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UAE PM Sheikh Mohammed congratulates India on Chandrayaan 3
Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday, August 23, congratulated India for successfully landing and completing its moon…
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Google celebrates India’s Chandrayaan-3 feat with special doodle
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google on Thursday celebrated India’s success in its third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 with a special animated doodle. India scripted history on Wednesday with its touchdown on the…
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Telangana: KCR inducts Mahender Reddy into cabinet 3 months before polls
Hyderabad: Barely three months before the Assembly elections, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday expanded his cabinet with the induction of Patnam Mahender Reddy. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath…
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Gender change through surgery a constitutional right, rules Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that a person has constitutional right to change their gender though surgical intervention. Justice Ajit Kumar made the observation while hearing a plea of a…
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Kota pressure cooker: No friends, only competitors, say students
Kota: There are no friends but only competitors in the country’s coaching capital popularly known as “Kota factory”, say students and experts as the government struggles to keep a check on the…
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Taliban stops female students from flying to Dubai for studies: UAE bizman
The Taliban government has barred 100 Afghan female students from travelling to Dubai for higher education on scholarships, a UAE businessman claimed. The women were expected to join University of Dubai after…
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Asked to remove shoes before entering ICU, Lucknow mayor ‘calls bulldozer’
In a surprising turn of events, Lucknow mayor Sushma Kharakwal found herself at the center of a controversy after she allegedly called a bulldozer, threatening to raze a local hospital recently. During…
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From wrestlers’ protest to WFI suspension: Timeline
New Delhi: The following is the timeline of the chain of events that led to the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India by UWW, the sport’s global governing body. January 18:…
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Saudi Arabia: Compensation up to 200% of airfare for flight delay, cancellation
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced new passenger rights protection regulations, for passengers affected by airline or airport disruptions. The new regulations will come…
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PM Modi, Chinese prez Xi seen having brief exchanges in Johannesburg
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were on Thursday seen having brief exchanges ahead of a media briefing by the BRICS leaders in Johannesburg. Modi and Xi…
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Global Healthcare Exchange to expand its facility in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) will strengthen its engineering and operations teams with expansion of its Global Capability Center in Hyderabad. The healthcare firm is planning to triple its workforce in India…
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Saudi Arabia, UAE, among six nations to receive BRICS invite
The BRICS group of nations has decided to invite the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and four other countries to join their bloc. The other four countries…
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Hyderabad: Women dies as doctor leaves cotton swabs inside womb
Hyderabad: A woman recently died after she gave birth to a baby, allegedly due to the negligence of a doctor and his team, at the Achampet Government Hospital in Telangana. Roja, 27,…
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Chandrayaan 3: US Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson lauds India’s success
New York: American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Wednesday congratulated India for landing Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon and joining Russia, USA and China as the only countries to achieve this feat. Taking…
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Emirates records busiest summer, carries over 14M passengers
Dubai’s Emirates, the world’s largest international airline has experienced one of its busiest summers ever, carrying over 14 million passengers between June and August with an average load factor surpassing 80 per…
