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'Treat the refugee issue as a matter of rights'

The refugee question in the Indian subcontinent dates back to 1947 when India was partitioned. A horrifying feature of the birth of free India – and Pakistan – was the large mass of refugees who were forced to relocate in the most adverse conditions and amidst brutal violence.




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Australia-India cricket rivalry has even bettered Ashes: John Harnden

CEO of the ICC World Cup 2015 John Harnden spoke with Amin Ali about ensuring excitement in cricket's mega-tournament, clamping down on racism, managing 'minnows' matches — and how Australia is sizing up India as a rival for the trophy.




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Swiss accounts are a diversion. Bulk of black money is right here in India

The scent of 'black money' is in the air again. At the Supreme Court's order, Modi sarkar has set up a Special Investigation Team to look into cases of illegal outflow of money to foreign havens.




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Indian American Christians condemn assassination of Bhatti

Strongly condemning the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Federation of Indian Christians Organisations of North America appealed to Islamabad to bring the perpetrators of the "dastardly" crime to justice.




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Hate crime: Two Sikhs attacked in US, one dead

Two elderly Sikhs were shot at by unidentified assailants in Sacramento in US, leaving one dead and the other in critical condition, triggering panic in the neighbourhood having a sizeable Sikh population.




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Hindu guru gets 14 years prison for sexual molestation in US

Absconding Indian godman Prakashanand Saraswati, also known as Shree Swamiji, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined USD 10,000.




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Indian-American scientists develop alternative to radio tags

A team of Indian-American scientists has developed a smart tracking system, which could very well provide an honourable alternative to the radio tags.




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S African-Indian women get 3-yr jail for fraud

An Indian-origin woman and her mother were sentenced to three years in prison by a South African court, which found them guilty of arranging a fake certificate of marriage to inherit property of their landlord, who died of poisoning.




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NRI dentist in UK faces charges of seducing patient

An NRI dentist, once the face of Oral B toothpaste and appears on a British TV show, has been accused of seducing a patient on the couch of his dental clinic and marital home, a disciplinary hearing was told.




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Indian-origin model accuses Aus modelling agency of racism

According to a report in the local daily, Kema Rajandran was told by a Parth-based modelling agency that her work chances were "limited" in the country because she was not Caucasian.




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Australia's Victoria police inducts first turban wearing Sikh

Police in Australia's Victoria state today inducted its first officer from Sikh community who will wear a newly designed police turban, a media report said today.




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Indian-origin Canadian gets life term for killing wife

A Canadian court has sentenced an Indian-origin man to life in prison for murdering his pregnant wife in 2006.




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Indian connection to prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake

Had it not been for the encouragement of her Gujarati husband Kishore Patel, Fiona Cairns may have never made the leap from graphic design to luxury baking.




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Cleric asks govt to allow meat sale in Lucknow




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Covid warriors in Lucknow put duty before family




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UP: Heritage tag for 100-year-old trees




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Funds for salaries late, inadequate: DU colleges

For the second time this year, Delhi government has allegedly released inadequate funds for the salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff of 12 Delhi University colleges, that too after a month-long delay.




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Tears of relief at IGI arrival and departure

At 12.05pm on Friday, Air India flight AI-381 made a smooth landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport. Though half an hour late in arriving, the 234 passengers from Singapore were delighted to step on home soil after two months of anxiety and uncertainty. Their relatives weren’t allowed to meet them, and yet the relief of being back in India made them grin, wave their hands and give the thumbs up sign.




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Coronavirus: Citing privacy concerns, New York City bans schools from using Zoom amid lockdown

The ban comes right after the video conferencing service company started receiving a lot of criticism for poor security policies and privacy practices from it users.




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Facebook to bring new feature that notifies people sharing misinformation on COVID-19

The new feature, called Get The Facts, will debunk misinformation about the COVID-19 crisis.




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Astronomers detect gravitational waves when Black Holes with asymmetric masses collided

The detection of Gravitational-wave in a collision between two black holes of substantially different masses has made astronomers excited.




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Motorola Edge, Motorola Edge+ launched: Here are the specifications, price, availability

Motorola is back in the flagship game with premium Edge series.




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Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin selected by NASA to build lunar landing systems

Boeing Co, the aerospace company also submitted its concept for a lunar lander last year but it was not selected.




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YouTube sensation PewDiePie signs exclusive live-streaming deal with the video-sharing platform

In the month of Jan, he announced a break from YouTube but continued posting his regular videos after his break.




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PUBG Mobile India Series 2020: Prize money, date of tournament and registration details

The tournament has a Rs 50 lakh prize pool.




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Xiaomi launches Mi Box 4K streaming device in India, here's are the features, price

With the Mi Box 4K, Xiaomi is venturing into a segment dominated by Amazon with its Fire TV Stick.





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Konkona: 15 years ago, I didn't take acting seriously

'I have changed and matured.''There is still a certain kind of detachment but I have far more appreciation and gratitude.'









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'I was worried if people would accept Ayushmann'

'When a person is poor, no one asks him anything, fearing that he might ask for a loan. But when he gets rich, everyone comes. So that changeover is happening and it is nice that it is happening.'





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'We've not tried to make a Virat or a Dhoni'

'I am not here to change the society, and I am not under the delusion that a film can change things around. The idea is to have fun and give your point of view.'









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He quit a well paying job to write Bala

'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'





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'Amrish Puri banned me from film sets'

'I would get very pampered on the sets so my grandpa used to get very scared about that.''He would think I would feel great from inside and my life would get messed up.'




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'Love triangles never go out of fashion'

'Relationships have changed so dynamically that the 'woh' doesn't have to be a person.'