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Washington to Mumbai flight just for Rs 19,000 including 2 checkin baggage; internet shocked
Washington to Mumbai flight just for Rs 19,000 including 2 checkin baggage; internet shocked

Sharing the image, Phalgun wrote, “Washington to Mumbai flight for 19k INR how is this possible??? Went until payment page. Includes regular 2 checkin baggage too!”

  • Thursday, 21 March 2024
Fireball fell from sky when plane touched power line  

Shocked! It was as shocking for the commuters on a road at Mukilteo in Washington when they saw a plane crashlanding and catching fire immediately seconds later. According to a news channel, when commuters were waiting at a traffic signal in Washington, they spotted a single-engine plane falling headlong and suddenly bursting into flames. However, […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Baijayant Panda to participate in Indo-US Track-II talks

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda has reached Washington DC to participate in the Track-II Indo-US bilateral discussions to be held during the ongoing visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A track-II team including Baijayant Panda is visiting the United States as part of the collaboration between the India Foundation and Centre for American Progress and […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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World's largest bee spotted for the first time since 1981

Washington: A team of researchers spotted the world’s giant bee which is as big as a human thumb, in Indonesia for the first time since 1981, the media reported on Friday. The team — natural history photographer Clay Bolt, entomologist Eli Wyman, behavioural ecologist Simon Robson and ornithologist Glenn Chilton — made the stunning “rediscovery” […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Trump agrees to deliver State of the Union on Feb 5

Washington: US President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to deliver the State of the Union address on February 5. “When I wrote to you on January 23rd, I stated that we should work together to find a mutually agreeable date when government has reopened to schedule this year’s State […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Trump should resign: US former Secretary of State

Davos: US former Secretary of State John Kerry has said if he can speak to President Donald Trump directly, he would tell him to “resign”. Trump was supposed to attend the World Economic Forum here to deliver an address, but he pulled out because of the partial government shutdown that has become the longest in […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Democrats stand firm against Trump's exchange offer

Washington: Despite President Donald Trump’s offer to end the ongoing partial government shutdown and fund a border wall in exchange for temporary protections for groups of immigrants, Democrats stood by their demand to reopen the government before negotiating about the border. “Let’s not hold the American people, especially the federal workers, hostage to these negotiations,” […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Trump to make 'major' announcement on government shutdown, border

Washington: US President Donald Trump has promised a “major announcement” about the ongoing government shutdown as it entered its 29th day on Saturday, while Democrats hope to increase pressure on his presidency by pursuing allegations by his former lawyer that Trump had made him lie to Congress. Trump tweeted on Friday night that he will […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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US stocks rally amid trade optimism, economic data

New York: US stocks rose as Wall Street became more optimistic about potential progress in trade negotiations between Washington and its key trading partners while digesting some key economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday jumped 336.25 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 24,706.35. The S&P 500 was up 34.75 points, or 1.32 […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
NASA's Cassini reveals new details on Saturn's rings

Washington: The rings of Saturn may may have formed much later than the planet itself, according to a new analysis of gravity science data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The findings, led by scientists from Rome’s Sapienza University, indicate that Saturn’s rings formed between 10 million and 100 million years ago. From our planet’s perspective, that […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Trump to unveil missile defence review

Washington: US President Donald Trump will visit the Pentagon on Thursday to unveil his administration’s long-awaited missile defence review, officials told CNN. The officials said on Wednesday that the review is expected to embrace putting advanced sensors in space in a bid to better detect enemy missiles, allowing the US military to intercept them even […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Indian American White House official leaves Trump administration

Washington: Raj Shah, an Indian American spokesman in the White House Press Office, has left President Donald Trump’s administration and joined an arm of a Florida-based lobbying firm, officials said. Shah, a former researcher at the Republican National Committee, will lead the Media Group, the press wing of Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with offices […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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US begins withdrawing some military equipment from Syria

Washington/Damascus: The first US military ground equipment has been withdrawn from Syria, signaling the beginning of the drawdown ordered by President Donald Trump, according to an administration official. “Some cargo has already moved,” the official told CNN on Friday. Due to security concerns, the official would not describe exactly what the cargo was or whether […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
NASA's asteroid sampling probe snaps picture of Earth

Washington: NASA’s first asteroid-sampling mission OSIRIS-REx has captured an incredible image of the Earth, the media reported. The image was captured on December 19, 2018, days before Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) went into orbit around Bennu on New Year’s Eve, the Daily Mail reported. Bennu is the smallest ever celestial body […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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US-China trade talks extended till Wednesday

Beijing/Washington: The trade talks between US and Chinese officials that began in Beijing on Monday, has been extended till Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the American Trade Representative. The extension was a fresh sign that discussions were moving in a positive direction as staff for the two sides meet face to face for the […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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