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The Supreme Court has allowed a 14-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 30-week pregnancy, overturning an order by the Bombay High Court. The court called it an “exceptional case” and allowed the abortion on the basis of a hospital report. Indian law requires the court’s permission to undergo abortion beyond 24 weeks of pregnancy. A…
In 2019, the height of the Ghazipur landfill was 65 metres, eight metres less than Qutub Minar. New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Monday visited the Ghazipur landfill where garbage caught fire a day before and charged it was an example of “corruption” of the AAP government. Within one year of BJP coming…
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted searches at nine locations in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, in a case linked to terror activities. The ongoing raids, initiated early Monday, are being conducted in collaboration with security forces at various sites associated with individuals linked to terrorism as part of a case registered…
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File. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy The rupee appreciated 5 paise to 83.39 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on April 22, supported by a firm trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the local unit gained ground as the American currency and crude oil prices retreated from their elevated levels. At the interbank…
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File image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in early trade on April 22 amid a rally in Asian markets, decline in Brent crude oil prices and buying by foreign investors. Extending its previous day’s rebound, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 639.85 points to 73,728.18 in early trade. The NSE…
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Maldives president Muizzu’s party has scored a big win in the parliamentary elections New Delhi: In what could potentially harden Maldives president Mohamed Muizzu’s pro-China stance, his party, the People’s National Congress (PNC), has scored a thumping victory in the island nation’s parliamentary election held yesterday. The PNC, which contested 90 out of the 93…
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A lake of meltwater has formed on the tongue of the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, on June 13, 2023. Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, April 22, 2024, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt…
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A lake of meltwater has formed on the tongue of the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, on June 13, 2023. Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, April 22, 2024, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt…
Electoral workers count votes at a polling station during a referendum on tougher measures against organized crime in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory Sunday, April 21, 2024, in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind…
The moments before the accident were captured on CCTV on the highway. Dhanbad: Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi’s brother-in-law died in an accident in Dhanbad on Saturday. Rajesh Tiwari and his wife Sabita Tiwari, the sister of Mr Tripathi, were driving from Bihar’s Gopalganj to Kolkata when the accident occurred on the Delhi-Kolkata NH-19 a little…
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