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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet was today "apprised" of an agreement signed between India and Russia for joint implementation of competitive research projects in areas of basic and exploratory sciences. The agreement, signed in May last year,…
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Beijing: US Secretary of State John Kerry called today for China to do more to rein in North Korea's nuclear activities and decrease tensions over disputed parts of the South China Sea. Wrapping up an eight-day, around-the-world diplomatic…
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Washington: An Indian-American businessman has been sentenced to 21 months in prison by a US court after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The court has also ordered 43-year-old Sawan "Sunny" Shah,…
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Seoul: South Korea today rejected allegations -- levelled in a video "confession" by a detainee in North Korea -- that Seoul was supporting an anti-Pyongyang campaign through missionaries based in China. "We express strong regret that the…
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New York: A day after life-threatening monster snowstorm almost paralysed the entire US East Coast, the iconic John F Kennedy International airport here partially resumed its services with Air India's plane being the first one to land at…
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Anchorage: A magnitude-7.1 earthquake has knocked items off shelves and walls in Alaska, jolting the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. But there were no reports of injuries. Alaska's state seismologist, Michael West,…
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Beirut: The Islamic State group has released a video purporting to show nine jihadists behind the November Paris attacks that killed 130 people, in which they threaten "coalition" countries including Britain. The video posted yesterday on…
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 AGENCY Islamabad: The Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India are expected to meet next month and the two sides are in touch for finalising the new dates amid some "forward movement", a senior Pakistani official said on Sunday. A senior…
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 AGENCY Washington: Terming the Pathankot terror strike as "another example of the inexcusable terrorism that India has endured for too long", US President Barack Obama today demanded of Pakistan that it "delegitimise, disrupt and…
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Sanaa: The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen has said that they are seeking ways to ensure unconditional access to Taiz, a city of about 25,000 residents besieged by Shiite rebels who control the capital and have been…
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