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Moody's downgrades Sri Lanka's rating to B2 |
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Singapore [Singapore] | November 21, 2018 12:11:34 AM IST |
| Moody's Investors Service downgraded Sri Lanka's foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings from B1 to B2 and changed the outlook to stable from negative on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Jailed Bangladeshi photojournalist freed on bail |
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Dhaka | Tuesday, 2018 11:45:06 PM IST |
| A prominent Bangladesh photojournalist accused of criticising his country's government during a television interview was freed from the Dhaka Central Jail on Tuesday, four days after a court granted him bail, authorities told Efe. ... read.. |
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Kabul: Suicide bomber kills 40, injures over 80 |
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Kabul [Afghanistan] | November 20, 2018 11:11:33 PM IST |
| A suicide bomber targetted a wedding hall here on Tuesday, killing over 40 people and injuring around 80 others who were part of a large gathering assembled to mark Prophet Mohammad's birthday. ... read.. |
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India, Vietnam believe in freedom of navigation: MEA |
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Hanoi [Vietnam] | November 20, 2018 9:11:34 PM IST |
| Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (East) Vijay Thakur Singh on Tuesday said at a presser that India and Vietnam share the view that there should be freedom of navigation, over-flight and unimpeded economic interaction in the disputed South Chin ... read.. |
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Constitutional committee for post-war Syria 'may not' be possible:UN |
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United Nations | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| It 'may not' be possible to form an inclusive and legitimate constitutional committee in Syria, a way out of the years long crisis plaguing the country, the United Nations negotiator for the conflict-ridden nation has warned.
Briefing the Security Counc ... read.. |
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India will deepen defence cooperation with Vietnam: Kovind |
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Hanoi | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| India on Tuesday said it would deepen defence and security cooperation with Vietnam which appreciated the $100 million Indian credit line to build 12 high-speed patrol vessels for the Southeast Asian country.
"India guarantees to deepen [Vietnam and Indi ... read.. |
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Russian and Turkish defence ministers meet in Sochi |
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Moscow | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| Defence ministers of Turkey and Russia met at Russia's coastal city of Sochi and discussed about current situation in Syria's Idlib on Tuesday.
Russian defence ministry said " Hulusi Akar and Sergey Shoygu examined the actions needed to be performed to "c ... read.. |
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Ending inequality means ending 'global pandemic' against women:UN |
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United Nations | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| Until women and girls can live free of fear, violence and insecurity, the world cannot pride itself on being fair Mand equal, United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said, commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Agai ... read.. |
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Sub-committee to ensure Vietnam-India atomic energy cooperation |
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Hanoi | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| Vietnam has decided to form a Sub-Committee in the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Cooperation.
The sub-committee will help Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc coordinate the cooperation activities within the joint committee and strengthen part ... read.. |
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Trump's asylum ban for migrants blocked by federal judge |
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California [United States] | November 20, 2018 6:11:30 PM IST |
| A United States federal judge on Tuesday nullified the President Donald Trump-led administration's decision of refusing asylum to immigrants who enter the US mainland from Central America. ... read.. |
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Iran unveils indigenous anti-mine armored military vehicle |
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Tehran | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| Iran's Islamic revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) on Tuesday received anti- mine armored vehicle which is maufactured by the Defence industries organisation (DIO).
A mine-resistant armored military vehicle 'Toufan', was unveiled in a ceremony attended by Ir ... read.. |
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Israeli police recommend inducting interior minister for fraud |
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Jerusalem | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| Israeli police and Israel tax authority have recommended to induct interior Minister Aryeh Deri for fraud and breach of trust, perjury, tax evasion and money laundering.
The Israel Police's Lahav 433 Unit announced that it had completed its joint investi ... read.. |
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UN middle east envoy urges Palestine factions to reconcile |
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United Nations | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| The UN's envoy for Middle East peace urged Palestinian factions Monday to immediately put aside their differences and reconcile following the latest episode of violence between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Counci ... read.. |
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India for enhanced maritime ties with Vietnam: Prez |
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Hanoi | Tuesday, Nov 20 2018 IST |
| President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said India looked forward to enhanced bilateral cooperation with Vietnam in the maritime domain through the first Bilateral Maritime Security Dialogue to be hosted by Vietnam in early 2019.
''Maritime security, pirac ... read.. |
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1 dead, 5 injured in Catalonia train accident |
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Catalonia [Spain] | November 20, 2018 3:11:53 PM IST |
| Catalonia [Spain], Nov 20 (ANI/Sputnik): At least one person died and five people have been injured in a train accident here in Catalonia on Tuesday morning. ... read.. |
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Judge halts Trump's asylum ban |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2018 2:45:05 PM IST |
| A US federal judge has stopped President Donald Trump's administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the country's southern border illegally. ... read.. |
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2,600 guests to attend new Japanese emperor's coronation |
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Tokyo | Tuesday, 2018 1:45:04 PM IST |
| At least 2,600 guests will attend Prince Naruhito's coronation ceremony as the new Japanese Emperor in October 2019, six months after his father, Akihito, abdicates the throne, the government said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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US may give troops authority to protect border personnel |
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Washington [USA] | November 20, 2018 1:11:36 PM IST |
| United State President Donald Trump might grant new authority to US troops deployed on the Southwest border with Mexico to protect Customs and Border Protection personnel from migrants if they engage in violence, CNN quoted two defense officials and anoth ... read.. |
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Trump might authorise troops to protect border personnel |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2018 10:45:04 AM IST |
| US President Donald Trump is expected to grant a new authority to American troops on the Southwest border with Mexico to protect border personnel from migrants if they engage in violence, according to defence officials. ... read.. |
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Ivanka Trump used personal mail for government business |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2018 10:45:04 AM IST |
| Ivanka Trump, US President Donald Trump's daughter, sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, the media reported. ... read.. |
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Expanding ties with Bhutan a priority for India: Foreign Secretary |
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Thimpu [Bhutan] | November 20, 2018 10:41:35 AM IST |
| Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale on Tuesday said that India attaches the highest priority to further expanding its unique ties of friendship and cooperation with Bhutan, based on the priorities of the Royal Government of Bhutan. ... read.. |
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Despite massive protests French Government to hike fuel tax |
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Paris [France] | November 20, 2018 10:11:31 AM IST |
| Paris [France] Nov 20 (ANI/Sputnik): French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Tuesday informed that the French government, regardless of protests across the country last weekend, will stay strong on its decision to raise the tax on diesel and carbon fuel ... read.. |
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4 killed in Chicago shooting (Lead) |
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Chicago | Tuesday, 2018 9:45:04 AM IST |
| Four people have died in a shooting at a Chicago hospital, including two female members of staff, a police officer and the gunman himself, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. ... read.. |
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Massive anti-Pakistan protests held across Balochistan |
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Dera Gazi Khan/Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan occupied Kashmir] | November 20, 2018 8:11:29 AM IST |
| Slogans like "We want justice" and "Release all Baloch Missing Persons" echoed across Balochistan as a large number of women and children joined massive rallies against enforced disappearances in the Pakistani province on Monday. ... read.. |
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Cameroon, Saudi to begin security cooperation |
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Yaounde | Tuesday, 2018 6:45:04 AM IST |
| Cameroon and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have agreed to lay the groundwork for security ties between both countries, the president of Cameroon said in a statement on Monday. ... read.. |
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UN urges all parties work to ensure calm between Israel, Gaza |
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United Nations | Tuesday, 2018 5:15:04 AM IST |
| The UN on Monday urged all parties to work to maintain the "precarious" restoration of calm reached between Israel and Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip after the escalation of violence last week, warning of the potential eruption of a new armed c ... read.. |
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Malaria cases declined by 24% in India: WHO report |
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Geneva [Switzerland] | November 20, 2018 4:41:28 AM IST |
| The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a report stated that India is the only country to have recorded a substantial decline in malaria cases in 2017 out of the 11 highest burden countries worldwide. ... read.. |
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US Treasury imposes sanctions on Libyan militia leader Salah Badi |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | November 20, 2018 2:41:32 AM IST |
| The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in coordination with the United Nations Security Council's Libya Sanctions Committee on Monday imposed financial sanctions on Libyan militia leader Salah Badi. ... read.. |
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N Korea, US officials to meet on Tuesday |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | November 20, 2018 2:41:29 AM IST |
| The United States Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun will meet with Republic of Korea Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon in Washington on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Need electronic voting in Parliament: Prez Sirisena |
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Colombo (Sri Lanka) | November 20, 2018 12:12:21 AM IST |
| President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday said in the Parliamentary that a no-confidence motion in the House should be held electronically or a division by name in order to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the island nation. ... read.. |
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Germany bans 18 Saudi nationals from Europe's Schengen zone |
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Brussels [Belgium] | November 20, 2018 12:11:30 AM IST |
| Germany has banned the entry of the 18 Saudi Arabian nationals linked with the murder of former Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Europe's border-free Schengen zone, an area comprising 26 nations which have abolished the use of passports and o ... read.. |
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Saudi king urges action against Iran's nuclear missile programme |
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Riyadh | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| Addressing the Middle Eastern issues, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said on Monday that the international community should stop Tehran from continuing its nuclear and ballistic missile programme.
The Saudi king blamed Iran for creating ... read.. |
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India, Vietnam share economic vision, approach, :Kovind |
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New Delhi/Hanoi | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said India and Vietnam were not just special friends but also have similar economic vision and approach.
''Like Vietnam, India too has been focused on reforming its economy, increasing its growth rate, and realising the ... read.. |
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Astana : International meet on Syria from Nov 28 |
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Astana | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| To resolve the situation in Syria, an international meeting will take place from November 28 to 29 in Astana, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Monday.
The foreign minister said "The guarantors of the 'Astana process' - the Russi ... read.. |
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Nawaz dismisses findings of JIT probe, calls it 'biased' |
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(Rptg | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Monday dismissed the findings of a joint investigation team (JIT) investigation, claiming that the probe was biased and politically motivated.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader issued this statement as ... read.. |
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Turkish coast guard rescue forty irregular migrants in Aegean sea |
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Ankara | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| Turkish Coast Guard began an operation to rescue 40 irregular migrants stranded in Yumurta island in Aegean sea, sources said.
At least ten of the migrants were rescued on Monday during the operation in northern Aegean off the coast of Turkey's Balikesir ... read.. |
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Nawaz dismisses findings of team JIT probe, calls it 'biased' |
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Islamabad | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Monday dismissed the findings of a joint investigation team (JIT) investigation, claiming that the probe was biased and politically motivated.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader issued this statement a ... read.. |
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President Kovind reaches Hanoi |
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Hanoi (Vietnam) | November 19, 2018 2:41:30 PM IST |
| President of India Ram Nath Kovind and the First Lady Savita Kovind arrived at the Noi Bai International Airport here on Monday afternoon. ... read.. |
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EU is 'prepared' in case of no-deal Brexit says ECB's Villeroy |
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Tokyo | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| European Central Bank policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau has said that EU is prepared in case of no-deal Brexit.
According to him, it would be better if Britain had a deal for its withdrawal from the European Union but that the EU was ready in cas ... read.. |
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New tech regulation 'inevitable' ,says Apple CEO Cook |
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Washington | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| Apple CEO Tim Cook has predicted that the new regulations of tech companies and social networks to protect personal data are "inevitable."
He also said on Sunday that he expected that the US Congress would take up the matter at some point,reports Arab N ... read.. |
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Hong Kong democracy protesters plead not guilty |
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Hong Kong | Monday, 2018 1:15:04 PM IST |
| Three of Hong Kongs most high-profile democracy activists on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of public nuisance for their involvement in the 2014 street protests. ... read.. |
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Two pilots injured in Helicopter crash in Southwest China |
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Beijing | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| Two pilots were slightly injured after a sightseeing helicopter crashed into a road in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said.
The injured pilots were sent to a local hospital for treatment after the crash which took place in the Mount ... read.. |
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"Don't Want To Hear The Tape, It Was Terrible" says Trump |
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Washington | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| US President Donald Trump said that he has decided not to listen to the "terrible" audio tape of murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul.
During an interview on Sunday,he said,"I don't want to hear the tape ... read.. |
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Macron urges EU to show strength to avoid global chaos |
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Berlin | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| The French president Emmanuel Macron has said that there is a need for a stronger Europe to prevent the world from slipping into chaos.
While delivering his speech in Germany's parliament on Sunday ,he said,''Europe and, within it, the Franco-German coup ... read.. |
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Jordan, Macedonia discuss potential to broaden cooperation |
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Amman | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| Jordan's King Abdullah and President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov held talks on Sunday and covered the potential to bolster bilateral ties in the economic, political, security, and military fields.
The two sides also stressed the importance of strengthenin ... read.. |
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Khalilzad eyes peace agreement with Taliban |
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Kabul | Monday, Nov 19 2018 IST |
| The US Special Adviser for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad eyes a peace agreement with the Taliban group ahead of presidential elections.
Ambassador Khalilzad cautiously expressed optimisms regarding the reconciliation between the A ... read.. |
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14 killed in Vietnam floods |
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Hanoi | Monday, 2018 11:45:06 AM IST |
| At least 14 people were killed in floods and landslides caused by typhoon Toraji over the weekend in Vietnam, authorities said on Monday. ... read.. |
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Scientists send electrons through vacuum |
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Canberra | Monday, 2018 11:45:06 AM IST |
| Revolutionising transistor technology by sending electrons through a vacuum, a team led by an Indian-origin scientist in Australia has unveiled a device that eliminates the use of semiconductors, making it faster and less prone to heating up. ... read.. |
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President Kovind visits ancient Hindu Temple heritage site in Vietnam |
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Da Nang [Vietnam] | November 19, 2018 11:11:33 AM IST |
| President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind visited the Museum of Cham sculpture in the city of Da Nang on Monday morning on the second day of his three-day visit to Vietnam. The first couple also visited the My Son temple sanctuary that dates fr ... read.. |
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ASEAN Summit: Is India serious about regional trade pact? |
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Singapore | November 19, 2018 11:11:32 AM IST |
| If you were here in Singapore for the first time on a brief visit last week, you could be excused for wondering if it's normal for thousands of police officers to be patrolling the streets and for scores of Special Operations Command and other police vehi ... read.. |
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Did not listen to Khashoggi murder tapes: Trump |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | November 19, 2018 7:41:36 AM IST |
| United States President Donald Trump stated that he did not listen to the tapes of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi which were sent by Turkish administration. ... read.. |
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Will not get involved: Trump on Mueller investigation |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | November 19, 2018 5:41:28 AM IST |
| United States President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he will not get involved in the decisions taken by the newly-appointed acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker in the Mueller investigation. ... read.. |
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I didn't know interim AG had criticised Russia probe: Trump |
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Washington | Monday, 2018 4:15:04 AM IST |
| US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he did not know about the criticism that recently-appointed interim Attorney General Matt Whitaker made in the past about the Russia probe, in which investigators are examining possible interference by the Kre ... read.. |
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British Foreign Secretary to visit Iran |
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Tehran | Monday, 2018 2:45:04 AM IST |
| British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt will visit Iran on Monday for talks on key issues of mutual interest, official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. ... read.. |
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Israeli PM takes over defence ministry |
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Jerusalem | Monday, 2018 2:45:04 AM IST |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced that he will serve as defence minister amidst efforts to prevent the collapse of his government. ... read.. |
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If he misbehaves we will throw him out: Trump on Jim Acosta |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | November 19, 2018 2:41:28 AM IST |
| In an exclusive interview with Fox News's Chris Wallace, United State President Donald Trump stated that restoration of press credential of CNN reporter Jim Acosta after White House had banned him from attending press briefings is not a big deal and added ... read.. |
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Trump refuses to hear tape of Khashoggi's killing |
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Washington | Monday, 2018 1:15:04 AM IST |
| US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that while Turkey has shared with US an audio purported to be of the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, he has no plans to listen to the recording. ... read.. |
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