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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks on the Russian attack in Poltava, Ukraine, on September 03, 2024. | Photo Credit: X/@ZelenskyyUa President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said dozens of people were killed in a Russian attack Tuesday (September 3, 2024) on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, which hit a military educational facility. I received preliminary reports on…
Bhagyashri Jadhav in action© X (Twitter) India’s Bhagyashri Jadhav finished fifth in the women’s shot put (F34) at the Paralympics on Tuesday. Jadhav, making her second appearance at the Paralympics, produced a throw of 7.28m but it was not enough for a podium finish. China’s Lijuan Zou won the gold with a season…
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Two Russian ballistic missiles hit a hospital and an educational institution in Ukraine’s Poltava. Kyiv, Ukraine: At least 41 people have been killed and more than 180 injured in Ukraine’s Poltava after two Russian ballistic missiles hit a military education facility today. Two Russian ballistic missiles hit a hospital and an educational institution, partially destroying…
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Former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau with the lettering ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (‘Work makes you free’) in Oswiecim, Poland. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Q: Zyklon B was originally ‘Cyclone B’. While the ‘B’ distinguished the product from Zyklon A, it was also the first letter of the German name for the substance. How did this…
The Mamata Banerjee government introduced the Aparajita Bill in Assembly today Kolkata: Amid massive protests over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal Assembly today passed the Aparajita Bill to amend some provisions in the criminal code, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, for the state….
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File photo of Roelant Oltmans with Pakistan Hockey Team© X (Twitter) Head coach Roelant Oltmans ended his association with the Pakistan hockey team after he refused to join the side in China for the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy, citing the lack of a long-term contract. Oltmans, who has been working with the senior…
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Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal© X (Twitter) India’s ace shooter Avani Lekhara entered the final of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 competition after finishing the qualification in seventh place at the ongoing Paralympics on Tuesday. The other Indian shooter in the field, Mona Agarwal, however, could not clear the qualification hurdle…
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The hands of a patient with skin rashes caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment center of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on August 30, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east…
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Indian para-shuttler Suhas Yathiraj is an emotional mess after his second successive Paralympic silver. A part of him is proud of the achievement but then he is also grappling with feelings of “sadness and disappointment” at missing out on gold. The 41-year-old went into the ongoing Games as world no.1 and was expected…
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Pakistan cricket reached its lowest ebb on Tuesday while nosediving to a six-wicket defeat against Bangladesh in the second Test here, and the stalwarts termed the 0-2 series defeat as “hurting.” It was Pakistan’s sixth defeat in their last 10 Tests at home and this was also the first time Bangladesh have beaten…
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