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Kabul: The Taliban captured a second district in the northern Kunduz province today after heavy fighting with local security forces. Mohammad Yusuf Ayubi, head of the provincial council, said the insurgents attacked the district of Dashti…
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London: A man in the UK, who weighed an astonishing 412 kg and was dubbed Britain's fattest man, has died at the young age of 33. Carl Thompson, who used to consume around 10,000 calories a day, died at his home in Kent yesterday. Police,…
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Charleston: Several thousand people crowded onto one of the longest bridges in the Americas and joined hands in a show of solidarity with the victims of the Charleston church massacre. From Charleston to suburban Mount Pleasant, they…
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Karachi: At least 141 people, including 132 in Karachi, have died due to an intense heatwave sweeping across many parts of Pakistan's southern Sindh province. Nine deaths were reported from Thatta and Tharparkar in the interior of the…
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Washington: Terming the controversial retrospective taxation regime a "legacy issue", Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has assured US investors that the government does not intend to legislate retrospectively and is looking to…
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Washington: While the world celebrated the first International Yoga Day today, over 20 million Americans have already been practicising the ancient Indian meditative exercise, fuelling the whopping USD 27 billion yoga industry in the…
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Zurich: India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners' money in Swiss banks and it now accounts for a meagre 0.123 per cent of the total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in Switzerland's banking system. While the UK and the…
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Washington: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met top US officials here and raised India's concerns over key bilateral issues, including totalisation agreement and the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty. In a series of meetings with US…
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today expressed his resentment over power outages in Pakistan during Ramzan and ordered top officials to take "all steps" to address the issue that has provoked violent protests. During a meeting,…
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Kathmandu: About USD 20 million is needed to support farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal so that they can resume agricultural activities and stave off the threat of prolonged food insecurity, FAO today said. For the current cropping season,…
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