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London: If your birthday falls on June 30, you can celebrate for a wee bit longer this year! The last day of June this year will get an extra second after the Paris Observatory announced it was adding a leap second to clocks. Dials will…
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Visakhapatnam: American Defence Secretary Ashton Carter today started his three-day visit to the country during which India and US will sign the 10-year defence framework agreement that will steer bilateral ties in the crucial sector. The…
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Kathmandu: A 4-magnitude aftershock was today felt in Nepal, nearly five weeks after the country's worst quake killed nearly 9,000 people. However, the tremor recorded at 10.48 am with epicentre at Dolakha district, was felt over 30 hours…
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Stockholm: Sweden has backed India's bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council, saying the country is a "natural claimant" for it in view of its size as well as growth. Sweden also supported India's entry into the Missile…
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Washington: The US and India need to fight violence, terrorism and poverty together, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said. In her remarks to a delegation led by Jain leader Acharya Dr Lokesh Muni, Clinton said in future…
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Beijing: A passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze river in southern China after being caught in a cyclone. The ship named Dongfangzhixing or "Eastern Star" was headed from Nanjing to Chongqing when it…
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Pithoragarh: The 17,500-feet high Lipulekh Pass here has been opened for this year's India-China trade and Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. A trade office has been set-up at Gunji base camp and a control room established at the Indo-Tibetan…
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Tehran: Iran says a magnitude-4.4 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district some 110 kilometres (70 miles) northwest of Bushehr, home to the Islamic Republic's only operational nuclear power plant. There were no immediate reports…
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New Delhi: Palestinians can play a crucial role in ending the decades-long conflict with Israel by keeping up the pressure and using their collective power like the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, says Palestine's leading writer…
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Dhaka: Bangladesh is set to honour former premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his outstanding support for the country's independence from Pakistan in 1971 when he was a Lok Sabha member. A Foreign Ministry spokesman familiar with the process…
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