Month: June 2023

Ukraine repels new Russian air barrage as Moscow contends with cross-border attacks
Posted in Europe News

Ukraine repels new Russian air barrage as Moscow contends with cross-border attacks

KYIV: Ukraine fended off 36 Russian air attacks in and around the capital overnight while pro-Kyiv Russian fighters said they were battling Russian forces for…

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Russia: President Putin says 'ill-wishers' are trying to destabilise Russia
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Russia: President Putin says ‘ill-wishers’ are trying to destabilise Russia

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that certain “ill-wishers” were stepping up efforts to destabilise Russia and urged members of his cabinet not to allow…

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India's forex reserves fall to lowest in a month
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India’s forex reserves fall to lowest in a month

India’s foreign exchange reserves stood at a one-month low of $589.14 billion as of May 26, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data showed on…

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Tanzania declares end of deadly Marburg virus outbreak: WHO
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Tanzania declares end of deadly Marburg virus outbreak: WHO

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania on Friday declared the end of a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus, more than two months after it was first…

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Church: Spain's Catholic Church finds hundreds of alleged child abusers over eight decades
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Church: Spain’s Catholic Church finds hundreds of alleged child abusers over eight decades

MADRID: An investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into child sexual abuse by members of the clergy and non-clerical staff has so far identified 728…

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CBIC reorganizes National Assessment Centre
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CBIC reorganizes National Assessment Centre

New Delhi: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has re organised National Assessment Centres (NACs) reducing its number to 8 from 11…

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Blinken: US seeks 'just and lasting peace' for Ukraine, Blinken says
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Blinken: US seeks ‘just and lasting peace’ for Ukraine, Blinken says

HELSINKI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday the United States was working with Ukraine and other allies to build consensus around the…

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Blinken: US seeks 'just and lasting peace' for Ukraine, Blinken says
Posted in Europe News

Blinken: US seeks ‘just and lasting peace’ for Ukraine, Blinken says

HELSINKI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday the United States was working with Ukraine and other allies to build consensus around the…

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IndiGo said it will also be resuming daily services from Delhi to Hong Kong in August. This flight was suspended three years ago during the coronavirus pandemic.(REUTERS)
Posted in Business

IndiGo to start flights to six destinations in Africa, Central Asia

The country’s largest airline IndiGo will start direct flights to six new destinations in Africa and Central Asia, including to Nairobi, Tbilisi and Tashkent, this…

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Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath.(Mint file photo)
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Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath shares Morgan Stanley report, hails Aadhaar, UPI

Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath on Thursday reacted to the Morgan Stanley report on India’s transformation in the last nine years and credited government initiatives for…

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