Mon 02 October 2023: September was the deadliest month for dengue fever in Bangladesh, where an average of 13 people died daily from the mosquito-borne disease. In September, dengue claimed 396 lives, including 14 new deaths reported Saturday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health. The DGHS also cited […]
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Sun 01 October 2023: The last date to exchange Rs 2,000 denomination notes has been extended to October 7, the Reserve Bank of India said on Saturday. In May, the central bank announced the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes from circulation, citing evidence that the denomination was not commonly used for transactions. It clarified that the denomination […]
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Sun 01 October 2023: Afghanistan Embassy to India on Saturday informed that it will cease its operations from October 01, given the lack of support from the Indian government and the Taliban regime. “This decision, while deeply regrettable, is made after careful consideration, taking into account the historic ties and long-standing partnership between Afghanistan and India,” the letter from […]
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Sun 01 October 2023: State Department says Beijing spending billions to spread disinformation and shape opinion in favour of China and the communist party. China is spending billions of dollars a year to shape perceptions of China through influence, censorship and disinformation in a large-scale campaign that could threaten global freedoms, the United States has […]
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PPM/PNC coalition candidate Dr. Mohamed Muizzu and his wife Sajidha Mohamed– Photo: Fayaz Moosa I Mihaaru Sat 30 September 2023: Maldives has elected a new president with the opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu in the lead with 54% of votes against the incumbent President Mohamed Solih in the second and final run-off for the presidential […]
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Maldives’ opposition leader Mohamed Muizzu casts his ballot. Sat 30 September 2023: Voters in the Maldives are casting their ballots in a presidential run-off that could determine the fate of the Indian Ocean archipelago’s nascent democracy as well as its ties with China and India. The election on Saturday pits President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who […]
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Fri 29 September 2023: Pakistan’s caretaker government has decided to send back all Afghan refugees living in the country illegally. According to local media reports, this involves an estimated 1.1 million Afghans. Pakistan government says almost one million Afghans have fled to Pakistan in the past two years, adding to millions more that have lived […]
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken stands with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the State Department in Washington, DC Fri 29 September 2023: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with his Indian counterpart in Washington, DC, as the United States has urged India to cooperate with Canada’s investigation into the killing of a […]
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Fri 29 September 2023: In what authorities suspect was a suicide blast that occurred Friday near a Rabiul Awwal procession in Balochistan’s Mastung district, at least 52 people—including a police officer—were killed and another 50 others were injured. Dr Saeed Mirwani, chief executive of Shaheed Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Raisani Memorial Hospital, said dozens were being […]
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Fri 29 September 2023: A Muslim man was beaten to death in India’s national capital after he stole a small amount of food from a temple, police said. A disabled Muslim was lynched in Delhi on Tuesday for eating prasad at a temple. The incident occurred in Delhi’s Sundar Nagari area and the police have detained several people […]
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