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London: Rishi Sunak becoming UK's Prime Minister is "our Barack Obama moment", said leader of the Hindu temple set up by the Indian-origin leader's grandfather. Rishi Sunak's grandfather Ramdas Sunak, who was from Gujranwala town (now in…
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London: Pictures show how Russian President Vladimir Putin has resorted to sending a 'Dad's Army' of ageing reservists to the Ukrainian front lines, the media reported. Putin ordered the mobilisation of 300,000 extra troops last week in…
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Washington: US President Joe Biden on Thursday offered "full, total, complete" support for Sweden and Finlands applications to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Sweden and Finland had applied for membership of the…
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New Delhi: Kamal Bawa, a noted, Indian born, conservation biologist and president of the Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research and Ecology and Environment (ATREE), was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences, ATREE said on…
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Moscow: Moscow will not put on pause its military action against Ukraine while conducting peace talks with Kiev, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. "You see, a pause in the operation, any pause, is used by the…
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Are you willing to move out of your home country in order to get a better job and lifestyle? If yes, then Canada might be the perfect country for the reason. The government of Canada has announced its immigration plan for three years…
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New Delhi: Pakistan has questioned the US' decision of setting aside half of the Afghan assets frozen in America for the victims of the 9/11 attacks, saying utilisation of Afghan funds should be the "sovereign decision of Afghanistan", The…
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Canberra: Australia has provisionally approved the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 as a booster shot for people aged 18 years and older. However, in its announcement the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said that…
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Oslo: Covid-19 was likely far more widespread in Europe, and around the world, before a first official diagnosis was made, claimed a study. The virus was officially announced from an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December…
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Geneva: It is dangerous to assume that Omicron will be the last variant, or the pandemic is going to end, when global conditions are seen as ideal for more Covid variants to emerge, said the World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Monday.…
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