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Asian Games 2023: Bajrang Punia Makes Medal-less Exit; Aman Wins Bronze

October 6, 2023 admin

Bajrang Punia, who entered the Asian Games after escaping the selection trials, suffered embarrassing defeats to make a medal-less exit from Hangzhou even as three other Indian wrestlers, including the talented Aman Sehrawat, won bronze medals on Friday. An under-prepared Bajrang, who spent a major part of this year protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan…

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11 Travel Agents Arrested In Delhi For Sending People Abroad Illegally

October 6, 2023 admin

A travel agent was arrested from South Delhi by IGI airport police. (Representational) New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday said it has arrested at least 11 people for allegedly duping people on the pretext of sending them to foreign countries. The matter came to fore on September 3 at the IGI Airport where a…

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Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in years

October 6, 2023 admin

Family members of some of the victims of a deadly drone attack on a crowded military graduation ceremony that killed scores gathered outside a military hospital in the central city of Homs on Friday to collect the bodies of their loved ones, who died in one of Syria’s deadliest single attacks in years. Thursday’s strike…

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Russian lawmakers will consider rescinding ratification of global nuclear test ban, speaker says

October 6, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on July 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian lawmakers will consider revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban, the parliament speaker said Friday. The statement from Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower…

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Philippines protests after a Chinese coast guard ship nearly collides with a Philippine vessel

October 6, 2023 admin

A Philippine supply boat sails near a Chinese Coast Guard ship during a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea, on October 04, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Chinese coast guard ship came within a meter (3 feet) of colliding with a Philippine patrol ship it…

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Hero Guard Spots Boulders On Tracks, Averts Huge Pune Train Tragedy

October 6, 2023 admin

A probe has been launched to identity the people responsible for the act. (Representational) Pune: Some people placed boulders on rail tracks between Akurdi and Chinchwad stations near Pune city on Friday, but they were spotted on time and the driver of a Mumbai-bound express train coming on the line was alerted, thus averting a…

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Change in Iran ‘irreversible’, says 2023 Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi

October 6, 2023 admin

Iranian human rights activist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center Narges Mohammadi poses in this undated handout picture. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureateNarges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she retained hope for change in Iran, despite having no prospect of…

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Venezuela issues arrest warrant for opposition leader Guaido: prosecutor

October 6, 2023 admin

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido delivers his accountability speech at a theater in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Venezuelan prosecutor’s office said Thursday it had issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Juan Guaido and would ask for Interpol’s help in his apprehension. Prosecutors were appointed “to issue an…

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UN Human Rights Body To Probe Strike On Ukraine That Killed 52

October 6, 2023 admin

UN official said that the attack needed to be looked at further. Geneva: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) deployed a field team on Friday to investigate an air strike on the Ukrainian village of Hroza that left at least 52 people dead. A missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store…

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Pakistan vs Netherlands, World Cup 2023: Pakistan Bowlers Deliver To Set Up 81-Run Win

October 6, 2023 admin

Netherlands’ star all-rounder Bas de Leede did all he could, but Pakistan put up an improved bowling effort to pick up an 81-run victory in their World Cup opener in Hyderabad on Friday. De Leede took four wickets with his medium-pace as a resolute Netherlands limited Pakistan to 286 all out in 49 overs. The…

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