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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia: Report
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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia: Report

Islamabad, Feb 4: Pakistan has blocked Wikipedia after the website refused to remove offensive or blasphemous material, according to a media report on Saturday. The blacklisting of Wikipedia comes days after the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) degraded Wikipedia services for 48 hours,...
Sacred rocks from Nepal to build Ram statue in Ayodhya handed over
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Sacred rocks from Nepal to build Ram statue in Ayodhya handed over

Kathmandu/Ayodhya, Feb 2: Two 'sacred rocks' excavated from the Kaligandaki River of Nepal to build a statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya were handed to the Ram Mandir Trust on Thursday.At a ceremony in Ayodhya earlier in the day, Janaki Temple Mahantha Ram Tapeshwor Das handed over the rocks or...
Mystery how suicide bomber managed to sneak in to Peshawar mosque
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Mystery how suicide bomber managed to sneak in to Peshawar mosque

Peshawar, Feb 2: The January 31 suicide bombing at the sprawling mosque in Peshawar's Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines area was among the deadliest to hit this city.Headquarters to capital city police and half a dozen other units including the frontier reserve police, the special security unit...
NSA Doval, US defence official discuss military coordination over China threat
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NSA Doval, US defence official discuss military coordination over China threat

New York, Feb 1: India's National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and US Deputy Defence Secretary Kathleen Hicks discussed strengthening coordination between the militaries of the two countries in the face of the threat from China. US Defence Department spokesperson Eric Pahon said after the...
46 killed, over 100 injured in Taliban suicide attack in Peshawar
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46 killed, over 100 injured in Taliban suicide attack in Peshawar

Peshawar, Jan 30: A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 100 others, mostly policemen, security and health...
7 killed, 440 injured in Iran earthquake
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7 killed, 440 injured in Iran earthquake

Guwahati, Jan 29: In a tragic incident, as many as 7 persons have been killed and over 440 has been reportedly injured in the city of Khoy in West Azarbaijan province of Iran on Saturday.The earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale has hit caused tremors in many cities nearby, according to...
India important partner of choice for US, says Biden admin official ahead of NSA Dovals planned trip
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India important partner of choice for US, says Biden admin official ahead of NSA...

Washington, Jan 27: India is an important partner of choice for the United States, the Biden administration has said ahead of a crucial visit by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval for talks with the top American leadership, including his counterpart Jake Sullivan. In response to a question on...
Jacinda Ardern makes last speech as NZ PM
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Jacinda Ardern makes last speech as NZ PM

Wellington, Jan 24: A teary-eyed Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday made her last speech as the Prime Minister of New Zealand with successor Chris Hipkins beside her. The outgoing Labor leader on her last day as Prime Minister said her departure should not be viewed as a negative commentary on New...
Chris Hipkins to be New Zealands next prime minister
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Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand's next prime minister

Wellington, Jan 21: Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the contest Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, 44, must still get an endorsement Sunday from his Labour Party colleagues in Parliament but that...
Jacinda Ardern resigns as PM of New Zealand after 6 yrs in power
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Jacinda Ardern resigns as PM of New Zealand after 6 yrs in power

Wellington, Jan 20: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced that she will step down next month after being in power for six years, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead. "I had hoped that I would find what I needed to carry on over that period but,...
Failure to deploy full flaps may have caused Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal
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Failure to deploy full flaps may have caused Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal's...

Kathmandu, Jan 19: The pilots of the Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed in Nepal's resort city of Pokhara may have failed to fully deploy the wing flaps while attempting to land, leading to a stall, a media report said on Thursday. On January 15, a Yeti Airlines aircraft crashed into a gorge...
2001 to 2011 warmest decade in the last millennium in central Greenland: Study
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2001 to 2011 warmest decade in the last millennium in central Greenland: Study

London, Jan 19: Scientists have found that the years 2001 to 2011 were the warmest in the last thousand years at high elevations of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The scientists also found that the region was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than during the 20th century. The team of scientists led by the...
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