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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Gautam Adani during a meeting in New Delhi in July 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement Sri Lanka should be vigilant about the Adani power project in the island, experts said on Thursday,after Federal prosecutors in New York indicted Group Chairman Gautam Adani and seven others on multiple counts of fraud. Sri […]
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Destruction to a hotel, walkway and shops from an Israeli airstrike the day before is seen in front of Baalbeks Unesco World Heritage site ancient ruins on November 7, 2024, in Baalbek, Lebanon. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Hundreds of cultural professionals, including archaeologists and academics, called on the United Nations to safeguard war-torn Lebanon’s […]
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Image used for representation purposes. File On International Diabetes Day (November 14), there was bitter news for nations of the world. A paper published in the peer-reviewed journal, The Lancet, based on a global study, recorded over 800 million adults living with diabetes, with more than half not receiving treatment. Not surprisingly, India had […]
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Donald Trump is seen backstage at Palm Beach County Convention Centre in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. on November 6, 2024. Photo: X/@EricTrump via Reuters With the 29th edition of the annual climate conference set to begin in Baku, Azerbaijan next week and Donald Trump likely to be re-elected as President of the United States, […]
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The overall positive momentum in India-U.S. ties will remain unchanged though there could be a difference in approach towards New Delhi between a Trump administration and a Harris government, foreign policy experts said as Americans vote to elect a new President on Tuesday (November 5, 2024). Democratic leader Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump […]
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With full force: The test launch of the new intercontinental ballistic missile ‘Hwasong-19’ in North Korea on Thursday, October 31, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP North Korea boasted on Friday (November 1, 2024) that the new intercontinental ballistic missile it just test-launched is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed […]
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Oct 22, 2024, 08:00 AM ET The 2024-25 NBA season is officially here! The Boston Celtics begin their quest for back-to-back titles against the New York Knicks to kick off the NBA season (7:30 p.m. ET). After a dominant run through the playoffs, the Celtics enter this season as the favorites, but the depth of […]
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Clean-up continues at Clearwater Beach, Fla., after Hurricane Milton on Friday (October 11, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Experts that human-induced climate change made Hurricane Milton, which lashed Florida this week, wetter and windier, said on Friday (October 11, 2024). “Heavy one-day rainfall events such as the one associated with Milton are 20-30% more intense […]
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