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India sends aid to quake-hit Afghanistan
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India sends aid to quake-hit Afghanistan

New Delhi, June 24: The Centre has dispatched 27 tons of emergency relief assistance to earthquake-hit Afghanistan, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. "In the wake of the tragic earthquake that struck Afghanistan on June 22, 2022 causing massive destruction and loss of precious...
Ukrainian army to leave battered city to avoid encirclement
International

Ukrainian army to leave battered city to avoid encirclement

Kyiv, Jun 24: After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat from a besieged city in the country's east to avoid encirclement, a regional governor said Friday. The city of Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, has faced relentless Russian...
Death toll from Afghanistan
International

Death toll from Afghanistan's quake rises to 1,150 people

Gayan (Afghanistan), Jun 24: The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan continued to climb days after it turned brick and stone homes into rubble, killing 1,150 people and wounding scores more, according to the latest figures carried in state media on Friday. The country of 38...
Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided
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Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided

Washington, Jun 24: In a major expansion of gun rights after a series of mass shootings, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defence, a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed. The decision came out as Congress and states...
UK detects polio virus in London sewage samples
International

UK detects polio virus in London sewage samples

London, June 23: Health officials in the UK have found poliovirus in sewage samples in London, 19 years after it was eliminated by 2003. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the poliovirus in sewage samples collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, was probably...
World Health Network declares monkeypox outbreak a pandemic
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World Health Network declares monkeypox outbreak a pandemic

Washington, June 23: The current monkeypox outbreak, which has infected 3,417 people across 42 countries, has on Thursday been declared a pandemic by World Health Network (WHN), a global collaboration of scientific and citizen teams. The declaration comes ahead of the World Health Organization's...
President Biden nominates Indian-American legal expert Anjali Chaturvedi for a key position
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President Biden nominates Indian-American legal expert Anjali Chaturvedi for a...

Washington, Jun 23: Prominent Indian-American legal expert Anjali Chaturvedi has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as General Counsel in the veterans affairs department, the latest from the community to be named for a key position in the administration. Chaturvedi is a Deputy Assistant...
Senior Indian officials, including FS Kwatra, arrive in Colombo to assess Lanka economic crisis
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Senior Indian officials, including FS Kwatra, arrive in Colombo to assess Lanka...

Colombo, Jun 23: Four senior Indian government officials, including Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, arrived here on Thursday to meet Sri Lanka's top leadership and discuss and assess the unprecedented economic crisis faced by the island nation. Sri Lanka has been facing the worst economic crisis...
Ukraine-based publishing house CEO, journalist killed in action
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Ukraine-based publishing house CEO, journalist killed in action

Kiev, June 22: Chief Executive Officer of Ukraine-based Blitz-Inform Publishing House Volodymyr Chepovyi has been "killed in action" when defending Ukraine against Russian forces. The statement was made on Telegram by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, referring to spokesperson of the...
Death toll rises to 920 after major quake hits Afghanistan
International

Death toll rises to 920 after major quake hits Afghanistan

Kabul, June 22: The death toll from the earthquake that struck Afghanistan's two eastern provinces early on Wednesday jumped to 920, Afghan state-run media reported. Deputy State Minister for Natural Disaster Management in Taliban-led government, Mawlavi Sharfuddin, said in a press conference...
Sri Lanka PM says economy
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Sri Lanka PM says economy ''has collapsed,'' unable to buy oil

Colombo, Jun 22: Sri Lanka's prime minister says its debt-laden economy has "collapsed" after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Wednesday that the South Asian country is "facing a far more serious situation beyond the mere...
Musk
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Musk's trans daughter to drop surname, doesn't want to 'be related' to him

San Francisco, June 22: Tech billionaire Elon Musk's transgender daughter has reportedly filed a request to change her name to reflect her gender identification and avoid any ties to her biological father. According to TMZ, one of Musk's children wants nothing to do with him and has filed legal...
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