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Mumbai : The rupee depreciated by four paise to 60.47 against the US currency in opening trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market due to dollar's gains against other currencies overseas. Forex dealers said besides…
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Phagwara : A 52-year-old worker was buried alive while five others sustained injuries, when a shed caved in after the chimney of a factory fell over it in Baba Gadhiya locality here, police said today. The deceased has been identified as…
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Singapore ; Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority will set up a monitoring and operations control centre to help the government guard against, and respond swiftly, to security threats, the government announced Tuesday. The…
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Srinagar :  The first batch of pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir for Haj 2014 left the summer capital of Srinagar Wednesday on a direct flight to Madina in Saudi Arabia. The 275 pilgrims boarded the Air India flight from Srinagar to Madina…
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Geneva : More than 300 people have died while trying to make irregular sea crossings from North Africa to Europe in the past week, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)said. "The past few days have been the deadliest, with…
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Paris :  French President Francois Hollande Tuesday named a new cabinet under Prime Minister Manual Valls and dropped ministers who rebelled against austerity measures, BBC reported. The first government of Valls, appointed less than five…
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New York : The popular photo-sharing site Instagram has launched a new app that allows you to make timelapse videos using standard video captured with your smartphone. The Hyperlapse app offers iPhone users a way to make…
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Guwahati : Over 12 lakh people have been affected in floods in 16 districts of Assam. Many rivers, including the mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries, continue to flow above the danger level, the authorities said Wednesday. Officials…
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How does Sri Lanka fare after the end of a quarter century of ethnic conflict? Vasantha ferries visitors all around the island in a van bought with savings after retiring early. The road journeys are as much an eye opener to the Sri Lankan…
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New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Wednesday said that though there was no bar on the prime minister recommending any person to be a minister in the government, being a custodian of constitutional morality and trust, he is expected not to make…
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