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Lanka’s ex-President apologizes for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

Colombo: Former Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena apologized to the country’s minority Catholic community for the devastating 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians, saying that the carnage took place without his knowledge. Nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist...

Imran’s lavish copter rides cost struggling Pak ₹1 bn: Report

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has come under scrutiny for his helicopter rides. This report comes at a time when the nation is gripped by a major economic crisis, with the rupee plummeting, inflation soaring. According to a...

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Economy likely slowed but still posted solid growth in Q4

Washington: The U.S. economy likely rolled out of 2022 with momentum, registering decent growth in the face of painful inflation, high interest rates and rising concern that a recession may be months away. Economists have estimated that the gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic output — grew at a 2.3 percent annual pace from October through December, according to a survey of...

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Twitter suspends Indian microblogging platform Koo’s query handle

Microblogging site Twitter has suspended an account of the Indian microblogging platform Koo. The Twitter handle @kooeminence, which had been set up for users’ queries, was suspended on...

Global aviation organisation ICAO rejects Spicejet’s audit story

New Delhi: Days after the budget airline SpiceJet claimed that its safety processes were found to be strong during an exhaustive audit by the International...

After mass layoffs, CEO Sundar Pichai to take salary cut

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in a recent town hall meeting announced a ‘significant reduction’ in annual bonuses for all roles above the senior vice president...

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Bowlers power India to 2-1 series win over New Zealand

Ahmedabad: A historic maiden T20I century by opener Shubman Gill (126 not out off 63) followed by a dominating performance by bowlers powered India to a...

Tendulkar, BCCI felicitate WC-winning India U19 women team

Ahmedabad: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar along with BCCI secretary Jay Shah and other board office-bearers felicitated the Shafali Verma-led side that won the inaugural edition of...

India celebrates after historic Under-19 women’s win

Indians worldover are celebrating after the women’s cricket team won the inaugural Under-19 World Cup, in what has been called a landmark moment in the...

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‘Immortals’ director Tarsem Singh shoots his first Indian feature

Indian-origin Hollywood director Tarsem Singh, who is known for films such as ‘The Cell’ (Jennifer Lopez), ‘The Fall’ (Lee Pace), ‘Immortals’ (Henry Cavill, Frieda Pinto) and ‘Self/Less’ (Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley), recently shot his first Indian feature film titled ‘Dear Jassi’. Based on a true story, the movie has been shot by the celebrated Hollywood cinematographer Brendan Galvin and has been scripted by Amit Rai...

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