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New Delhi: Cyclone Dana will make landfall near Odisha’s Bhitarkanika and Dhamra tonight, with a likely wind speed of 100-120 km per hour. Both Odisha and West Bengal are on high alert, with vulnerable population evacuated, flight and rail services suspended. Here are the top 10 points in this big story: The cyclone is likely…
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Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha feels the axing of medal-yielding sports such as wrestling, hockey and badminton from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games programme is “disappointing” for the country but the approach to reduce cost would ensure that the event continues to find hosts in future. The 23rd edition of the Games…
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New York: The war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah is expected to wipe 9% off Lebanon’s national wealth as measured by GDP, the United Nations said on Wednesday, with the scale of hostilities and the economic fallout set to surpass the last war in 2006. The UN Development Programme’s rapid appraisal of the conflict’s…
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. File | Photo Credit: AP German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be prepared to discuss the issue of three-year-old Ariha Shah, an Indian child taken into foster care by German authorities when he visits India this week, German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann said on Wednesday. He added that the government in Berlin “continues…
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The Jama Masjid is currently under the protection and guardianship of the Delhi Waqf Board. (File) New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that declaring the historic Jama Masjid a “protected monument” would have a “substantial Impact” and no steps have been taken in this regard so…
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India A remained unbeaten in the group stage of ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.© X/@ACCMedia1 Lucknow Super Giants youngster Ayush Badoni showed his wide repertoire of strokes as India cantered to a six-wicket victory over Oman to set-up a semi-final date with Afghanistan A in the ACC Emerging Asia Cup…
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Israel on Wednesday asked its citizens currently holidaying in Sri Lanka to return immediately due to “credible terrorism threats” in the island’s “tourist and coastal areas”, even as Sri Lankan authorities assured visitors of “highest levels of safety and security”. Also read: As Sri Lanka expresses solidarity with Palestine, Israeli tourists dominate island’s scenic Arugam…
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An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating Florida Senator Marco Rubio, according to new research published on Wednesday by Microsoft. The operation represents a coordinated interference effort against down ballot races, experts say, in which the fake accounts are denigrating Representative Barry Moore…
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Newly Appointed J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah spent nearly 30 minutes with the Home Minister Amit Shah New Delhi: The newly elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday and discussed issues related to the Union Territory including early restoration of statehood. On his first visit…
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One of the terrorists involved in Sunday’s terrorist attack on a workers’ camp in Ganderbal Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday released the photographs of two foreign terrorists involved in the Sunday terrorist attack on a workers’ camp in the Ganderbal district, leaving seven people dead and several others injured. The photographs were…
