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UN Secy-General saddened by loss of life, injury in Odisha train accident
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UN Secy-General saddened by loss of life, injury in Odisha train accident

United Nations, June 4: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha that has killed over 280 people and injured hundreds more.The crash in Odisha's Balasore district involving three trains is one of the worst rail accidents...
US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts
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US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts

Washington, May 3: The US approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that's most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, too. The Food and Drug Administration decision makes GSK's shot, called Arexvy, the...
Indian democracy is a global public good; its collapse will have an impact on world says Rahul Gandhi
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Indian democracy is a 'global public good'; its 'collapse' will have an impact...

Washington, Jun 2: Asserting that Indian democracy is a "global public good", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that its "collapse" will have an impact on the world and is not in America's national interest. At the same time, Gandhi, who is currently on a six-day tour of the United States, said...
6 killed, 2 injured in explosion inside house in Pakistans Punjab province
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6 killed, 2 injured in explosion inside house in Pakistan's Punjab province

Lahore, Jun 1: At least six persons of the same family were killed on Thursday in an explosion inside their house in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said. The incident took place in the province's Kot Addu district. Muzaffargarh District Police Officer (DPO) Syed Hasnain Haider, said that all...
Dont rule out Covid lab leak theory: Top Chinese scientist
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Don't rule out Covid lab leak theory: Top Chinese scientist

London, May 31: The theory that Covid-19 is the result of a lab-leak should not be discounted, a top Chinese scientist has said. "You can always suspect anything. That's science. Don't rule out anything," George Fu Gao, was quoted as saying in an interview for the BBC Radio 4 podcast, 'Fever: The...
Birmingham elects first ever British-Indian Lord Mayor
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Birmingham elects first ever British-Indian Lord Mayor

London, May 29: Councillor Chaman Lal has become the first ever British-Indian Sikh to take oath as Birmingham's Lord Mayor. Born in Pakhowal village of Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, Lal came to England in 1964 with his mother to join his father Sardar Harnam Singh, a British-Indian army officer...
Cambodia crocodile farmer torn apart after falling into reptile enclosure
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Cambodia crocodile farmer torn apart after falling into reptile enclosure

Cambodia, May 27: A crocodile farmer in Cambodia was ripped apart by around 40 of the reptiles after falling into their enclosure, according to police. Luan Nam, 72, had been trying to move one of the animals out of a cage when it grabbed his stick in its mouth, pulling him in. The other...
US congressional panel on China suggests NATO+ status for India
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US congressional panel on China suggests NATO+ status for India

Washington, May 27: A US congressional committee has recommended that India should be added to an expanded group of close American allies currently called NATO+5 as part of a broader effort to deter any Chinese military aggression against Taiwan. The panel also suggested that to improve the...
IT issues force cancellation of 43 British Airways flights
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IT issues force cancellation of 43 British Airways flights

London, May 26: IT issues have forced the cancellation of 43 British Airways flights scheduled to depart and arrive into London's Heathrow airport. The flights were cancelled as of 5 p.m. on Thursday evening, the BBC reported citing aviation data firm Cirium as saying. About 800 flights in...
Germany falls into recession
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Germany falls into recession

Berlin, May 26: Germany has fallen into recession after high prices took a bigger toll on the country's economy than originally anticipated, official data revealed on Thursday. The data by Germany's federal statistical office showed gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3 per cent in the first...
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Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan behind May 9 attack on military establishments:...

Lahore, May 25: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan and his close aides coordinated the unprecedented attacks on the military installations in Lahore and other parts of Punjab province on May 9 following his arrest, the Punjab police chief alleged on Thursday. Citing a geo-fencing...
Damage to Russian-occupied dam submerges Ukrainian reservoir island community
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Damage to Russian-occupied dam submerges Ukrainian reservoir island community

Lysohirka (Ukraine), May 25: The rising waters came as a relief at first, for both the tiny community living on the islands in the southern Kakhovka Reservoir and for everyone who had feared the low levels risked a meltdown at the nearby Russian-occupied nuclear power plant. Since mid-February,...
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