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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face new crisis as funding diminishes: UN

United Nations: Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, now face a dire situation as aid funding diminishes, a UN spokesman said. The Rohingya, who have faced repeated climate shocks since their exodus from Myanmar seven…

Video of Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing shows coordinated attack: Report

Surrey (British Columbia): At least six men and two vehicles were involved in the killing of Canada-based pro-Khalistan hardliner Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a gurdwara in British Columbia in June, according to a video reviewed…

‘Stories unite us’: Jaipur Literature Festival to take place from Feb 1 to 5

New Delhi: The 17th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) 2024 will take place from February 1 to 5 at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur. The upcoming edition of the festival celebrates how ‘Stories Unite Us,’…

RBI’s MPC will not tinker interest rate, to maintain hawkish stance: Economists

Chennai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will not change the repo rate at their meeting next month but would try to manage liquidity with various instruments it has, said senior…

50% of workers likely to permanently shift to hybrid work globally

New Delhi: Nearly 50 per cent of employees are expected to permanently work in a hybrid or fully mobile fashion going forward, a report showed on Tuesday. The majority of businesses agree that hybrid work…

Canada Speaker apologises for praising Ukrainian Nazi war veteran

London: The Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, Anthony Rota, has apologised for praising a Ukrainian man who served in a Nazi unit during World War II, according to a media report. Yaroslav Hunka, 98,…

Germany sees uptick in far-right extremism, Holocaust memorial sites defaced

Berlin: A new report has revealed that Germany is witnessing an uptick in far-right extremism, which had led to the defacing and vandalisation of memorials dedicated to Holocaust victims. The report by the Friedrich Ebert…

Australians warned against looming natural disasters

Canberra: Australia will face possible compounding and cascading natural disasters throughout this upcoming summer season, the nation’s top emergency management authority warned on Monday. Brendan Moon, Australia’s Coordinator-General for National Emergency Management, told reporters here…

ULFA-I tries to incite fresh violence in upper Assam; cops intensify action

Guwahati: Banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I) is planning to incite violence in upper Assam, sending policemen into tizzy. “A group of ULFA-I militants have made a strategy to enter…

Top Parliamentary panel pulls up Centre for failing to regulate groundwater extraction, suggests borewells metering systems

New Delhi: A high-level Parliamentary panel has expressed dismay over the fact that four states, namely Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana exceeded 100 per cent groundwater extraction between 2004 and 2017, while 267 districts had…

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