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Singapore’s Former Indian-Origin Minister Wins Presidential Election

September 1, 2023 admin

Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president. (File) Singapore: Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, according to official results, in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. The Elections Department declared the 66-year-old economist as the winner over two…

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Sri Lanka ends fuel rationing imposed at height of economic crisis

September 1, 2023 admin

People queue up to buy kerosene for domestic use at a supply station in Colombo on May 26, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka has formally announced an end to the fuel rationing scheme imposed one year ago during the height of the unprecedented economic crisis, a senior minister said on Friday, hinting at…

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England vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I Live Score Updates

September 1, 2023 admin

England vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I Live: England aim to maintain dominance.© AFP England vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I Live Updates: England debutant Brydon Carse took three wickets to set up a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the T20I series opener at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday. The 28-year-old South Africa-born paceman, in for the injured…

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Delhi Metro Conducts Special Drive To Stop Entry Of Male Passengers Into Women-Only Coaches

September 1, 2023 admin

The drive may be extended beyond the stipulated ten days New Delhi: Delhi Metro on Friday started a special drive to stop the entry of male passengers into coaches reserved for women and issued penalties to violators. The drive may be extended beyond the stipulated ten days, based on the outcomes achieved, a senior official…

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BJP member and scientist Gobardhan Das quits party for new stint as IISER head

September 1, 2023 admin

Dr. Gobardhan Das, Professor at the School of Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and the BJP’s candidate in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls has quit the party. Last week he took charge as Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal. “Before accepting my position (as Director) I have resigned…

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Asia Cup 2023 | High-voltage India-Pakistan clash all set to produce fireworks

September 1, 2023 admin

September 01, 2023 09:47 pm | Updated September 02, 2023 02:36 am IST – Pallekele Indian cricket players are seen during a practice session ahead of the Asia Cup 2023 one-day international match against Pakistan in Pallekele on September 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Fitness test for one side, carrying the form for another….

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Former Nazi Camp Guard, 98, Charged For Complicity In Over 3300 Killings

September 1, 2023 admin

The German man was an adolescent when he worked as a SS watchman at the camp (Representational) Berlin: German prosecutors said Friday they have charged a former SS guard, now 98 years old, for complicity in the killings of over 3,300 people at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. The German man, unnamed…

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South Africa vs Australia, 2nd T20I Live Score Updates

September 1, 2023 admin

South Africa vs Australia 2nd T20I Live Updates: Australia eye to seal series.© AFP South Africa vs Australia, 2nd T20I Live Updates: Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh won the toss and opted to bowl first against South Africa in the second T20I of the three-match series on Friday. The match is taking place in Durban. In…

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Mental Health Concerns For Manipur Children

September 1, 2023 admin

Mental health counsellors in Manipur are meeting children in relief camps Imphal: An unsuspecting village comes under attack. Line pencil sketch of unarmed villagers come out to thwart off the advancing armed miscreants approaching the village on armoured vehicles, each with mounted automatic weapons firing away, depicted by a series of dashes, signifying bullets flying…

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Thai king cuts ex-PM Thaksin’s jail term to one year

September 1, 2023 admin

Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s jailed former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the King on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile….

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