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USA’s Men’s 4x400m Relay team in action© AFP Rai Benjamin anchored the United States to victory in the Olympic men’s 4x400m relay in Paris on Saturday. Benjamin, who won the 400m hurdles gold, helped the US quartet also featuring Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood and Bryce Deadmon to an Olympic record of 2min 54.43sec….
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Perseid meteors streak past stars in the night sky near Amman, Jordan, in the early hours of August 12, 2004. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle, and was clearly visible to the naked eye in several parts of the…
Vice President Kamala Harris vowed Saturday (August 10, 2024) that, if elected, she’d eliminate federal taxes on tips paid to restaurant workers and scores of other service employees, echoing a pledge that her opponent in November, Donald Trump, has made in a rare moment of political overlap from both sides. Ms. Harris made the announcement…
The gunfight took place for a brief period when police assisted by the army and Paramilitary Forces launched a search operation in Nownatta. File | Photo Credit: PTI An encounter took place between security forces and terrorists in a remote forest in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday (August 11, 2024), officials said….
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Kieron Pollard in action at The Hundred.© X (Twitter) West Indies’ T20 great Kieron Pollard has smashed Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan for five consecutive sixes in The Hundred Men’s Competition 2024. Playing for Southern Brave, Pollard’s late onslaught ensured that his side got over the finish line, chasing a tricky target of 127 in…
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Protestors chanted slogans demanding peace and equality amidst the recent surge in violence. London: A large crowd gathered outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Saturday to protest the alleged violence against minority Hindus and other groups in Bangladesh following the resignation and departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this week. Protesters…
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Minority communities in Bangladesh have faced more than 205 incidents of attacks since August 5. New Delhi: Lakhs of Hindus took to the streets in Bangladesh on Saturday to protest against the ongoing attacks on the community after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India. Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and Chittagong, the second-largest…
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The court said that fights between husband and wife are a normal part of everyday life (representational) New Delhi: Delhi’s Dwarka Court recently acquitted a man of charges related to dowry death, citing benefits of the doubt. There is a long distance between “may be true” and “must be true”, the court said in the…
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India on Saturday (August 10, 2024) opened its resident mission in Albania as part of efforts to expand its footprint in the Balkan peninsula. “India has operationalised its new resident mission in Tirana, Albania with effect from August 10,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. It said the operationalisation of the mission in Albania…
Brazilian rescue teams Saturday (August 10, 2024) retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families started gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones. Local airline Voepass’ plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport…
