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Uyghurs in Turkey commemorate Baren revolution

Around 120 Uyghur men and women joined the protest which was addressed by local Uyghur leader Abdullahad Udun, General Secretary of East Turkestan Human Right Watch (ETHR) and activist Omer Qarim.

2023-04-06T03:12:25.025296+00:00 IST

Police shut down online market dealing in stolen identities

The law enforcement, carrying out the operation, inolving 17 countries, on Tuesday, shut down the Genesis Market and its infrastructure seized.

2023-04-05T20:31:21.363101+00:00 IST

UNHRC: India abstains on extension of investigation into Ukraine

The resolution was, anyhow, adopted as 28 countries supported the draft Resolution, while 17 countries abstained including India and only 2 countries were against this. It is pertinent to mention that China is one of the countries which said no.

2023-04-04T23:16:58.108031+00:00 IST

6.4 magnitude quake hits Costa Rica's capital

"Earthquake of Magnitude:6.4, Occurred on 05-04-2023, 03:48:15 IST, Lat: 7.54 & Long: -82.33, Depth: 31 Km, Location: 328km SE of San Jose, Costa Rica," NCS said in a tweet.

2023-04-04T23:13:05.158849+00:00 IST

UAE Foreign Minister meets Greek counterpart

UAE's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday.

2023-04-04T01:51:02.080564+00:00 IST

"Faced discrimination due to 'anti-India rhetoric'": LSE student

Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Karan Kataria, a Lawyer pursuing Masters in the LSE campus and running for the General Secretary of the LSE Student Union, has claimed that he was disqualified from fighting for the General Secretary post for being a "Hindu nationalist".

2023-04-03T23:32:13.327185+00:00 IST

Kenya to launch its first operational Satellite with SpaceX

The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) will launch the satellite on April 11 aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

2023-04-03T20:26:11.846732+00:00 IST

5.0 magnitude earthquake hits La Libertad, El Salvador

The earthquake occurred at 18:06:06 (UTC+05:30) and hit La Libertad, El Salvador at a depth of 10 km, the USGS informed.

2023-04-03T13:30:02.308254+00:00 IST

Why India is placed near the bottom of this Global Startup Index

The BNG study also looked at each country's population, average monthly salary, GDP and GDP per capita. Furthermore, happiness score, the cost of living, and quality of life were included in calculating the final index score to find out where the most content employees reside, as these measures help drive productivity and growth.

2023-04-03T01:29:53.006734+00:00 IST

In upcoming Turkey polls, Erdogan faces biggest test

The forthcoming elections are expected to decide the future course of Turkey's economy which is in a bad shape due to Erdogan's unorthodox policy of low-interest rates that caused inflation to run out of control and the value of the Turkish lira to plummet.

2023-04-03T01:14:22.534417+00:00 IST

7.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea's capital

"Earthquake of Magnitude:7.2, Occurred on 02-04-2023, 23:34:12 IST, Lat: -4.34 & Long: 143.23, Depth: 80 Km, Location: 715km NW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea," NCS said in a tweet.

2023-04-03T01:08:18.570122+00:00 IST

Russia's Wagner group claims Ukraine's Bakhmut captured

Giving details about the incident, Prigozhin said, "April 2, 23:00 precisely. Behind me is the building of [Artyomovsk's] city administration. This Russian flag is for Vladlen Tatarsky, [the Russian military reporter killed in a blast in St. Petersburg on Sunday]," according to the TASS agency citing the Telegram channel of the Wagner Group founder's press service.

2023-04-03T00:37:18.793343+00:00 IST

Russian war blogger killed in explosion at St Petersburg cafe

The ministry's press centre said, " "At 6:13 p.m. on April 2, 2023, the police received information about a blast in Universitetsjaya Embankment 25. As a result, one person was killed. It was war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. Sixteen people were wounded."

2023-04-02T18:46:27.850941+00:00 IST

Norway contributes USD23.7 mn of funding to boost UN's capacity

The funds will be channelled through FAO's Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA), which is a funding mechanism with streamlined procedures to receive flexible contributions from donors and allocate them where and when they are most needed.

2023-04-02T01:35:19.524640+00:00 IST

Syrian Foreign Minister meets Egyptian counterpart in Cairo

According to the SANA, the conversation between the two addressed the strengthening of brotherly relations and the latest events in the region and the world.

2023-04-02T01:19:28.951656+00:00 IST

Highest-ever EU trade deficit recorded in 2022

Also in 2022, driven by increasing prices, extra-EU imports (+41 per cent) and exports (+18 per cent) reached their highest year-on-year growth rates recorded over the last ten years.

2023-04-02T01:12:41.744341+00:00 IST

Italian government seeks to ban use of English words

In the Italian Chamber of Deputies (Lower House), politician Fabio Rampelli introduced the legislation which was supported by the Prime Minister.

2023-04-02T00:00:00.995115+00:00 IST

Pope Francis returns home from hospital

Pope Francis was released from Gemelli Hospital on Saturday morning following a brief hospital stay that involved scheduled tests and treatment for bronchitis.

2023-04-01T22:17:10.711966+00:00 IST

Tunisia introduces water quota system amid drought

Amid severe drought, Tunisia, the Northernmost country in Africa, has put strict restrictions on the usage of water. the government has introduced a water quota system and has banned the usage of potable water for agriculture, Al Jazeera reported.

2023-04-01T04:55:02.523632+00:00 IST

Indians among eight found dead near US-Canada border

The bodies are those of six adults and two children - one below the age of three who had a Canadian passport, and another an infant who was also a Canadian citizen, CBC reported citing the police chief for the nearby Kanien'keha:ka community of Akwesasne, Shawn Dulude.

2023-03-31T23:25:39.101283+00:00 IST