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In a shocking development, the Gyanvapi mosque management committee has apprehended that the historic structure may fall during the survey…
Israel’s parliament passed a law on July 24, 2023, that limits the Supreme Court’s ability to rein in government actions,…
On 26 July, 2023, the lower house of the Indian parliament, amidst protests, passed a Bill to amend the country’s…
Throughout the weekend, Indian-Americans and allied entities held protests in the US states of California, New Jersey and Massachusetts, to…
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When water levels rose in a tributary of the Koshi river during the 2019 monsoon, villagers of Launiya in Nepal’s…
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Each July, comics fans, professionals and scholars descend on San Diego, California, for Comic-Con International – a celebration of the…
When parts of Delhi were inundated with floodwaters several meters high in early July, several reports said that the river…
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