackets Yangon: Eight Indian nationals, who were working at a scam centre in Hpa Lu, Myawaddy, were successfully rescued and handed over to Myanmar police and immigration authorities yesterday. The Indian Embassy in Myanmar expressed gratitude to the Myanmar authorities and local support…
Star India batter Suryakumar Yadav was seen practising ahead of the upcoming Sri Lanka tour, which will be starting on July 27. Ahead of Sri Lanka tour, Suryakumar took to his official Instagram account and shared a glimpse of him sweating it out. The 33-year-old shared a small clip of him running on…
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The RBI indicated that the interest rates offered by the Union government on two of India’s most popular small savings schemes continue to languish below the rates they should have earned as per a formula-based system adopted since April 2016. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The interest rates offered by the Union government on two of…
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India’s garment exports in 2023-24 stood at $14.5 billion, compared with $15 billion in 2013-14. Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy Exports from India’s labour-intensive garment sector, which have been losing ground to rivals like Vietnam and Bangladesh and were lower than 2013-14 levels last year, have been dented more by…
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Oscar Piastri claimed his maiden Formula One victory on Sunday when he finished ahead of his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, after a vexed radio argument produced an extraordinary finish to an incident-filled Hungarian Grand Prix. In a race of fluctuating fortunes and many quarrels on and off the track, the McLaren duo secured…
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India’s tour of Sri Lanka for a white-ball assignment truly marks the beginning of a new era under head coach Gautam Gambhir. In the T20I side, Suryakumar Yadav has been elevated as the captain of the side, preferred over Hardik Pandya who looked like a more natural successor to Rohit Sharma. Even In…
The executive has been sent on administrative leave (Representational) Kolkata: A case was filed against a senior executive of a Jindal Group company for allegedly harassing a female co-passenger on a Kolkata-Abu Dhabi flight, an officer of the Bidhannagar City Police said on Sunday. The FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged…
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