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Over half of Sri Lanka’s population ‘multidimensionally vulnerable’: UNDP study

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People queue up to buy kerosene for domestic use at a supply station in Colombo on May 26, 2022. The South Asian nation’s 22 million people suffered massive shortages of essentials in 2022 after the government ran out of dollars to finance imports, including life-saving medicines. File | Photo Credit: AFP The crushing economic crisis…

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2 Madhya Pradesh BJP Leaders Quit Party In 2 Days, Add To String Of Exits

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Mr Scindia said that people come and go during elections. (File) Bhopal: The run-up to the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a string of leaders leaving the ruling BJP, with some of them joining the Congress. Many of the exits have been from the Gwalior-Chambal region, the home turf of several powerful BJP…

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India versus Pakistan: Captain Rohit Sharma Out To Extend ‘Bradman-Esque’ Asia Cup Record

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The Indian cricket team, led by skipper Rohit Sharma, embarks upon a new adventure as they get the Asia Cup 2023 campaign underway against Pakistan on September 02. Rohit would understandably be under the spotlight, having led the India team to Asia Cup triumph once already, in 2018, and also for the template he himself…

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Aditya-L1 Takes Off, Sunny Days Ahead For India In Space

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The journey to Lagrange point 1 will take about 125 days. Sriharikota: Days after scripting history by becoming the only nation to achieve a successful soft landing near the south pole of the moon, India added another feather to its space exploration cap on Saturday with the launch of the Aditya-L1 mission.  India’s first solar…

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Tharman Shanmugaratnam joins growing list of Indian-origin leaders dominating world politics

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With Tharman Shanmugaratnam winning Singapore’s presidential election, he joins a long list of Indian-origin leaders who are dominating politics at important world capitals. Mr. Shanmugaratnam, 66, received 70.4 per cent of the votes in the presidential election held on Friday. “Singaporeans have chosen Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be our next president by a decisive margin,”…

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Pakistan caretaker PM Anwarul Haq Kakar calls inflated electricity bills “non-issue”

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Anwaar ul Haq Kakar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Pakistan Caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar called the matter of inflated electricity bills, which have led to the countrywide protests, a “non-issue”, Dawn News reported on September 2. Mr. Kakar also said it was raised by some political parties and was a “tool in their…

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India vs Pakistan – “There’s Drizzle…”: Wasim Akram’s Big Weather Update Ahead Of Asia Cup 2023 Clash. Watch

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India vs Pakistan: Former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram© Twitter The most-awaited Asia Cup 2023 between India and Pakistan is almost here and the fans are eagerly waiting to behold the cut-throat competition between the arch-rivals. The Babar Azam led-side will be coming to this match after thrashing Nepal by 238 runs. On the other hand,…

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All You Need To Know About Russia’s ‘Superweapon’

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The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile blasts off during a test launch. The RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) of Russia, commonly known as “Satan II” in Western media and once described as invincible by President Vladimir Putin, has been deployed for combat duty, the head of the state space agency Roscosmos said Friday. “The Sarmat…

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How Close Will Aditya-L1, India’s Ambitious Spacecraft, Come To The Sun?

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The Aditya-L1 Mission will not “land” on the Sun (File) New Delhi: After successfully soft-landing on the Moon, ISRO now has its eyes set on the Sun. With the space agency set to launch its maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 in less than two hours, the most-asked question is whether the spacecraft will “land” on the…

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Pregnant Woman, Accused Of Shoplifting, Shot Dead By Cops In US’s Ohio

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The officer standing in front of the hood of the car fires through the windshield. Ohio: The Ohio police have released new footage of the incident in which a 21-year-old pregnant woman, Ta’kiya Young, was fatally shot dead by a cop after she was accused of shoplifting at a grocery store in Columbus last week,…

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