Month: July 2024

Nepal Searches For 63 People Missing After Massive Highway Landslide

July 13, 2024 admin

Kathmandu: Nepali rescue teams resumed their search early Saturday for at least 63 people missing after monsoon rains triggered a landslide that swept two buses off a highway and into a river. The force of Friday’s landslide in central Chitwan district pushed the vehicles over concrete crash barriers and down a steep embankment, at least…

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Centre Considers Just Handing Over MTNL Operations To BSNL, Avoid Merger

July 13, 2024 admin

Government considering handing over operations of MTNL to BSNL through an agreement. New Delhi: The government is considering the option of handing over operations of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) to BSNL through an agreement, instead of pursuing a merger route, a source privy to the development said. A final call on this is likely…

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If Parole Can Be Granted To Share Grief, Why Not For Happy Occasion: High Court

July 13, 2024 admin

High Court granted parole to a man to bid farewell to his son, who is going to Australia to study Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted parole to a man to bid farewell to his son, who is going to Australia for further studies, holding that if parole can be granted to share grief,…

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Watch: Israel-Palestine conflict: What’s the two-state solution?

July 13, 2024 admin

Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack in Israel and Israel’s continuing war on Gaza have brought the Palestine question back to the fore of West Asia’s geopolitics. As the war has destroyed much of Gaza and killed 37,000 of its people, the world has also seen more and more countries voicing strong support for a future…

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Pakistan reaches new $7 bn loan deal with IMF

July 13, 2024 admin

Pakistan reaches new bn loan deal with IMF

Under the IMF deal, Pakistan has agreed to increase tax revenues through measures of 1 and a half per cent of GDP in FY25 and three per cent of GDP over the programme. Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed on a $7 billion aid package spread over more than three years to…

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Biden signs into law bill enhancing U.S. support for Tibet

July 13, 2024 admin

President Joe Biden pauses his remarks during a campaign event at Renaissance High School, on July 12, 2024, in Detroit | Photo Credit: AP President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill which enhances U.S. support for Tibet and promotes dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the dispute…

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Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s Wife Who Won On Political Debut

July 13, 2024 admin

Kamlesh Thakur won the Dehra assembly bypoll by more than 9,300 votes New Delhi: INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh today, making a successful debut in electoral politics. 5 Facts About Kamlesh Thakur: Born on April 2, 1970, in Nalsooha village…

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India’s Predicted XI vs Zimbabwe, 4th T20I: Debut On The Cards For Chennai Super Kings Star?

July 13, 2024 admin

Shubman Gill can wrap up his first series win as India captain today as the team take on Zimbabwe in the fourth T20I of the five-match series. India head into the contest with a 2-1 lead. After a shock defeat in the first game, India bounced back in tremendous style with a 100-run…

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‘In Pain’ Kapil Dev Writes To BCCI, Ready To Donate Pension For Ailing Anshuman Gaekwad

July 13, 2024 admin

India’s World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev has requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to lend financial support to former teammate Anshuman Gaekwad, who is battling blood cancer. Gaekwad, 71, has been undergoing treatment for the past year at King’s College Hospital in London. Kapil revealed that his former teammates…

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Russian, US Defence Chiefs Discuss Lowering Escalation Over Phone Call

July 13, 2024 admin

Moscow: Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin held a telephone call where they discussed lowering the risk of “possible escalation”, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday. The call, which was initiated by Moscow, comes as tensions between the two sides flare over Washington’s plan to deploy long-range missiles in…

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