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CV Ananda Bose filed a defamation case against Mamata Banerjee on June 28, Kolkata: A defamation suit filed by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to be taken up for hearing before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. Mr Bose filed a defamation case against Ms Banerjee…
Bhole Baba’s original name is Suraj Pal Singh New Delhi: At least 121 people died after a stampede broke out at a religious event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras last evening. The tragedy occurred during a ‘satsang’ of Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari which was attended by over two lakh people. The site was overcrowded and…
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The dress code was issued by the NG Acharya and DK Marathe College New Delhi: Days after banning the hijab, a college in Mumbai has issued a new dress code barring students from wearing torn jeans, t-shirts, and “revealing dresses” on its premises. In a notice issued by the administration of the Chembur Trombay Education…
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This is the first time that the 30-stock Sensex has crossed the 80,000 mark. Bengaluru: The shares rose to record highs at the open on Wednesday, led by the country’s top private lender HDFC Bank, which jumped to a record high on hopes of a likely increase in its weightage in a key global index….
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The Biden administration proposed a new rule on Tuesday to address excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories due to blistering temperatures. If finalised, the measure would protect an estimated 36 million U.S. workers from injuries related to heat exposure on the job —…
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Presidential candidates Saeed Jalili, left, and Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran. | Photo Credit: AP Over 20 years ago, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the U.S. for its disenchanted electorate. “It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens…
A former student makes drinks at a restaurant in Bangkok, after leaving Myanmar to avoid conscription by junta. | Photo Credit: AFP When Myanmar’s junta announced a conscription law to help crush a popular pro-democracy uprising, Khaing knew there was only one way to escape its clutches, and began planning her escape. Weeks later the…
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Arouna Loure, a vocal critic of Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta, received a conscription order on September 7 last year requesting that the anaesthesiologist start a month of military service four days later. The order did not specify a date or location for the doctor to report for duty. Days later, on September 13, two…
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Vocational schools fail to produce students with the right expertise. | Photo Credit: REUTERS After years of informal work as a farm labourer, Federico Olivieri, 29, could not believe it when a huge building site appeared next to his home in Sicily with training on offer for many specialised jobs required. The programme by Italy’s…
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Suryakumar Yadav‘s match-changing catch in the T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa has became a major talking point in the cricket spectrum. The incident happened on the first ball of the final over of South Africa’s chase after David Miller skied Hardik Pandya‘s delivery towards long-off. While it seemed that…
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