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Tents are set up as temporary shelters for displaced Palestinians on a street covered with stagnant wastewater in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Polio has been detected in samples of sewage | Photo Credit: AFP The World Health Organization said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that there was a high risk of the…
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The student group which led this month’s protests has suspended demonstrations until at least Friday. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas. Last week’s violence killed at least 186 people, according to an…
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File photo of Asitha Fernando.© X (formerly Twitter) Ahead of the T20I and ODI series against India, Sri Lanka pacer Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out from the white-ball series due to injury. As per multiple Sri Lanka media reports, Chammera has been ruled out and Sri Lanka Cricket will soon announce the…
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark BSE Sensex declined for the fourth day in a row on July 24 due to selling in financial and banking shares and the government’s move to hike securities transaction tax and short term capital gains tax. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 280.16 points or 0.35%…
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Sri Lanka’s interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya on Wednesday revealed that IPL side Rajasthan Royal’s high performance director Zubin Bharucha has helped his batters prepare for the upcoming T20 series against India where he expects them to take advantage of the recent retirements by stars like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Rohit, Kohli…
Mr Trump’s team has said that campaigning will be held indoors for security reasons. Former US President Donald Trump is planning to stop holding campaign rallies outdoors in the wake of the 13 July assassination attempt, as per a report in Newsweek. The team of the Republican contender for 2024 has stated that campaigning will…
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People in Jammu and Kashmir are now living in a peaceful environment, said Nityanand Rai New Delhi: Terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir will either land in jail or be sent to ‘jahannum’ (hell), Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday while asserting that the Modi government…
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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has refused to undergo polygraph and voice matching tests as part of an investigation by Lahore police in connection with a dozen cases related to the unprecedented May 9 riots last year. A 12-member forensic team reached Adiala…
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Industry experts also believe the move could lead to rationalisation of prices. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has slashed customs duty on mobile phones and their components, a move that could see a reduction in prices of imported handsets. The announcement came as a part of the Union Budget for fiscal year 2024-25 on Tuesday. “In…
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The INDIA bloc parties, led by the Congress, staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha on July 24, in protest against all States, except two, being “ignored” in the Union Budget, an allegation termed “outrageous” by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who said all the States never found a mention in any of the previous Budgets,…