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Burmese beauty queen turns rebel to bring down Myanmars military junta
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Burmese beauty queen turns rebel to bring down Myanmar's military junta

Kolkata, May 13: Burmese beauty queen Htar Htet Htet has turned rebel, promising to bring down the brutal military junta in Myanmar or die fighting it.Htet Htet represented Myanmar in the first Miss Grand International beauty pageant in Thailand in 2013.Eight years later, the 32-year-old fitness...
American India Foundation raises USD 25 million for COVID-19 assistance to India
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American India Foundation raises USD 25 million for COVID-19 assistance to India

Washington, May 13: An Indian-American non-profit body has raised USD25 million for COVID-19 assistance to India as the country battles a severe outbreak of the viral disease, its functionaries said. "So far, we have ordered and have commitments for 5,500 oxygen concentrators, 2,300 hospital...
India may overtake China as most populous country sooner than UN projections of 2027: Report
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India may overtake China as most populous country sooner than UN projections of...

Beijing, May 12: Chinese demographers say India will become the world''s most populous country earlier than the United Nations'' projection of 2027, surpassing China where a steady drop in the birth rate has been recorded in the last few years.India is expected to add nearly 273 million people to...
Thermo Fisher Scientific pledges USD 10 million to support Indias fight against COVID-19
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Thermo Fisher Scientific pledges USD 10 million to support India's fight against ...

New Delhi, May 12: Thermo Fisher Scientific on Wednesday said it has pledged USD 10 million (around Rs 73 crore) as its contribution to India''s fight against COVID-19.As COVID-19 cases continue to escalate in India, this support aims to offer cash and urgently needed products to help the country in...
China gives 500K vaccine doses to Bangladesh
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China gives 500K vaccine doses to Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 12: China delivered 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine as a gift to Bangladesh on Wednesday to help it cope with a shortage.Bangladesh, a nation of 160 million people, is in desperate need after India banned exports of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines produced by the Serum Institute of India...
Indias coronavirus variant spread to 44 countries: WHO
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India's coronavirus variant spread to 44 countries: WHO

Geneva, May 12: The Indian coronavirus variant (B1617), which has now been declared a "variant of global concern" has spread to 44 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.The B1617 variant, first identified in India in October, has been detected in over 4500 sequences uploaded to the...
Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded
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Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded

Cairo, May 12: Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground and closed off the crucial waterway in March.The head of the Suez Canal Authority, Lt Gen Osama Rabie, announced details of the plan in a televised ceremony in...
Indian woman in Israel killed in rocket attack by Palestinian militants
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Indian woman in Israel killed in rocket attack by Palestinian militants

Jerusalem, May 12: A 30-year-old Indian woman in Israel has been killed in a rocket attack by Palestinian militants from Gaza, according to officials.Soumya Santosh, who hailed from Kerala's Idukki district, worked as a caregiver attending to an old woman at a house in the southern Israeli coastal...
Palestine: 20 killed in Israeli airstrikes, including 9 children
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Palestine: 20 killed in Israeli airstrikes, including 9 children

Jerusalem, May 10 (AP) Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip say a total of 20 people, including nine children, have been killed in airstrikes by Israel.The death toll made it one of the bloodiest days of fighting in several years.The Health Ministry did not provide a breakdown on the cause...
Indian origin man charged with assaulting, killing mom on Mother
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Indian origin man charged with assaulting, killing mom on Mother's Day eve

New York, May 11: An Indian origin man has been charged with assaulting and killing his own mom on the eve of Mother's Day, according to a New York prosecutor."What should have been a celebration of Mother's Day became a brutal, tragic nightmare for a Queens family," Melinda Katz, the prosecutor for...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 158.6 million
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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 158.6 million

Washington, May 11: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 158.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.29 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...
FDA allows emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech vax in adolescents aged 12 to 15
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FDA allows emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech vax in adolescents aged 12 to 15

Chicago, May 11: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorised the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 in adolescents aged 12-15 for the prevention of Covid-19 vaccine caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The FDA has determined that...
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