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Biden, Trump notch more wins as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight

March 20, 2024 admin

A voter shows her “I voted” sign after casting her ballot in Chicago, on March 19, 2024. Illinois is one of five states holding presidential primaries as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to lock up support around the country after becoming their parties’ presumptive nominees. | Photo Credit: AP As Joe…

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Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos

March 20, 2024 admin

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos. | Photo Credit: Reuters When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated that it was possible to change a celestial object’s trajectory, if needed, to protect Earth. It turns out that this collision changed not…

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Markets rebound in early trade on rally in global equities, foreign fund inflows

March 20, 2024 admin

From the Sensex basket, Maruti, Power Grid, Nestle, IndusInd Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, and Wipro were the major gainers. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark equity indices rebounded in early trade on March 20 after a sharp decline in the previous trade amid a rally in global markets and fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE…

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Notification Issued For Simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly Polls In Arunachal Pradesh

March 20, 2024 admin

The term of the present state assembly is ending on June 2. Itanagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued notification for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, in the first phase on April 19. The state election office here has issued separate gazette notifications for holding elections to 60…

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14 Killed After Bus Crashes Inside China Tunnel, 37 Injured

March 20, 2024 admin

Beijing: Fourteen people were killed and 37 others injured after a bus crashed inside an expressway tunnel in northern China, state media reported Wednesday. The accident occurred shortly after 2:30 pm local time (0630 GMT) Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing local authorities in Shanxi province. The bus, which was carrying 51 people, rammed into…

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Rupee edges up 1 paisa to 83.02 against U.S. dollar in early trade

March 20, 2024 admin

The rupee edged up 1 paisa to 83.02 against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday ahead of the announcement of the key U.S. Fed policy decision later in the day. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The rupee edged up 1 paisa to 83.02 against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday ahead of the announcement of the key U.S….

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3 Seats For HD Deve Gowda’s Party As BJP Seals Karnataka Seat Deal

March 20, 2024 admin

Bengaluru: With the clock ticking for Lok Sabha election, the BJP has sealed the seat-sharing deal with the Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka. The HD Deve Gowda-led party, it is learnt, has managed to secure three seats as part of the seat-sharing arrangement. The JDS will be contesting Karnataka’s Mandya, Hassan and Kolar seats, sources…

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“Even MS Dhoni Made Blunders But Rohit Sharma Never Did”: Ex-CSK Star

March 20, 2024 admin

Former cricketer Parthiv Patel said on Tuesday that Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah had got the full backing of Rohit Sharma when they were struggling in the early part of their IPL stints at Mumbai Indians. Parthiv compared Rohit’s leadership with CSK talisman MS Dhoni, saying the Mumbai cricketer never “made a blunder”, while the…

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Trump suggests he would support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy

March 20, 2024 admin

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on…

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On Camera, Boy Slips From Father’s Arms, Falls To Death In Raipur Mall

March 20, 2024 admin

The child was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and died. Raipur: A routine outing turned into a nightmare for a family as their one-and-a-half-year-old child died after slipping from his father’s arms and plummetting to the ground below at a popular shopping mall in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur on Tuesday. CCTV footage…

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