Fri 24 February 2023: Students in Karnataka, which has banned the hijab in classrooms, have moved the Supreme Court seeking interim relief so that they can write exams at government colleges. In March last year, the Karnataka high court upheld the ban. In October, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, delivered a split verdict on the […]
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Fri 24 February 2023: Two Pakistani brothers held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have been freed by US officials and have returned home, officials said. Abdul, 55, and Mohammed Rabbani, 53, will be reunited with their families after a formal questioning by Pakistani authorities, security officials and a Pakistani senator […]
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Fri 24 February 2023: India is the worst performer in 2023 among the top 10 countries of the world when it comes to market capitalisation, Business Standard has reported, noting that the dent in Adani Group stocks following the Hindenburg report triggered the fall. India has now slipped to seventh position. The United Kingdom is now on […]
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Fri 24 February 2023: The detection of positive Covid cases has dropped, according to Chinese health officials, who also claimed that the pandemic had “basically” ended. The authorities, speaking at a news event, assured that China’s “major conclusive triumph” over the coronavirus has set an example of counteraction and control for populous nations, as reported […]
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Fri 24 February 2023: US President Joe Biden announced that the US is nominating Ajay Banga, an India-American businessman who has served as the CEO of Mastercard, to be the president of the World Bank. The decision was described by Bloomberg as a “surprise pick”, as the World Bank said on Wednesday that it would “strongly encourage” women […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has set up a consortium of companies, including some in Russia, Iran and Pakistan, to create an investment plan focusing on power, mining and infrastructure, the acting Commerce Minister said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The consortium included 14 Afghan businessmen and his Ministry had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he personally shared with Zelenskyy, in October 2021, Washington’s assessment that Russia would likely invade Ukraine. “He took it very stoically, very seriously,” Blinken said, describing the Ukrainian president’s response. The top US diplomat said he delivered the news to Zelenskyy on the […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: A local woman reported on Tuesday morning to the police that she had discovered this metallic sphere of unknown origin on Enshu beach, in the city of Hamamatsu. The husband of the woman who called the police was out for a walk about two or three days ago when he spotted […]
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Protesters on Bondi Beach in Sydney wear masks of Australia’s ex-Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and Gautam Adani (right). Photo: (EPA) Thu 23 February 2023: The recent freefall in the Adani group’s stock prices has exposed tens of millions of dollars in Australian retirement savings, The Guardian reported. The group companies have been facing a continuing decrease in […]
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Wed 22 February 2023: A United States judge has ruled that family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are not entitled to funds from Afghanistan’s central bank. In the ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge George Daniels said that awarding the families money seized from the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) would require […]
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