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Mirabai Chanu has been a frontrunner in the women’s 49kg category for years but with an increasing number of weightlifters breaching the elusive 90kg mark, the pressure is mounting on the Tokyo Olympics medallist to nail the coveted lift. As many as seven athletes, including five in this current Olympic cycle, have lifted 90kg or…
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Adilur Rahman Khan, a leader of the Odhikar organisation, looks on from a police vehicle, outside a court in Dhaka on September 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced two leading human rights activists to two years each in jail, after a trial critics say is part of a government…
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A view shows people inspecting the damaged areas, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations said Thursday that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya’s flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly. With…
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A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing — a death toll the UN blamed in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. The enormous surge of storm water burst two upstream river dams late Sunday and…
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September 14, 2023 10:12 pm | Updated 10:12 pm IST – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate David Spergel walks past NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a NASA briefing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on September 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP NASA said on September 14 that the…
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The endless chain of fast bowlers that Pakistan has produced over the years has been the envy point of other cricketing nations. Zaman Khan is the latest to join that illustrious line. But there is a slight difference to Zaman. Perhaps, he is the first slinger fast bowler a la Lasith Malinga to play for…
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Manipur Police filed an FIR against Bengal resident Arijit Biswas over posts on X Imphal: A man from West Bengal’s Dakshin Dinajpur has been charged by the Manipur Police for alleged defamatory posts on social media against the state government, Chief Minister N Biren Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah. The accused, Arijit Biswas, allegedly…
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The convict has the right to appeal the verdict. (Representational) Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced an Islamic State group member to death after convicting him of involvement in a 2014 suicide bombing that killed 17 pilgrims, the judiciary said. The attack in Taji district north of Baghdad targeted a “mawkeb”, one of…
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has denied all allegations against his wife (File) Guwahati: Opposition MLAs in Assam staged a walkout in protest after Speaker Biswajit Daimary rejected their request for an adjournment motion to address allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife. According to the allegations leveled by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi,…
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3 Turkish firms were placed under sanctions for supplying Russian defense-related manufacturers (File) Washington, United States: The United States blacklisted five Turkish companies as part of sweeping new sanctions aiming to hamstring the Russian economy over its war on Ukraine. Three Turkish firms were placed under sanctions for supplying Russian defense-related manufacturers, including UAV producers,…
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