Month: August 2024

Three Pakistan Hockey Players Banned For Life After Seeking Asylum In Europe

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Three Pakistan Hockey Players Banned For Life After Seeking Asylum In Europe

Representative Image© AFP Three Pakistan hockey players and a physiotherapist have been banned for life for attempting to seek asylum in a European country after slipping away without the knowledge of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. PHF secretary-general Rana Mujahid confirmed on Thursday that Murtaza Yaqoob, Ihtesham Aslam and Abdur Rahman, along with physiotherapist…

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Scientists in Chile question if Antarctica has hit a point of no return

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Scientists in Chile question if Antarctica has hit a point of no return

An iceberg floats near Two Hummock Island, Antarctica, February 2, 2020. Picture taken February 2, 2020. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nearly 1,500 academics, researchers and scientists specialising in Antarctica gathered in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference this week to share the most cutting-edge research from the vast white continent….

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Science

Why US Political Culture Is Marked By Good Speeches But Bad Debates

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Why US Political Culture Is Marked By Good Speeches But Bad Debates

Kamala Harris justified the newfound enthusiasm of Democrats with a strong acceptance speech (file). The recent Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a showcase of impressive speeches. Presidential nominee Kamala Harris justified the newfound enthusiasm of Democrats with a strong acceptance speech, but even she couldn’t match the oratorical power of Michelle and Barack Obama…

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World

‘I’m Good Enough’: India’s Record-Breaking Star Eyes Comeback After 7 Years

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‘I’m Good Enough’: India’s Record-Breaking Star Eyes Comeback After 7 Years

Having tackled challenges of various nature, Karun Nair is on a tough career-rebuilding process but the India batter does not want to look too far ahead as he feels it can make him stuck at one place. It has been seven years since Karun has played a match for India but he has…

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Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds

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Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds

Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data in a lab from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, in Corvallis, Ore. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West…

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Bangladesh leader’s decomposed body found in Meghalaya

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Bangladesh leader’s decomposed body found in Meghalaya

GUWAHATI “The police in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district found the decomposed body of an Awami League leader from Bangladesh on August 26,” officials confirmed on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) evening. The body was located in a betel nut plantation in the Dona Bhoi area about 1.5 km inside the India-Bangladesh border. The area is…

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World

Five more West Bank militants, including local commander, killed in large-scale operation: Israeli Army

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Five more West Bank militants, including local commander, killed in large-scale operation: Israeli Army

An Israeli soldier operates during a raid in the Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on August 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli military said it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank early on Thursday…

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Wolf That Killed 7 Children In UP Caught: How Operation Bhediya Unfolded

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Wolf That Killed 7 Children In UP Caught: How Operation Bhediya Unfolded

The wolf, part of the pack of six, has been taken to a zoo. New Delhi: A wolf involved in the killings of at least eight people in two months in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district has been caught, officials said today. At least eight people, including seven children and a woman, have so far died in…

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Nation

“Let’s Make India A…”: New ICC Chairman Jay Shah’s Statement On National Sports Day

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“Let’s Make India A…”: New ICC Chairman Jay Shah’s Statement On National Sports Day

Newly appointed ICC Chairman Jay Shah extended his wishes to everyone on the occasion of the National Sports Day (Major Dhyan Chand’s birth anniversary) on Thursday. Dhyan Chand celebrated as ‘The Wizard’ represented the Indian hockey team from 1925 to 1949, scoring over 1500 goals in the 185 matches he played as a…

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