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Border Security Force (BSF) deployed along the border also intercepted 873 Indians entering Bangladesh without any documents from January 1 to August 4. File | Photo Credit: PTI There has been no significant increase in the number of undocumented people intercepted whilst entering or leaving India on the border with Bangladesh following major political changes […]
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Damascus: Syrian Islamist rebels have launched one of their biggest offensive against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in years, sweeping through government-held towns before taking control of “half of the city of Aleppo”. This is the first major challenge to President Assad and his allies– Russia and Iran– in four years. Rebels, led by the Islamist […]
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum. File | Photo Credit: Claudia Sheinbaum via X President-elect Donald Trump declared a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico on Wednesday (November 27, 2024) after talking with that country’s leader. However, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested that Mexico was already doing its part and that it had no interest in […]
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The Maldives, a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean, is renowned for its crystal-clear turquoise waters, pristine white sand beaches and luxurious overwater villas. This archipelago of 1,200 islands offers an idyllic escape for honeymooners, adventurers and relaxation seekers alike. But from December 1, 2024, it will become costlier to leave the archipelago as Maldives […]
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Avignon: The trial in France of a man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife has shaken French society and must fundamentally change relationships between men and women, a prosecutor said Monday. “This trial is shaking up our society in our relationship with each other, in the most intimate relationships between […]
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Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, the victim of an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, arrives to attend the trial of Dominique Pelicot with 50 co-accused, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, on November 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gisele Pelicot, the French […]
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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Congress leader and former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) said Donald Trump’s comeback has made the future of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which America had rejoined under President Joe Biden, “extremely shaky” and added that if the U.S. […]
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Representative image | Photo Credit: AP China hopes the United States will be able to continue to cooperate with other countries on climate change, whatever the outcome of the presidential election next week, a senior government official said on Friday (November 1, 2024) Cooperation between China and the United States, the world’s top two emitters […]
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India should use its international clout to influence Russia to change its course over Ukraine, Finland has urged. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said, “We would like to see India lend its support to Ukraine’s Peace Formula, which is the only peace plan based on respecting the UN […]
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The next president of the United States could be the first in that office to accept a phone call from the Moon and hear a woman’s voice on the line. To do so, they’ll first need to make a series of strategic space policy decisions. They’ll also need a little luck. Enormous government investment supports […]
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