An Indian student was killed on Tuesday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city that is being battered by heavy shelling by Russian forces. The student has been identified as Naveen Shekhararappa Gyanagoudar, a native of Haveri district in Karnataka. He was a student of Kharkiv National Medical University. According to …
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The Indian Embassy in Ukraine has advised Indians stranded there amid the war to exercise caution at all times and not move to any border posts to exit the country without prior coordination with its officials. The fresh advisory was issued in view of increasing Russian attacks on several Ukrainian cities and reports of heavy fighting around the capital Kyiv. …
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The ‘Tank man of Tiananmen Square’ of simply the ‘Tank man’ is one of the most iconic images in history. It was the 1989 photo of a yet-to-be-identified Chinese man who stood in front of a column of tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in China, the day after the violent crackdown on the Tiananmen protests. Wikimedia While he did not end …
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Indian-American economic advisor Daleep Singh is leading the efforts of the Joe Biden administration to impose punitive sanctions on Russia over its actions against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees to recognise Ukraine’s regions of “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics” as “independent”, escalating the tension in the region and increasing fears of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. He also ordered Russian …
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For many years now, we all have witnessed huge political and financial scams/frauds in our country involving money which amounts to multi-million dollars. And these are just the ones which have been exposed! Here’s a list of 5 bizarre scams that could have happened only in India. Take a look. Jump To 1) Chitra Ramakrishna and Himalayan Yogi 2) 1987 …
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A court in Gujarat has sentenced 38 people to death in the Ahmedabad serial blasts that killed 56 people in 2008. The court on Friday sentenced 38 of the 49 convicts to death under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The 11 others were sentenced to life in jail till …
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The Thane District Administration in Maharashtra has decided to cull nearly 25,000 birds after some 100 chickens had died in a poultry farm due to avian influenza. The chicken were found dead in a poultry farm in Vehloli village of Shahapur tehsil in Thane district, and birds falling in a kilometre radius of it will be killed in the coming …
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India is slowly doing away with quarantine provisions for international arrivals in the country. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has released detailed guidelines for international arrivals at airports and seaports in the country. Now international passengers arriving at the IGI Airport will not require to undergo mandatory weeklong quarantine as new Covid-19 guidelines of the Ministry of Health …
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Amid the hijab row in Karnataka’s schools and colleges, a Congress MLA in the state claimed that the rate is highest in India because some women don’t wear hijab. “Hijab means ‘parda’ (veil) in Islam. It is for hiding the beauty of girls when they come of age. Today you can see that the rape rate is the highest in …
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A 48-year old woman from Boisar in Palghar district died after she suffered grievous internal injuries in a fight that took place between two families on February 10, allegedly over a Whatsapp status put up by her college-going daughter, police said. Three people, including two women, have been arrested for culpable homicide and have been remanded to police custody. iStock …
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