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‘Double standards’: Pakistan rejects UN report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan strikes

Pakistan denies UN report that documents civilian casualties in Afghanistan, calls it ‘baseless’ Pakistan’s military has rejected a UN report documenting hundreds of civilian casualties from cross-border fighting with Afghanistan, saying its forces targeted only Pakistani Taliban hideouts and other militant infrastructure and carried out the strikes in self-defence.Pakistan’s military spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif…

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‘If India is so great, why settle in Dubai?’ Raj Thackeray targets Vivek Oberoi, R Madhavan | India News

Raj Thackeray also weighed in on PM’s remarks condemning abusive language and accused BJP of nurturing a culture of online abuse. MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday launched a sharp attack on industrialists and public figures who praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government while choosing to live abroad, questioning their claims that…

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Evening news wrap: Indonesia ferry fire kills 5, rescue teams recover Nirmal Purja’s body & more | India News

At least five people died and 41 remain missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off Madura Island. Rescuers recovered Nirmal Purja‘s body after the avalanche, with all 10 climbers now confirmed dead. Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar called the Mekedatu dam project a “permanent solution” to the Cauvery water dispute. Assam boxer Lovlina Borgohain objected…

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Youngest Person To Visit Every Country: Meet Sophia Lee: At 21 she is soon likely to become the youngest person to visit every country

(Pic courtesy: Instagram/ Sophie Lee) At 13, when her friends were obsessing about boyfriends and starting high school, Sophie Lee knew she wanted to set a world record. So she boarded a plane to Costa Rica, alone. That solo journey changed everything for her. The next year, she decided to become the youngest person to…

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Rescuers find Nirmal Purja’s body; all 10 climbers confirmed dead after avalanche on Broad Peak in PoK

Ten climbers, including Nirmal Purja, died in a Broad Peak avalanche. Search efforts continue for the remaining bodies after the incident. Renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche on PoK’s Broad Peak have been confirmed dead, according to the Alpine Club of Pakistan and Purja’s expedition company.Search and…

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‘Ready to face death’: Pappu Yadav defiant after FIR over Ram Temple donation ‘theft’ skit | India News

Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan and other Opposition MPs protested in Parliament over the issue of alleged Ayodhya Ram Mandir donations embezzlement on Friday. (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh) NEW DELHI: Independent MP Pappu Yadav on Sunday remained defiant after Varanasi Police registered a case against him, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi…

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‘That hurts us’: CWG silver medalist Lovlina flags ‘missing’ Northeast on Glasgow restaurant’s India map | India News

CWG silver medallist Lovlina objects to ‘missing’ Northeast on Glasgow restaurant’s napkins (Image/PTI,X) NEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games silver medallist and Assam boxer Lovlina Borgohain said she felt ‘hurt’ after noticing that the Northeast was missing from a map printed on napkins and displayed outside a popular Indian restaurant in Glasgow. The restaurant owners acknowledged the…

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