DUBAI: Keralite wins Rs 39 crore jackpot in the UAE
January 30, 2021
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DUBAI: Keralite wins Rs 39 crore jackpot in the UAE

DUBAI: A Keralite expat won a staggering 20 million dirhams (approximately Rs 39cr) in a monthly raffle in the United Arab Emirates. Abdussalam N V, who runs a shopping centre in Muscat won the raffle,…

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WASHINGTON: Joe Biden picks Indian-American Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general
January 29, 2021
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Politcs

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden picks Indian-American Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-American Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general and roped in judge Merrick Garland for the position of attorney general. He also announced the nominations of…

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PESHAWAR: Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar’s Pakistan homes to be made museums
January 28, 2021
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Entertainment

PESHAWAR: Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar’s Pakistan homes to be made museums

PESHAWAR: In a first step towards turning the ancestral houses of Bollywood legends Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in Pakistan’s Peshawar into museums, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provincial government has approved Rs 2.35 crore for…

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HANOI: Vietnam buys Indian rice for first time in decades: Report
January 27, 2021
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Business

HANOI: Vietnam buys Indian rice for first time in decades: Report

HANOI: Vietnam, the world’s third biggest exporter of rice, has started buying the grain from rival India for the first time in decades after local prices jumped to their highest in nine years amid limited…

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SINGAPRE CITY: Restricted Republic Day Celebrations By Indians Abroad Amid Covid
January 26, 2021
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Culture

SINGAPRE CITY: Restricted Republic Day Celebrations By Indians Abroad Amid Covid

SINGAPRE CITY: The Indian expatriates in China and Singapore on Tuesday celebrated the 72nd Republic Day in a restricted manner, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In Beijing, Ambassador Vikram Misri unfurled the national flag at the…

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BEIJING: NYSE says no longer intends to move forward with delisting 3 Chinese telcos
January 26, 2021
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Business

BEIJING: NYSE says no longer intends to move forward with delisting 3 Chinese telcos

BEIJING: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said on Monday it no longer intends to move forward with the delisting of China Mobile Ltd, China Telecom Corp Ltd and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. The…

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DUBAI: Indian Student In Dubai Makes Portrait Of PM Modi As Republic Day Gift
January 23, 2021
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Education

DUBAI: Indian Student In Dubai Makes Portrait Of PM Modi As Republic Day Gift

DUBAI: A 14-year-old Indian student in Dubai has made a special portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a gift for the Republic Day. The six-layered stencil portrait made by Saran Sasikumar from Kerala was…

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LONDON: Indian-Origin Miss England Gets Covid Vaccine, Endorses Its Safety
January 22, 2021
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Health

LONDON: Indian-Origin Miss England Gets Covid Vaccine, Endorses Its Safety

LONDON: First Indian-origin Miss England and frontline National Health Service (NHS) doctor Bhasha Mukherjee has received her first of the two COVID-19 jabs and endorsed the safety of the vaccines being rolled out among those…

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GEORGETOWN: The race for the Miss India crown has begun
January 12, 2021
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Culture

GEORGETOWN: The race for the Miss India crown has begun

GEORGETOWN: The Race to the throne of Miss India Worldwide Guyana has begun with 10 vying for the title. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a new mode of operation for the pageant, director…

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PARAMARIBO: Kries Ramkhelawan’s New Song
January 9, 2021
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Culture

PARAMARIBO: Kries Ramkhelawan’s New Song

PARAMARIBO: ‘Suno suno duiya ke logo’, Kries Ramkhelawan is calling on the Surinamese community to listen carefully to the Covid-19 instructions and warnings. Ramkhelawan said that: “The government is already making an effort to provide…

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