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Air tickets get costlier as Air India levies fuel surcharge due to hike in ...

Air tickets get costlier as Air India levies fuel surcharge due to hike in ATF prices **Aviation Sector Faces Rising Operating Costs as Fuel Surcharge Introduced** **New Delhi, India – March 11, 2024** – Passengers booking domestic flights with Air India will encounter an increase in fares... read more »

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Now, Rajasthan Assembly passes Bill to repeal two-child norm forULBelection...

Now, Rajasthan Assembly passes Bill to repeal two-child norm forULBelections ## Rajasthan Legislature Rescinds Two-Child Policy for Local Body Elections **Jaipur, Rajasthan –** The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly has officially repealed a controversial two-child norm that previously disqualified... read more »

Centre committed to growth of IT sector: PM M. Singh
Committed to protecting the Aravalli hil...

Committed to protecting the Aravalli hills, says Bhupender Yadav

Committed to protecting the Aravalli hills, says Bhupender Yadav **Government Pledges Aravalli Protection, High-Level Committee Under Consideration** **New Delhi, [Date]** – The Indian government has reiterated its unwavering commitment to the preservation of the ecologically vital Aravalli... read more »

Where do the 35 million foreigners livin...

Where do the 35 million foreigners living in the GCC come from?

Where do the 35 million foreigners living in the GCC come from? **GCC Demographics: A Deep Dive into the Expatriate Workforce** **Analysis Reveals Dominance of Foreign Nationals in Gulf Economies** The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi... read more »

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Pakistan charity boss Abdul Sattar Edhi ‘heartbroken’...

Abdul Sattar Edhi, 86, was asleep when a gang of armed men raided the Karachi slum building that serves as his residence and charity headquarters. They made off with gold, silver and cash worth... read more »

Turkey facilitating transfer of Iraqi Kurdish figh...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters to Kobani to aid... read more »

Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US ai...

Syrian rebel fighters backed by the West have told the BBC that the US-led coalition faces a backlash in their country over its bombing campaign against... read more »

Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC, Internatio...

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing... read more »

Saudi sentences iconic Shia cleric to death

DUBAI: A well-known Shia cleric was sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the... read more »

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Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were killed in an attack on a police station in Nile... read more »

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

Cairo – At least 44 people, including six children, were killed and dozens wounded in an aerial bombardment by the Syrian regime in Aleppo... read more »

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madaga...

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madagascar

United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon haswelcomed the peaceful holding of Madagascar presidential election and called on all parties in the... read more »

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

Geneva – The United Nati! ons and humanitarian partners Monday appealed for some $13 billion in 2014 to help millions of people in humanitarian need... read more »

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

The Israeli army has said it fired across the Lebanese border in retaliation after accusing Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove... read more »

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45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

Kabul – Forty-five militants surrendered Sunday in Baghlan province, seeking to resume normal life, in Afghanistan, an official said. “A 45-member group of militants who were involved in... read more »

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is... read more »

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Male – Former president Mohammed Nasheed, the front-runner in the long-drawn-out presidential race in the Maldives, has asked incumbent President... read more »

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is not... read more »

Maldives Supreme Court postpones run-off in presidentia...

Maldives SC puts off presidential poll run-off

Male – Maldives Supreme Court early Sunday blocked a second round run-off to elect a new president and postponed the re-vote to Nov 16 amid deep... read more »

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Dark haze over Tehran as US-Israeli forces bomb oil storage facilities ## Overnight Strikes Target Iranian Oil Infrastructure, Casualties Reported **Tehran, Iran –** A series of... read more »

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