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Mahatma Gandhi comes to UN, an avatar provoking, prodding, inspiring ideas of true education
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Mahatma Gandhi comes to UN, an avatar provoking, prodding, inspiring ideas of...

United Nations, Oct 1: Mahatma Gandhi "came" to the UN Trusteeship Council chamber with the message of holistic education. He came on Friday as a holographic avatar, to animate a discussion on "Education for Human Flourishing" at the UN's observance of the International Day of Nonviolence. And...
India, Nepal agree to prevent misuse of their territories by
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India, Nepal agree to prevent misuse of their territories by 'anti-nationals'

Kathmandu, Sep 30: India and Nepal have agreed to prevent the misuse of their respective territories by "anti-nationals" as their top paramilitary officials discussed the mechanism to prevent illegal border crossing of third nation citizens through the Indo-Nepal border. The joint Coordination...
Taliban official: Blast in Shiite area of Kabul kills 19
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Taliban official: Blast in Shiite area of Kabul kills 19

Kabul, Sep 30: A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief says 19 people were killed and 27 were wounded in a suicide bombing in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital. Khalid Zadran, the spokesman, says the explosion in the Dashti Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul took place on Friday...
Kremlin: 4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia on Friday
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Kremlin: 4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia on Friday

Moscow, Sep 29: The Kremlin says that the four regions of Ukraine that held referendums on joining Russia will be incorporated into the country on Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony in the Kremlin at which they will be...
Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years
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Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years

Bangkok, Sep 29: A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar's official secrets act, a legal official said. Suu Kyi received a three-year...
Google to soon allow people to translate local news directly in Search
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Google to soon allow people to translate local news directly in Search

New Delhi, Sep 29: Google has announced to soon allow people to translate news coverage in other languages directly from Search via machine translation. Currently, people see Search results about news in their countries in their preferred language. "In early 2023, we'll launch a new feature...
Sri Lanka to back bids of India and Japan for permanent member status at UNSC: President Wickremesinghe
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Sri Lanka to back bids of India and Japan for permanent member status at UNSC:...

Colombo, Sept 27: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said his government will back the bids of India and Japan for permanent member status at the UN Security Council. President Wickremesinghe is currently in Japan to attend the state funeral of the former Japanese prime...
Musk, Agrawal didn
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Musk, Agrawal didn't depose as per court dates, spark speculation

San Francisco, Sep 27: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Twitter counterpart Parag Agrawal did not depose in an ongoing litigation despite earlier filings in a US court, triggering speculations. According to a CNN report, citing sources, the dates listed in deposition notices filed with the court are...
NASA spacecraft successfully crashes into asteroid in defence test
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NASA spacecraft successfully crashes into asteroid in defence test

Washington, Sep 27: After flying in space for 10 months, a NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind mission to test whether space rocks that might threaten Earth in the future could be nudged safely out of the way, the US space agency said. The...
Sikh student at North Carolina detained for wearing Kirpan, US University apologises
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Sikh student at North Carolina detained for wearing Kirpan, US University...

Guwahati, Sep 26: A Sikh student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the USA was detained on campus for wearing a Kirpan, an integral part of the Sikh religion. The university later issued an apology after it created uproar on social media. The Chancellor of the University,...
6 dead, 20 wounded in school shooting in Russia
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6 dead, 20 wounded in school shooting in Russia

Moscow, Sep 26: A gunman on Monday morning killed six people and wounded 20 others in a school in central Russia, local police said. Governor of the Udmurtia region, Alexander Brechalov, said in a video statement that the still unidentified shooter got into a school in Izhevsk, the region's...
Sachin Dev Burman
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Sachin Dev Burman's home in Bangladesh set to be converted into cultural complex

Cumilla (Bangladesh), Sept 25: Legendary musician and composer Sachin Dev Burman's palatial home in Cumilla district of Bangladesh is all set to be transformed into a cultural complex, with the Sheikh Hasina government having sanctioned Taka 1.10 crore (Rs 86 lakh) for the project. Dev Burman, born...
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