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New Gym Creates Safe Space For Afghan Women

In Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a fresh outlet for her decades of advocacy…

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India’s Coronavirus Infections Spike Again After Dip

India’s coronavirus infections surged again on Wednesday, a day after falling to their lowest figure in almost a month. In…

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Australia Counts Record 470 Stranded Whales As Rescue Continues

Rescuers trying to free a pod of whales beached off the Australian island of Tasmania said on Wednesday they had…

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India, China Agree Not To Send More Troops To Ladakh Border

India and China have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to…

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New Covid-19 Infections At Lowest In Almost A Month

India reported 75,083 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to federal health data released…

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Afghan Woman Prays That Peace Will Save Her 4th Husband

Heavily pregnant Taj Bibi prays for her fourth husband as the Afghan soldier sets off to battle the Taliban, hoping…

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Ang Rita Sherpa, 1st To Climb Mt Everest 10 Times, Dies

Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, died of a lengthy illness on Monday, his…

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Money-Laundering Fight Starts With Transparency

Big banks want you to know that reports they processed hundreds of billions of dollars of potentially dodgy funds are…

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Why Many Farmers & Politicians Oppose Modi’s Farm Laws

The Parliament has approved new farm bills that the government says will unshackle farmers from having to sell their produce…

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Taj Mahal Gets First Visitors As Covid-19 Infections Climb

India reopened the Taj Mahal after six months on Monday, with the first visitors trickling into the famous monument as…

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Atleast 10 Dead In Maha Building Collapse, Dozens Feared Trapped

At least 10 people were killed on Monday and dozens were feared trapped when a portion of a three-storey residential…

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Satyarthi Fears Upsurge In Child Labour As Covid-19 Shrivels Economy

For four decades, Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but…

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NIA Arrests 9 Al Qaeda Militants Planning Terrorist Attacks

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday it has arrested nine al Qaeda militants who were planning attacks in…

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Parliament Session May Be Cut Short As Covid-19 Cases Rise

The Parliament session, that began this week, is likely to be cut short after 30 lawmakers were found infected with…

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Indian Army Indicts Soldiers In Killing Of Suspected Kashmiri Militants

The Indian Army has launched disciplinary proceedings against an unspecified number of soldiers following an inquiry into the killing of…

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Eye-Watering Problem: Optician’s Claim Threatens Nation’s Banks

When business evaporated at Gajendra Sharma’s eyeglass shop a couple of miles from the Taj Mahal during India’s strict COVID-19…

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Google Removes Paytm Mobile App From Store Over Policy Violations

Google on Friday removed the payments app Paytm from its Android store, citing violations of its gambling policy by the…

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UK Hands Over To India 3 Bronze Statues Stolen In 1978

Britain has returned three antique bronze sculptures to Indian authorities more than 40 years after they were stolen from a…

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Mitra The Robot Helps COVID Patients Speak To Loved Ones

A hospital in India has deployed a customer-service robot to patrol its wards, connecting coronavirus patients to friends and relatives.…

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UN Food Chief Urges Billionaires To Help World’s Starving

United Nations food chief David Beasley has called on the world’s billionaires to step up to help save some 30…

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COVID-19 Driving Discrimination In Asia: Red Cross

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving…

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Delhi Police File Rioting Charges Against Govt Critics

Delhi Police have filed charges against 15 people over Hindu-Muslim riots in the capital, a spokesman said on Thursday, prompting…

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Egypt Cuts Highways Across Pyramids Plateau, Alarming Conservationists

Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and expanding a project that was suspended in…

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Global Coronavirus Cases To Soon Cross 30 Million

Global coronavirus cases are expected to pass 30 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic showing…

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World’s Longest Highway Tunnel Above 10,000 Ft Ready

The construction of the Atal Tunnel connecting Manali with Leh, which is the world's longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet,…

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