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Amid Spring Festival travel rush, snowfall disrupts transport in China
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Amid Spring Festival travel rush, snowfall disrupts transport in China

Beijing, Feb 4:Amid the ongoing Spring Festival travel rush, heavy snowfall disrupted transport in China's Hubei, Hunan and Anhui provinces. Many travellers were inconvenienced in Anhui province after over 95 highway toll stations refused entry to vehicles on Sunday morning, due to snowy and...
Palestinian President urges UN to stop Israeli attacks
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Palestinian President urges UN to stop Israeli attacks

Ramallah, Feb 5: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to step up international efforts to stop the ongoing Israeli "aggression" against the Palestinian people. Abbas made the remarks on Sunday during his meeting at the presidential headquarters in...
Football team asks betting firm to return money stolen by Indian-American
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Football team asks betting firm to return money stolen by Indian-American

New York, Feb 5: Jacksonville Jaguars, a Florida-based football team, has asked sports betting firm FanDuel to return some or all of the nearly $20 million in stolen proceeds that its former Indian-origin employee lost on the site. Amit Patel, manager of financial planning and analysis of the...
PM Modi applauds France as UPI services launched at Eiffel Tower
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PM Modi applauds France as UPI services launched at Eiffel Tower

In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his congratulations to France for the formal launch of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) at the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris. Acknowledging this milestone, PM Modi hailed it as a remarkable example of promoting digital payments...
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UK's Labour Party launches measures to reconnect with British Indian voters

London, Feb 3: From organising trips to India to hiring community volunteers, the UK's main opposition Labour Party has announced a series of measures to win back the support of the British Indian community, which has been on the wane in recent years. Nearly two-thirds of British Indians, who...
Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh appointed to Australian Senate
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Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh appointed to Australian Senate

Melbourne, Feb 3: Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh will take his position in the Australian Senate next week with the Labour Party officially confirming him as their pick to represent Western Australia (WA). A joint sitting of WA Parliament on Thursday selected the 38-year-old Ghosh, a...
Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh appointed to Australian Senate
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Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh appointed to Australian Senate

Melbourne, Feb 3: Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh will take his position in the Australian Senate next week with the Labour Party officially confirming him as their pick to represent Western Australia (WA). A joint sitting of WA Parliament on Thursday selected the 38-year-old Ghosh, a...
Multiple gunshots fired at home of Nijjar
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Multiple gunshots fired at home of Nijjar's friend in Canada

Toronto, Feb 2: Gunshots were fired at the house of a Sikh activist related to pro-Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India, who was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in the Canadian province of British Columbia last year.No injuries were reported in the incident, which...
Greek farmers continue protests demanding govt pledged aid without delay
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Greek farmers continue protests demanding govt pledged aid without delay

Athens, Feb 1: Greek farmers are planning protests across the country seeking sufficient financial aid pledged by the government with no delays. According to official estimates, a storm in September caused extensive flooding, resulting in 15 fatalities and huge material damage amounting to about...
Sri Lanka records over 2,00,000 tourist footfall in January
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Sri Lanka records over 2,00,000 tourist footfall in January

Colombo, Feb 1: Over 2,00,000 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka in January this year, official data showed. As per Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, 201,687 tourists, from India, Russia, Germany, the US, Britain, Australia and China have visited the country in January, Xinhua news agency...
Biden administration notifies Congress of sale of drones to India
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Biden administration notifies Congress of sale of drones to India

Washington, Feb 1: The Joe Biden administration notified the US Congress on Thursday of the proposed sale of 31 MQ-9B HALE armed drones, clearing a period of informal review that had raised concerns of the deal being in some kind of jeopardy. Congress now has 30 days to either greenlight the deal...
India pays up $32M annual UN dues, getting place on
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India pays up $32M annual UN dues, getting place on 'honour roll'

United Nations, Feb 2: India has paid its annual dues of $32.895 million to the UN's general budget, according to Stephane Dujarric, the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. At his daily briefing on Thursday, he thanked New Delhi for the contribution which earned it a place on...
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