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Israeli police and a soldier work at the impact site of a projectile after Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah said it launched a swarm of attack drones against military targets in northern Israel, in Nahariya, Israel on August 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah launched a series of drone and rocket attacks…
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Sepsis occurs when one’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection. It’s a life-threatening condition: globally, it accounts for about 11 million deaths – 20% of all deaths per year. And it doesn’t just affect adults. In 2020, 2.4 million newborn babies died of sepsis in the first month of their lives. Most…
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Mr Somanath said he expects Ms Williams to return on the Boeing Starliner capsule. New Delhi: Astronaut Sunita Williams’ mission may have been prolonged because of glitches in the Boeing Starliner capsule but she is in the “safest possible place in space” and there is no cause for concern, ISRO Chairman S Somanath has said. …
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Pradeep Narwal in action© X (Twitter) Asian Games gold medallist Pawan Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal will go under the hammer at the auction even as franchises retained 88 players ahead of the season 11 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). The franchises have retained a core group of players and are looking to…
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Kiran Pahal in action© X (Twitter) Indian quarter-miler Kiran Pahal finished sixth in heat 1 of the women’s 400m repechage round at the Paris 2024 Olympics and failed her place in the semi-finals on Tuesday. Pahal clocked 52.59s in the repechage round, a time slower than her 52.51s finish in the first round….
“Ms. Hasina, who landed at the Hindon airbase on August 5 in a C-130J military transport aircraft, hours after resigning as the prime minister, has been shifted to an unspecified location under tight security,” people in the know said. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s plan to travel to London…
“We have to support the government in such circumstances,” he said (File) New Delhi: The AAP complained on Tuesday that it was not invited to the all-party meeting called by the BJP-led NDA government over the turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh despite it being a national party with 13 MPs. The neighbouring country has plunged into…
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Kiran Gems, one of the World’s Largest Manufacturers of Natural Polished Diamonds, has announced a 10-day vacation for its employees. At least 50,000 employees working at the diamond company in Surat, Gujarat, will be on a holiday from August 17 to 27, The Indian Express reported. The decision came in the wake of no demand…
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Zia, 78, was sentenced to 17 years in prison under Sheikh Hasina’s rule. Bangladesh’s uncompromising ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia has been released from years of house arrest after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier and fled as protesters broke into her palace. The ferocious rivalry between the two women — born in…
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Defending champion Neeraj Chopra turned on the style as he stormed into the men’s javelin throw final of the Olympic Games with a season’s best effort of 89.34m in his very first attempt in the qualification round on Tuesday. Much like his performance in the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying…