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AGENCY BANGKOK: A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed and 730 injured in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit…
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STATE TIMES NEWS CAPE CANAVERAL: Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than…
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STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: Of the four astronauts undergoing rigorous training for the upcoming human Space mission "Gaganyaan", one of them Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has been selected to accompany the mission to the…
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AGENCY QUETTA (PAKISTAN): A roadside bomb exploded near a bus carrying security forces in restive southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least five officers and wounding 10 others, police said.The attack occurred in Naushki, a…
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CHENNAI: The Centre has recently accorded approval for the ambitious Chandrayaan-5 mission to study the Moon, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said on Sunday. At an event to felicitate him for taking over as the Chairman of the…
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STATE TIMES NEWS PORT LOUIS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received Mauritius' highest honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean, calling it a tribute to the centuries-old cultural and…
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AGENCY PORT LOUIS: Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam on Tuesday announced that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will be conferred with the nation’s highest honour, The Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key…
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AGENCY KARACHI: Several passengers were injured when gunmen attacked a train in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan on Tuesday, prompting the provincial government to direct authorities to take "emergency measures". Jaffar Express, with…
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AGENCY SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk's X social media platform suffered multiple outages early Monday. Complaints about outages spiked Monday at 6 a.m. and again at 10 a.m, with more than 40,000 users reporting no access to the platform,…
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STATE TIMES NEWS Dubai: India sealed an unprecedented third Champions Trophy triumph with an unblemished record as Rohit Sharma combined his inherent freedom with steely resolve to inspire his side to a four-wicket win in a…
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