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Honduras cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan, paves way for ties with Beijing
Honduras has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, Chinese state media reported Sunday, paving the way for the Latin American country to establish a formal relationship with Beijing
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WPL 2023, Mumbai Indians' road to final: A team full of multi-talented gems
Mumbai Indians won their first five games and then lost two to put their position in the final in jeopardy. However, their victory in the eliminator was one to remember
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Rahul's disqualification: Cong to observe day-long Satyagraha across nation
The Congress will hold a day-long 'Satyagraha' in front of Gandhi statues at all states and district headquarters on Sunday to protest against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha
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Russia to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, says Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus
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Russia 'largely stalled' in Bakhmut, moving to defensive strategy, says UK
The top commander of Ukraine's military said on Saturday that his forces were pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut
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Delhi logs 139 fresh coronavirus cases, positivity rate drops to 4.98%
Delhi reported 152 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 6.66% on Friday
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BS Weekend Bites: Crises, Finance Bill, Rahul, and PhysicsWallah in winter
In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views
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Court to hear Sisodia's bail plea in money laundering case on April 5
Special Judge MK Nagpal adjourned the hearing after Sisodia's counsel sought more time to prepare a detailed response to ED's submission on the bail plea
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Entered politics to become 'voice of the unheard', says Varun Gandhi
He also said that politics should be centred around a point that "one should raise the voice of those people who are not able to raise their voice"
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Rajasthan CM appeals to doctors to end protest against Right to Health Bill
The chief minister directed the chief secretary to hold a meeting with the protesting doctors Saturday night in a bid to end their protest
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Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi questioned by CBI, ED quizzes sister Misa
Bharti was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the railways land-for-jobs linked money laundering case here, officials said
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Youth Congress workers block Delhi-Jaipur Highway on RaGa disqualification
The party workers led by Haryana Youth Congress chief Divyanshu Budhiraja reached near Kherki Daula toll plaza at around 12:30 pm and raised slogans against the BJP government
Akal Takht Jathedar asks radical preacher Amritpal to surrender to police
The preacher himself gave the police a slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district. His whereabouts are still unknown
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Mississippi tornadoes kill 23 people, destroy buildings overnight
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency confirmed there had been 23 deaths as of 6:20 a.m. Saturday with dozens of injuries and four people missing throughout the state
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Focus on logistics policy at PM GatiShakti workshop for NE states
On the first day, the workshop had focused on ways to strengthen the north-east corridor with adequate multimodal connectivity to economic centres and gateway ports
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Delhi man gets threat message to dislodge Indian flag from Pragati Maidan
The case was registered at the complaint of a man who received the pre-recorded message on his phone when he arrived at the Delhi airport
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Double Delight: Nitu Ghanghas, Saweety Boora become world champions
In the final three minutes, Nitu started from a far but soon ditched the strategy and reverted to playing from a close range, as Altansetseg was also given a point deduction for clinching
 "Double Delight: Nitu Ghanghas, Saweety Boora become world champions")
BJP wants a developed Karnataka, Congress sees as its ATM: PM Modi
The PM then in Bengaluru inaugurated the 13.71 km Whitefield (Kadugodi)-to-Krishnarajapuram Metro Line here, which has 12 stations and was built at a cost of Rs 4,249 crore
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LIVE: Indian boxer Saweety Boora becomes light heavyweight world champion
Catch all the latest news updates from across the globe here
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DCW seeks action against illegal conversion therapy for LGBTQI+ community
The panel noted that despite these judgements, it was unfortunate that conversion therapy is still prevalent and such programmes seem to be organised and advertised
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