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Chennai custodial death: Police offered Rs 1 lakh bribe to stay silent, al
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 30 (ANI): Almost a week after 25-year old V Vignesh allegedly died in police custody at a police station in Tamil Nadu's Chennai, his brother on Saturday accused the police of offering a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to his family to keep mum over the death.
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India's forex reserves slide to $600.42 billion; 7th straight weekly fall
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 30 (ANI): India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves dipped by $3.27 billion to $600.42 billion for the week ended April 22, registering the seventh straight week of fall, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appears to keep selling dollars to prevent a slide
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Tibetan exile leader on US visit seeks support against China's repression
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Tibetan exile leader Penpa Tsering, who was on a US visit earlier this week, met with congressional leaders, state department officials, civil society groups, and local Tibetan Americans and Chinese Americans to build on strong bipartisan support for Tibet.
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Spectacular lightning display of Malaysia's night sky goes viral
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 30 (ANI): A photo of lightning seemingly striking Twin Tower in Malaysia has gone viral on social media this weekend.
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SC directs Kerala prisoners on parole due to COVID-19 surrender within two
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday directed prisoners out on interim bail or parole due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in prison to surrender before the respective jails in Kerala within two weeks.
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Radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl plant within safe range: IAEA
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chornobyl [Ukraine], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Radiation levels at the exclusion zone of Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which Russian forces had controlled for weeks before withdrawing in late March, have remained within the safe range, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sa
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Brandi Carlile tests Covid positive, drops out of Stagecoach
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile has tested positive for Covid-19, sharing the news on Wednesday evening through a video on her official Instagram. As a result, she has to cancel her planned set at Stagecoach this weekend.
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China's inadequate response to unprecedented crisis disappoints Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 28 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last week told Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that Beijing is ready to play a constructive role in the island nation's socio-economic development and it empathizes with Sri Lanka for the difficulties and challenges
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Days of relief may come, heatwaves likely to fall in India in May beginnin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): As Delhi breached the 40-degree temperature mark this week, a private forecaster, Skymet Weather on Wednesday issued a warning with the prediction that heatwaves will last until the end of this month and may witness a downfall at the beginning of May.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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Nabhkumar Raju Launches Holy River International Film School and Productio
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 27 (ANI/PNN): Writer and Director Nabhkumar Raju of Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain fame (Govinda and Urmila Matondkar) and Chot (Ashutosh Rana) launched his HOLY RIVER INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL and Productions, India at a star-studded press conference at The Club i
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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek withdraws from Madrid Open due to shoulder injury
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], April 27 (ANI): World number one Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from this week's Madrid Open, citing a right shoulder injury.
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