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1 person dying every 44 seconds due to Covid: WHO chief
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1 person dying every 44 seconds due to Covid: WHO chief

New Delhi, Sep 11: As the world embarks on living a normal life post the pandemic amid declining cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that one person with Covid-19 is still dying every 44 seconds globally. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, said that this virus...
US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
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US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

New York, Sep 11: Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on US soil. Victims' relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed...
India-Myanmar border: Narco corridor to hotspot for smugglers of exotic species
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India-Myanmar border: Narco corridor to hotspot for smugglers of exotic species

Guwahati/Aizawl, Sep 11: The 1,643-km long India-Myanmar unfenced borders, which have already turned into a hotspot of illegal trade in various highly addictive drugs, gold, arms and ammunition and other contraband, have also become an easy route for smuggling of endangered and exotic animals from...
Public holiday declared for Queen
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Public holiday declared for Queen's state funeral

London, Sep 10: King Charles III has declared that the day of his mother's funeral will be a public holiday. Charles approved the decision during his formal accession ceremony on Saturday. The date of Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral has not been announced but is expected to be around Sept...
King Charles III pledges lifelong service as UKs new monarch
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King Charles III pledges 'lifelong service' as UK's new monarch

London, Sep 10: King Charles III has pledged "lifelong service" in his first address to the UK and the Commonwealth after assuming the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The televised speech was broadcast on Friday as a service to remember the late Queen, attended by...
First humanitarian shipment of grain from Ukraine arrives in Ethiopia
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First humanitarian shipment of grain from Ukraine arrives in Ethiopia

United Nations, Sep 9: The first humanitarian shipment of grain from Ukraine by the World Food Programme (WFP) has arrived in Ethiopia, a UN spokesman said. The WFP said the grain, delivered under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by Turkey and the UN, will support one month of assistance...
Air India kicks off direct flights to Doha from key cities as Qatar prepares to host football extravaganza
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Air India 'kicks off' direct flights to Doha from key cities as Qatar prepares...

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Air India on Thursday announced the introduction of 20 new flights per week to Qatar from key Indian cities. The added capacity will cater to the surge in demand expected around the football extravaganza in Qatar scheduled in November and December 2022. The flights, to be...
Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal receives threat messages
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Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal receives threat messages

Washington, Sept 9: Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been receiving abusive and hate messages over phone. On Thursday, she posted a collection of five such audio messages. In all these, portions of which have been redacted because of obscene and abusive content, the male caller is...
Operation London Bridge sets in with passing away Queen Elizabeth II
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'Operation London Bridge' sets in with passing away Queen Elizabeth II

New York, Sep 9: Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British monarch (70 years), passed away at 96 in London, paving the way for her first-born Prince Charles to become the King and a long-planned "Operation London Bridge" to go underway in the British Isles. The national anthem immediately...
Queen Elizabeth II passes away, Prince Charles succeeds as king
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Queen Elizabeth II passes away, Prince Charles succeeds as king

London, Sep 8: Prince Charles, 73, who had been heir to the crown for 70 years -- the longest in the country's history -- has ascended the British throne.The development followed immediately upon his mother Queen Elizabeth II, 96, passed away after being monarch since 1952 - which surpassed Queen...
Chinese man trapped aloft in hydrogen balloon for 2 days
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Chinese man trapped aloft in hydrogen balloon for 2 days

Beijing, Sep 8: Chinese state media say a man has been found safe after he spent two days aloft in a hydrogen balloon, traveling about 320 kilometers (200 miles), after it became untethered and flew away while he was using it to harvest pine nuts from a tree. The man, identified only by his...
Two antibodies identified in Israel may fight all known Covid strains: Study
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Two antibodies identified in Israel may fight all known Covid strains: Study

Jerusalem, Sep 8: Scientists in Israel have isolated two antibodies from the immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients that may neutralise all known strains of SARS-CoV-2, including Omicron, with up to 95 per cent efficiency. The team at Tel Aviv University noted that targeted treatment with...
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