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Xi Jinping Wins Third Term as Party Chief and Fills Leadership With Loyalists
BEIJING, July 10 — China’s deepening strategic alignment with Russia carries a direct economic stake for Central Asia,…
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Mumbai Counts Its Water Gains While the Trains Run Late
MUMBAI, July 10 — The monsoon has done what it does every year in this city of more…
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Mumbai’s Drainage System: Why Waterlogging Persists
MUMBAI, July 10 — Two thousand kilometres of drains and 200 pumping stations, the backbone of Mumbai’s stormwater…
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Mumbai’s BMC Warns of Leptospirosis Risk and Urges Treatment Within 72 Hours of Floodwater Exposure
MUMBAI, July 10 — The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation today issued a public advisory on leptospirosis, urging citizens to…
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Mumbai’s Rs 6,000 crore coastal redevelopment pipeline surges on infrastructure boost
MUMBAI, July 10 — A Rs 6,000 crore redevelopment pipeline is now underway across Mumbai’s coastal micro-markets, driven…
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Japan’s Political and Economic Gender Gaps Persist Despite Initiatives
TOKYO — The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022 places Japan 116th out of 146 nations,…
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A Weak Yen Is Pulling Tourists Into Japan, but Not Much Foreign Investment
TOKYO, July 6 — For all the noise about Japan’s return as a global economic force, the salient…
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Japan’s Yen Hits 40-Year Low, Echoing December 1986 Once More
TOKYO, July 6 — There is a peculiar kind of time travel you can do with currency charts.…
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Odisha teacher’s Muqabla dance reel earns 1.9 million Instagram views
One point nine million views. That is the number Moti Behera’s Instagram reel has pulled in since she…
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Odisha teacher Moti Behera’s Muqabla dance reel draws 1.9 million views
In Odisha, a woman in a kurti and jeans is making people forget Prabhu Deva. Moti Behera, a…
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Odisha Teacher Moti Behera’s Muqabla Dance Reel Draws Praise and 1.9 Million Views
The Everyday Stage: What Moti Behera’s Viral Dance Really Says Moti Behera dances in what looks like a…
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‘Bhagwan Ram Dekh Lenge’: The Mood In Ayodhya
AYODHYA, July 6 — As the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust meets today amidst allegations of financial…
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Nepali Congress Reschedules Lower-Level Conventions as Factions Edge Toward Unity Deal
KATHMANDU, July 5 — Pradip Paudel, a senior leader of the Nepali Congress party, has called on all…
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Japan Posts May Trade Deficit as Weak Yen Inflates Import Costs
The cheap yen is a bargain for tourists. For everyone else in Japan, it is a slow squeeze.…
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Channi Supporters Rally Against Warring’s Retention as Punjab Congress Chief
CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The Congress party’s high command reshuffled the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee just days ago,…
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Woman’s Instagram post details alleged harassment by elderly men on Bihar train
For decades, the general compartment of an Indian train has been a place of last resort. No reservation.…
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China Launches Coast Guard Patrol East of Taiwan, Drawing Sharp Response From Taipei
BEIJING, July 4 — The China Coast Guard has rotated its patrol force in waters east of Taiwan…
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China Coast Guard Sends Flotilla East of Taiwan After Japan-Philippines Sea Border Talks
BEIJING, July 4 — China has dispatched a coast guard patrol east of Taiwan, a move that comes…
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17-Year-Old Student Takes CBSE Tender Concerns to Parliamentary Panel; Board Chairman Transferred
NEW DELHI — The documents were always public. That was never the problem. A Class 12 student, studying…
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Nepal Drafts Industrial Property Act to Replace 1965 Law and Protect Geographical Indications
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s draft Intellectual Property Bill lands on a desk with decades of dust on it. The…
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Nepal’s Foreign Minister Dismisses Uranium Mining Agreement Speculation
KATHMANDU, July 1 — Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal told Nepal’s National Assembly today that no agreement exists between…
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Chinese grad invites eatery owners to graduation via food order
GUANGZHOU, July 1 — A Chinese PhD graduate has turned a routine food delivery order into an unusual…
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Guangzhou restaurant owner invited to graduation photos by PhD regular of seven years
A Guangzhou diner owner who quit school as a teenager will attend a university graduation ceremony this month.…
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Renewables Norway chief calls India a clean tech manufacturing powerhouse and key partner
NEW DELHI — The head of Norway’s renewable energy lobby stood in New Delhi this week and said…
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