(Trigger Warning: The story contains details and photographs of violence and rape, which could be triggering for some readers.) The life of a 14-year-old teenager from Ukraine has toppled upside down. At an age where she should be living a life free of worries, she is burdened by a heavy choice: Where to keep her …
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(TW: This story contains details of animal abuse, which could trigger some readers.) While crimes against women in India continue to increase, it looks like even animals aren’t safe. A few days after four men were arrested for raping a lizard in Maharashtra, a Lucknow man was detained by police for raping a cow. Representational Image/Unsplash In an incident that …
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine next week after a stop in Moscow to confer with President Vladimir Putin about the war, the UN said Friday. Guterres will see Zelensky and Ukraine’s foreign minister on Thursday, two days after visiting Moscow, the United Nations said in a statement. The Kremlin confirmed Friday that …
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Ola Electric is recalling 1,441 units of its electric two-wheelers in the wake of incidents of vehicles catching fire, according to a company statement. The company said its investigation into the fire incident on March 26, in Pune, is ongoing and a preliminary assessment found that it was an isolated one. However, it said, “As a pre-emptive measure we will …
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Verizon has resolved an issue that disrupted mobile service for some customers across the US. Complaints began Tuesday, and by 4:50 p.m. ET on Wednesday, more than 23,000 issues were reported to the website Down Detector. “The issue was identified and resolved by Verizon engineers and the majority of impacted customers should be seeing service as usual,” said Verizon spokesperson …
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Joisna Mary Joseph, who is at the centre of a love jihad controversy in Kerala said that she married the person she loved and expressed hope that her parents will approve her marriage. Her remarks came after the Kerala High Court dismissed the petition filed by Joisna’s father against her marriage to a Muslim man named Shejin. Jump To I …
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For many years, Delhi has retained the dubious distinction of being the most polluted capital city in the world. Several other cities in India, too, have regularly featured in the list of the most polluted cities globally. AFP The combination of several factors including stubble burning, industries, emissions from vehicles etc. contributes to the total pollution of cities across India. Despite …
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Extreme poverty in India declined by 12.3 percentage points between 2011 and 2019, with rural areas doing better than urban centres, according to a working paper of the World Bank. India has not released a new household consumption survey since the NSS from 2011. By extension, the country has not released any official estimates of poverty and inequality for over …
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Three explosions rocked a high school in western Kabul on Tuesday, killing six people and injuring 11, according to Afghan police officials. Many residents in the neighbourhood belong to the Shia Hazara community, an ethnic and religious minority frequently targeted by Sunni terrorist groups, including Islamic State. “Three blasts have taken place … in a high school, there are some …
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Drone footage taken on Monday, April 18 showed dozens of new graves for those who died during Russia’s invasion of the northern Ukrainian town of Irpin. Reuters reports the presence of at least three new rows of graves, most of which had markings labelled with a date of death after February 24 – the day when Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukrainian …
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