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It was around 8:30 or 9 in the evening on the last day of 1999. I was in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and was visiting a fellow Bihari friend, Tabish Khair – now an established novelist and poet – to celebrate the New Year festivities. While waiting for others to get ready, I switched…
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It was around 8:30 or 9 in the evening on the last day of 1999. I was in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and was visiting a fellow Bihari friend, Tabish Khair – now an established novelist and poet – to celebrate the New Year festivities. While waiting for others to get ready, I switched…
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File picture of Spanish couples taking their newly adopted Chinese children for a walk in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square | Photo Credit: AP The Chinese government is ending its inter-country adoption programme, and the U.S. is seeking clarification on how the decision will affect hundreds of American families with pending applications. In a phone call with…
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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Chennai on Friday (September 6, 2024) ordered status quo to be maintained as on date in the matter of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process of Coastal Energen Private Limited, based on an appeal filed against the approval of a ₹3,335.52 crore (excluding resolution process cost) resolution plan submitted by Dickey Alternative Investment Trust and…
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Why isn’t your body transparent? Some animals such as jellyfish, zebra fish and some glass frogs have see-through bodies. But most mammals, including humans, aren’t transparent. While the idea of a transparent body might seem odd or even a bit creepy, it could actually be really helpful for doctors. If our bodies were transparent, doctors…
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File photo of Joe Root.© AFP Joe Root is going through the form of his life in Test cricket. The star batter scored two hundreds across two innings in the second Test of the ongoing three-match series vs Sri Lanka. The twin tons also saw Root going past Alastair Cook to become the…
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There’s a reason why former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was given the nickname ‘Boom-Boom’. One of the finest attacking batters Pakistan has produced, Afridi held the record of scoring the fastest century in ODI cricket, having notched up a 37-ball ton against Sri Lanka in Nairobi, for a long time. In 2014, New…
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Palestinians assess damage in the street following an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on September 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli forces appeared Friday (September 6, 2024) to have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, after a more-than weeklong military operation that has left…
Police said the average age of the victims was around nine years old. (Representational) Nairobi: At least 17 children died after a fire ripped through their primary school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday. The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing rooms where the…
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Supreme Court agreed to list for an early hearing the appeal of U.S.-based creditor Glas Trust Company LLC against a judgment of the NCLAT. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Friday (September 6, 2024) agreed to list for an early hearing the appeal of U.S.-based creditor Glas Trust Company LLC against a…