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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the SCO Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi held talks on July 4 in Astana amid the dragging border row in eastern Ladakh. The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines…
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British voters are picking a new government today, voting in a parliamentary election that is widely expected to bring the Labour Party to power against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in institutions and a fraying social fabric. A jaded electorate is delivering its verdict on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, which…
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Holograms, which show different images and colours depending on the angle at which they are viewed, are seen on the new Japanese 5,000 yen banknote as the new note is displayed at a currency museum of the Bank of Japan, on the day the new notes of 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen went…
Japan’s digitisation effort has run into numerous snags. Tokyo: Japan’s government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy. By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing their…
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An Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.AFPAHMAD GHARABLI | Photo Credit: AFP Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said on Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing Gaza war. Peace Now said…
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Members of the Arctic Challenge team practise in simulated circumstances at a training centre in Dubai. | Photo Credit: AFP At an indoor pool in Dubai, three rowers battle artificial rain and simulated waves as they train for an Arctic voyage intended to highlight the perils of marine pollution. From the United Arab Emirates, notorious…
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Rishi Sunak has denied that he’s given up on victory. (File) Labour leader Keir Starmer dismissed as “desperate” Rishi Sunak’s last-gasp efforts to stoke fears about the opposition party winning a huge majority at Thursday’s UK election, with the Prime Minister’s campaign turning increasingly frantic as it sought to avert a crushing Conservative defeat. Two…
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Kathmandu Just less than two weeks ago, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ was oozing confidence. On June 22, he told his party supporters that he had control over the “magical number” to lead the government till the next election. “With magic, anything can be fixed,” he said. Since his election as Prime Minister…
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According to report, Trump has developed a 6% lead over his Democratic rival incumbent Joe Biden. Washington: Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has developed a six per cent lead over his Democratic rival incumbent Joe Biden with 80 percent saying that the current White House occupant is too old to run for a second term,…
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A serviceman walks down a street, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on Wednesday its forces had captured a district in the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow has been pressing…
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