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Unwilling to use Covid vaccinated blood New Zealand parents delay childs critical surgery
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Unwilling to use Covid vaccinated blood New Zealand parents delay child's...

Guwahati, Dec 6: Misconception about Covid vaccine has been rampant since its inception and a recent case that has come to the fore is shocking, as a New Zealand couple are delaying their child's operation in want of "safe unvaccinated blood". A four-month-old baby needs urgent heart surgery,...
Goblin mode chosen as Oxford Word of the Year
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'Goblin mode' chosen as Oxford Word of the Year

Guwahati, Dec 6: The term 'goblin mode' which refers to "a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations", has been chosen as the 2022 Oxford Word of the Year, the publisher behind Oxford English...
Author of City of Joy, Dominique Lapierre passes away
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Author of 'City of Joy', Dominique Lapierre passes away

Guwahati, Dec 5: French writer Dominique Lapierre, the author of best-selling books on India like Freedom at Midnight and City of Joy and whose novels sold tens of millions of copies, has passed away at the age of 91. The celebrated author died of old age, the author's wife Dominique...
5.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka
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5.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec 5: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka on Monday, according to athe Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Kazi Zebunnesa, a meteorologist from BMD, told Xinhua news agency that the epicentre of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 km in the Bay of Bengal. The meteorologist...
Google terminates thousand of YouTube channels in China, Russia, Brazil
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Google terminates thousand of YouTube channels in China, Russia, Brazil

San Francisco, Dec 4: Google has purged thousands of YouTube channels in China, Russia and Brazil as part of its investigation into coordinated influence operations. The tech giant terminated 5,197 YouTube channels and 17 Blogger blogs as part of its ongoing investigation into coordinated...
Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests
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Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests

London, Dec 4: Iran's morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country's Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country's attorney general said, according to a media report. Attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri's comments, yet to be confirmed by other agencies, were made at...
Nine killed in Pakistan coal mine blast
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Nine killed in Pakistan coal mine blast

Peshawar, Dec 1: A gas blast at a coal mine in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed nine workers and injured four others, police said on Thursday. There were as many as 13 workers at the Dolli coal mine in the Orakzai tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when the blast occurred...
India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in Afghanistan: Taliban
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India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in Afghanistan: Taliban

Kabul, Dec 1: The Taliban dispensation in Afghanistan has said that India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in several provinces across the war-torn country. In June, India re-established its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a "technical team" in its embassy in the...
China to launch three astronauts for its space station; unveils plans for manned Moon mission
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China to launch three astronauts for its space station; unveils plans for manned...

Beijing, Nov 28: China will be sending a three-person crew to its space station, which is nearing completion, and also announced on Monday plans for a manned mission to the Moon amid intensifying competition with the US. The Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship will be launched from the Jiuquan...
China reports sharp spike in COVID-19 cases amid renewed protests against President Xi Jinping, lockdowns
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China reports sharp spike in COVID-19 cases amid renewed protests against...

Beijing, Nov 28: The protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have spread to Beijing even as China reported close to 40,000 coronavirus cases on Monday as authorities scrambled to contain the fresh surge in infections. For the fifth consecutive day, China reported close to 4,000 cases in the capital...
China protects four key 26/11 perpetrators from UN sanctions
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China protects four key 26/11 perpetrators from UN sanctions

China continues to defy the other members of the Security Council and the overwhelming anti-terrorism sentiments by protecting from UN sanctions four key leaders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that carried out the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
India to send helicopter unit to UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
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India to send helicopter unit to UN peacekeeping mission in Mali

United Nations, Nov 24: India will send a helicopter unit to the UN peacekeeping operations in Mali, which is facing a crisis as several countries have withdrawn or announced plans to withdraw from it, according to a UN spokesperson. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's Spokesperson Farhan Haq...
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