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Autopsy Report Confirms Pak Hindu Student Raped, Killed

Islamabad: The final autopsy report of a Pakistani Hindu medical student who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her hostel room in September, has revealed that she was raped before being murdered. Nimrita Kumari’s body was found on September 16 hanging from the ceiling fan in her hostel room at the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir […]

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Seoul Deports 2 N.Koreans For Killing 16 Crewmembers

Seoul: South Korea deported two North Koreans after learning that they killed 16 fellow crewmembers on their fishing boat and fled to Seoul, the Unification Ministry said here on Thursday. The two in their 20s were sent back to the North at around 3.10 p.m. through the truce village of Panmunjom, five days after they […]

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India Expresses Commitment To Fully Implement FATF Standards

Melbourne: India on Friday expressed its commitment to fully implement the standards of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and establish Anti Money Laundering as well as Countering Financing of Terrorism regimes to dismantle the terror financing networks. Presenting India’s concern over terror financing issues on the second day of the second ‘No Money For Terror’ […]

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Bangladesh braces for cyclone "Bulbul"

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Friday issued the danger alert over cyclone “Bulbul” that is heading towards its coastlines. A special bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Friday at 6 p. m. local time said the cyclone was now staying at 495 km southwest of Bangladesh’s Mongla port in southern Khulna region and 620 km southwest of […]

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Ivanka Trump Boosts Female Empowerment In Morocco

Rabat: Ivanka Trump has announced a set of female empowerment projects aimed at increasing women’s employability and economic autonomy in Morocco on Friday on the last day of her trip to the north African country. The daughter and senior adviser on women’s issues to United States President Donald Trump arrived in Morocco on Noveber 6 […]

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Major Donor's Link To Slave Trade, London Biz School To Change Its Name

Chenna: Come September, the London-based business school Sir John Cass Business School or Cass Business School will be renamed as Bayes Business School, the school said in a statement. Till…

US Defends Restrictions On Export Of COVID-19 Vaccine Raw Materials Amid India's Request To Lift Ban
US Defends Restrictions On Export Of COVID-19 Vaccine Raw Materials Amid India's Request To Lift Ban

Washington: Defending US’ restrictions on the export of key raw materials for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine that threatens to slow India’s vaccination drive, a senior State Department official has…

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US Welcomes Opening Of Kartarpur Corridor

Washington: The US on Saturday welcomed the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, saying that it sees the initiative as a positive example of neighbours working together for mutual benefit. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday formally inaugurated the historic corridor to facilitate visa-free entry of Indian Sikh pilgrims to one of Sikhism’s holiest shrines […]

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Cyclone Bulbul Kills 13 In Bangladesh

Dhaka: At least 13 people have been killed due to falling trees, collapsed houses and illness after cyclone Bulbul ripped through southern Bangladesh, authorities said on Monday. The health directorate’s Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room, local administrations and police confirmed the toll on Sunday, bdnews24 reported. The storm caused two deaths each in […]

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Thousands Of Kids Awaiting Repatriation Stranded In Syria

Damascus: Tens of thousands of children awaiting repatriation to their home countries remain stranded in northeastern Syria, the war-torn country’s Unicef representative said on Monday. “It has been an urgent matter for months. We have been with those children in northeastern Syria for months. It is already late and every day that passes makes it […]

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Man Who Killed Wife, Himself In US Was Jealous Of Bollywood Actor: Friends

New York: A man who stabbed his wife to death and hung himself from a tree was “insanely jealous” of his wife’s fascination with Hrithik Roshan, media reports cited her friends as saying. Dineshwar Budhidat, 33, flew “into fits of rage” before the tragedy on Friday over Donne Dojoy, 27, liking the actor, her friends […]

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16 Killed After 2 Trains Collide In Bangladesh

Dhaka: At least 16 people were killed and 58 injured on Tuesday after a head-on collision between two passenger trains in Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria district. The accident occurred at around 3 a.m. when a train bound for Dhaka was travelling on the same railway track as another going to the port city of Chittagong, about 100 […]

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On India's Request For Vaccine Raw Materials, US Says First Obligation Is To Americans

New York: It is in the world’s interest that Americans are vaccinated and the US has to first to take care of the requirements of its own people, State Department…

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7 Killed, Several Injured In Kabul Car Bomb Explosion

Kabul: At least seven people were killed and seven others injured on Wednesday in a car bomb attack in a northeast neighbourhood of the Afghan capital, where military and civilian airports and a foreign military base are located, said sources. The explosion occurred at around 7.25 am local time in the northeast of the Afghan […]

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Modi Arrives In Brasilia For BRICS Summit, To Meet Putin, Xi

Brasilia: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in the Brazilian capital for the 11th BRICS summit. On Wednesday, he is scheduled to hold talks with the presidents of Russia, Brazil and China – Vladimir Putin, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, and Xi Jinping, respectively. He will also attend the BRICS Business Forum Closing Ceremony, attend […]

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