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‘Don’t misinterpret’: Jaishankar on PM Modi’s ‘Trump govt’ remarks

Shawdesh Desk: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s use of “Abki baar Trump Sarkar” slogan while speaking at the ‘Howdy, Modi’ event in Houston of USA was merely referring to what

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Palm oil and Indonesia’s raging forest fires

Shawdesh Desk: Forest fires raging across Indonesia have sent air quality levels across Southeast Asia plummeting as they belch out emissions that aggravate global warming. The country’s palm oil industry

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Fire erupts at Saudi high-speed train station: authorities

Shawdesh Desk: A fire erupted on Sunday at a new high-speed train station in Saudi Arabia’s western city of Jeddah, authorities said, with huge palls of smoke seen rising into

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Myanmar dismisses proposal of ‘safe zone’ for Rohingyas

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar has dismissed calls to establish a ‘safe zone’ for its minority Muslim Rohingya community urging Bangladesh to carry out the repatriation of sheltered Rohingyas in accordance with

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36 die in expressway bus crash in China

Shawdesh Desk: At least 36 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck on an expressway in eastern China, authorities said Sunday. A bus with 69 people on

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Hundreds of thousands join Canada climate strikes

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of thousands of people have joined climate strike marches across Canada, with almost 100 events planned in cities and towns. Protesters are taking part in the global

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Rahul Gandhi not to be part of candidate selection for assembly elections

Shawdesh Desk: Former Indian Congress president Rahul Gandhi will have no say in the choice of party candidates for next month’s assembly elections. Rahul, who quit as Congress chief after

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Torrential monsoon rains kill 59 in India this week

Shawdesh Desk: A heavy spell of retreating monsoon rains has flooded wide areas in northern India, killing dozens of people this week, an official said Saturday. Sandhaya Kureel, a spokeswoman

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