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26 September, 2021

Indian Overseas Congress USA stages protest against Modi policies at the United Nations

NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian Overseas Congress, USA, an advocacy organization that promotes democracy, human rights, and equal justice together…

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26 September, 2021

Beautiful Bengal

West Bengal boasts of different ethnicities, cultures, religions, people and languages which add to its beautiful landscapes, forests, coastal beauty…

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26 September, 2021

Pitru Paksha Shradh

The full moon time of Bhadrapada and the Pratipada of Krishna Paksha of Ashwin month from Amavasya is called Pitru…

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26 September, 2021

Banks can now sell fraud loans to ARCs

Mumbai (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, Sept 24,  allowed banks to sell fraud loan exposures to…

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26 September, 2021

Sensex scripts history, crosses 60,000 mark for first time; Nifty nears 18,000

Mumbai (TIP): The BSE Sensex made history on Friday, Sept 24,  by reaching the 60,000 mark for the first time…

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26 September, 2021

ADB slashes India’s GDP growth forecast

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India’s growth projections for the current financial year by a percentage point to…

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26 September, 2021

Vanessa Hudgens tells how she got bruised doing pole dance

Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she had Zoom pole dancing lessons during the lockdown, which were "tough" and left her bruised.…

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26 September, 2021

107-year-old Japanese twins certified as world’s oldest

Tokyo (TIP): Two Japanese sisters have been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living identical twins, aged…

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26 September, 2021

Researchers detect malaria resistant to key drug in Africa

London (TIP): Scientists have found evidence of a resistant form of malaria in Uganda, a worrying sign that the top…

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26 September, 2021

Vaccine certification for travel must meet ‘minimum criteria’, says UK

London (TIP): The UK government has said that Covid-19 vaccine certification from all countries must meet a “minimum criteria” and…

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26 September, 2021

China declares all cryptocurrency transactions illegal

Beijing (TIP): China’s central bank on September 24 declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up…

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26 September, 2021

UK to make it illegal for restaurant employers to keep staff tips

London (TIP): The UK government said on September 24 that it will make it illegal for employers to withhold tips…

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26 September, 2021

6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia

Sydney/Melbourne (TIP): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Melbourne on september 23, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country's biggest quakes…

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26 September, 2021

History This Week

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history." Martin Luther King, Jr. September 24 September 24, 1957…

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26 September, 2021

Quad or AUKUS – India needs to review its involvement in blocs

The interests of the US and India find convergence on the issue of threats to the two countries from terrorists…

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26 September, 2021

Death of a Mahant

Ensure punishment to criminals in holy robes The mysterious death of Mahant Narendra Giri, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara…

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26 September, 2021

Congress fiasco

Captain’s exit as CM leaves party on sticky wicket in Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh’s unceremonious exit as the Punjab Chief…

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26 September, 2021

A one-party juggernaut and its feeble challengers

With no glue still to bond the Opposition, the non-party movements of resistance could offer hope for change Paradoxically, the…

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26 September, 2021

Quad, AUKUS, SAARC… and a divided Asia

AUKUS: Yet another anti-China grouping created by the US “We Indians, instead of sorting out our disputes with China on…

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26 September, 2021

The crisis manager: Angela Merkel’s double-edged European legacy

Across a decade of rolling threats, from the euro zone to Brexit and Covid, Germany’s outgoing chancellor focused on holding…

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