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16 December

Taiwan and India discuss a semiconductor hub and a free trade and investment agreement

India and Taiwan have been discussing a free trade agreement and the establishment of a semiconductor manufacturing cluster in the…
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16 December

Money laundering law can’t be used as weapon to jail people, says SC

The Supreme Court declared on Wednesday that the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) indiscriminate application of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act…
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16 December

Puducherry extends Covid-19 lockdown till January 2

Puducherry: Puducherry government extended the Covid-19 lockdown till January 2, 2022. The state executive committee (SEC) of the Disaster Management…
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16 December

BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu enters quarter-finals

Huelva: In badminton, defending world champion PV Sindhu entered the women’s singles quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships held in…
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16 December

The ‘painkiller epidemic’ kills 100,000: US targets Chinese firms

The United States imposed sanctions on Chinese painkiller makers on Wednesday in an effort to curb the epidemic that caused…
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16 December

Omicron; France to restrict travel from Britain

Paris: France will restrict arrivals from UK, due to the rapid spread of the omicron variant, limiting the reasons for…
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16 December

Shah to lay foundation of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Pune on Dec 19

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will lay the foundation stone for the statue of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji at the…
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16 December

Emirates Airlines announces full capacity on select flights

Dubai: Emirates Airlines has announced that it will increase its passenger capacity to 100% on selected flights . The Dubai-based…
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16 December

Indian government approves raising the marriage age for women from 18 to 21

The Indian government has approved a proposal to raise the legal marriage age for women from 18 to 21, just…
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16 December

Madhya Pradesh CM announces Rs.1 cr compensation to Captain Varun Singh’s kin

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the next of kin of Group Capt Varun…
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16 December

Stock Market: Sensex, Nifty end marginally higher

Mumbai: The Indian equity benchmarks erased their four-day losing streak led by gains in Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries, Tata…
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16 December

Army Chief Gen Naravane takes over as chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee: Reports

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane took over as chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee on Wednesday as a…
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16 December

2 dead, 14 injured in Gujarat chemical factory explosion

Ahmedabad: At least two workers died and 14 were injured in an explosion in Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL) located at…
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16 December

Greece announces new rules for entering the country

Athens: All passengers coming to Greece must submit a negative Covid-19 PCR test to enter the country. The European country…
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16 December

Powerful typhoon Rai hits Philippines; thousands evacuated

Manila: Typhoon Rai has hit Philippines before making landfall and quickly intensified into a Category 5 storm on Thursday, triggering…
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16 December

Commodity Market: Gold price shoots up

Mumbai: The price of yellow metal edged higher in the commodity market. As per the market experts, investors shifted their…
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16 December

Mumbai civic body opens night COVID-19 vaccination centres

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched vaccination stations at night to speed up the immunisation process in Mumbai. To…
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16 December

Aided school teachers will lose their job if they do not show up after 5 years of leave; HC

Kochi: The Kerala High Court ruled that the aided school teachers who do not show up to work after five…
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16 December

UAE announces revised entry rules for passengers from four countries

Abu Dhabi: The National Authority for Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management (NCEMA) and the General Civil Aviation Authority in the…
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16 December

Forex Market: Indian rupee recover against US dollar, UAE dirham

Mumbai: The Indian rupee recovered against the US dollar and UAE dirham in the forex market. The US Federal Reserve’s…
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16 December

Volunteers at Mississippi’s coast raise oyster gardens to restore reefs

Students of St. Stanislaus High School on Mississippi’s Gulf coast are on a mission to revive the reefs. Students, standing…
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16 December

Sheena Bora is alive in Kashmir: Indrani Mukerjea writes to CBI

New Delhi: Indrani Mukerjea, former media executive accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012, has written to the…
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16 December

Metroman E Sreedharan quits active politics

Thiruvananthapuram: Metroman E Sreedharan said that he has quit active politics while addressing the media in Malappuram. ‘Failure has taught me…
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16 December

US faces double surge in Covid cases as Omicron advances

The new omicron Covid-19 mutant sweeping the globe could unleash yet another wave of chaos, putting medical workers under even…
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16 December

Alia Bhatt’s “Gangubai Kathiawadi” to have its world premiere at 72nd Berlin International Film Festival

New Delhi: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi, starring Alia Bhatt, will make its world premiere at the 72nd Berlin International…
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16 December

Indo-Bangladesh Friendship pipeline may be inaugurated next year, says Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Dhaka: The Indo-Bangladesh Friendship pipeline is progressing well and may be inaugurated next year, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla…
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16 December

‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ declared an ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by UNESCO

Durga Puja in Kolkata has been inscribed on the representative list of ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by UNESCO. In…
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16 December

Antarctica on dangerous journey as Doomsday Glacier warns melting ; Get the report

The American Geophysical Union issued a warning on Monday that the gigantic glacier Thwaites also known as the Doomsday Glacier…
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16 December

UP govt announces hike in monthly allowances of Panchayat members

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath proposed a raise in the monthly honorarium of village pradhans, kshetra panchayat chairpersons, and Zila panchayat…
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16 December

Tamil Nadu reports its first case of Omicron variant

Chennai: Tamil Nadu reported its first case of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 on Wednesday. A 47-year-old man who had…
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16 December

Miss Universe arrives in homeland amid cheers of ‘India, India…’

Miss Universe 2021 is a pageant held every two years. Harnaaz Sandhu, the Indian representative in the Miss Universe 70th…
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16 December

Omicron could trigger ‘Inequity 2.0’, says vaccine alliance chief

The head of the vaccine alliance Gavi, which is leading a United Nations-backed push to get COVID-19 vaccines to developing…
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16 December

Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Brahmastra’ to release in September 2022

The much-anticipated big-budget fantasy adventure epic ‘Brahmastra,’ starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, has finally been given a release date.…
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16 December

Germany expels Russian diplomats for a state-sanctioned assassination

Germany announced on Wednesday that two Russian ambassadors would be expelled after a German court found Moscow responsible for the…
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16 December

Sushant Singh Rajput’s ‘Chhichhore’ to release on 11,000 screens in China

Chhichhore, directed by Nitesh Tiwari and starring Sushant Singh Rajput, will be released in China on January 7, 2022. Several…
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