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Army says officer injured in ‘grenade accident’ at a post in J&K’s Rajouri The Army on October 5 evening said one officer has been injured in a likely grenade accident at a post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri sector. “The officer was evacuated and stable post initial treatment. Further investigation of the incident in progress,”…
Putin has repeatedly reminded the world of Russia’s nuclear might. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had successfully tested a potent new strategic missile and declined to rule out the possibility it could carry out weapons tests involving nuclear explosions for the first time in more than three decades. Putin said for…
More than 43 million children suffered from 2016 to 2021, the report said. United Nations: Weather disasters fueled by climate change — from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires — sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children’s Fund warned Thursday, slamming the lack of attention paid to victims. In a…
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Koshi in the eastern region of Nepal is one of the seven provinces carved out after the country in 2015 adopted a new Constitution. The charter, which came amid strong protests by some sections of society, marked a watershed moment in Nepal’s history, as it entirely restructured the country. Nepal became a secular federal democratic…
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Biden said the cash was earmarked for the border wall by the US Congress under Trump in 2019. Washington: US President Joe Biden on Thursday defended plans to extend the border wall with Mexico, saying he didn’t think such barriers worked but that he was bound by laws introduced under Donald Trump. Democrat Biden pledged…
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Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion last year in October after months of negotiation. Wilmington: Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his $44 billion takeover of social media giant Twitter, according to a Thursday court filing in which the agency sought to compel…
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India raised its concerns with the U.S. over American envoy to Islamabad Donald Blome’s recent visit to Gilgit-Baltistan in PoK. File photo of External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi | Photo Credit: PTI India on Thursday said it raised its concerns with the U.S. over American envoy to Islamabad Donald Blome’s recent visit to Gilgit-Baltistan…
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At least 125 others also wounded after attack at Syrian military academy. Beirut: An attack Thursday on a Syrian military academy killed more than 100 people, a war monitor said, with state media blaming “terrorist organisations” for the drone strike in government-held Homs. Separately, Turkish air raids in the war-torn country’s Kurdish-held northeast killed at…
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US forces observed drones carrying out air strikes in northeast Syria on Thursday. Washington: US F-16 warplanes on Thursday shot down a drone belonging to NATO ally Turkey that was deemed a potential threat to American forces in Syria, the Pentagon said. The incident came as Turkey carries out strikes targeting Kurdish forces in the…
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The mass outbreak of eye infections closes 56,000 schools in Pakistan. A viral pink eye epidemic, also known as conjunctivitis, is affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan. Over the past several months, as the country grapples with summer heatwaves and record rainfall, this contagious disease has been steadily spreading. Health authorities in Pakistan…
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