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India logs 2,876 new Covid infections, 98 more deaths

India logs 2,876 new Covid infections, 98 more deaths

India logged 2,876 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,29,98,938, while the active cases dipped to 32,811, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,16,072 with 98 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases comprised 0.08 per […]

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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank clashes

Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank clashes

NABLUS: Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in separate shootings in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the latest in a flurry of deadly clashes as a US envoy tours the region seeking to ease tensions. A 16-year-old died in an exchange of fire with troops carrying out an arrest raid outside the northern city of […]

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Sabotage at nuclear site thwarted, says Iran

Sabotage at nuclear site thwarted, says Iran

DUBAI: Iranian state television reported on Monday that security forces had thwarted planned sabotage at the country’s major Fordow nuclear site by a network recruited by Israel, and that the forces had made several arrests. Iran has accused Israel of carrying out several attacks on facilities linked to its nuclear programme and of killing its […]

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Seven dead in Delhi slum fire

Seven dead in Delhi slum fire

As many as seven people, including an 11-year-old child, were charred to death in a major fire that broke out at Gokalpuri village of the national capital, an official said on Saturday. The official informed that they received a call about the fire incident around 1.00 a.m. near pillar no 12, Gokalpuri village in north […]

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China locks down Changchun amid surge in Covid cases

China locks down Changchun amid surge in Covid cases

SHANGHAI: A Chinese city of nine million was ordered into lockdown on Friday and Shanghai shut its schools as authorities scrambled to halt a Covid-19 outbreak that has pushed nationwide cases to their highest levels in two years. Changchun, the capital of northeastern Jilin province and an important industrial base, ordered residents to stay at […]

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Thank you sir: Kejriwal after Modi congratulates AAP for its victory in Punjab

Thank you sir: Kejriwal after Modi congratulates AAP for its victory in Punjab

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party for its victory in the Punjab Assembly elections. In a tweet, the prime minister had on Thursday night congratulated the AAP. “I would like to congratulate AAP for their victory in the Punjab elections. I assure […]

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Iran says US complicating nuclear talks

Iran says US complicating nuclear talks

TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday accused the United States of working to “complicate” efforts to restore a 2015 nuclear deal, after new Russian demands linked to its invasion of Ukraine raised concerns of further delays. It came on the day Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in major state policies, stressed […]

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PM Modi likely to join celebrations at BJP HQ

PM Modi likely to join celebrations at BJP HQ

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit party headquarter in Delhi on Thursday evening to celebrate the party’s performances in Assembly polls. PM Modi is expected to visit the party office by 6.30 p.m. The security arrangements are being made at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg located BJP office for PM’s visit. According to reports, […]

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US has biolabs with plague, anthrax in Ukraine: Russia

US has biolabs with plague, anthrax in Ukraine: Russia

Russia said on Wednesday that the United States must explain what Moscow claims was a military biological programme in Ukraine — an allegation Washington has already dismissed as “absurd” misinformation. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said evidence of the alleged programme had been uncovered by Russia during what it calls its military operation in […]

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Australia flood toll rises to 20

Australia flood toll rises to 20

SYDNEY: The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia’s east coast rose to 20 on Tuesday, after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in floodwaters in Sydney. Police said the pair were believed to be a missing mother and son whose car was abandoned in a storm-water canal. Tens of thousands […]

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