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The other side of IITs: Student suicides...

The other side of IITs: Student suicides haunt Indias top tech schools

The other side of IITs: Student suicides haunt Indias top tech schools **Rising Tide of Student Suicides Casts Shadow Over India’s Premier Engineering Institutions** A stark reality is emerging from the hallowed halls of India’s Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the nation’s... read more »

LeBron, NBA social media react to Bam Ad...

LeBron, NBA social media react to Bam Adebayos historic 83-point game

LeBron, NBA social media react to Bam Adebayos historic 83-point game **NBA Stars Shower Praise on Adebayo’s Monumental Scoring Performance** The professional basketball world is abuzz following an extraordinary offensive display by Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo, who etched his name into the... read more »

WHO warns of health risks from black rai...

WHO warns of health risks from black rain in Iran

WHO warns of health risks from black rain in Iran ### **Environmental and Health Concerns Arise from Black Rain Following Iranian Oil Facility Incidents** **Geneva, Switzerland** – The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning regarding potential health risks associated with... read more »

Attackers 'laughed out loud and spa...

Attackers 'laughed out loud and spat at' British woman during hor...

Attackers 'laughed out loud and spat at' British woman during horror gang rape in Magaluf **Eight Men Plead Guilty in Brutal Gang Rape of British Teenager in Majorca** **PALMA DE MALLORCA** – Eight men have entered guilty pleas in connection with a horrific gang rape of an 18-year-old... read more »

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Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Moscow – The Russian foreign ministry Wednesday denied media reports that a diplomat has held talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement over the release of a Russian held captive since... read more »

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Tokyo – A committee under the Japanese lower house Wednesday passed a bill on establishing a US-style National Security Council (NSC) to make... read more »

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

Male – A senior UN official began a two-day mission to the Maldives Wednesday along with Indian diplomats to push for free and fair presidential... read more »

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after all ballots... read more »

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

US Secretary of State John Kerry has called settlements constructed by the Israeli regime on occupied Palestinian lands “illegitimate”. Kerry made... read more »

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Retired motor vehicle inspector booked for issuing over 10,000 fitness certificates without inspection in Bengaluru **Former Transport Official Faces Charges Over Alleged Widespread... read more »

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New Yorkers protest US strikes on Iran ### New York City Reacts to U.S. Strikes in Iran with Public Demonstrations **New York, NY** – Hours after the United States launched a series of significant... read more »