‘We will mint it’: Nepal central bank confirms one-rupee coin with disputed map after government U-turn

New coin; Nepal PM Balendra Shah The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country’s central bank, announced on Saturday that it would mint a new one-rupee coin featuring a controversial map showing the territories of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani, which are disputed with India.Kathmandu claims the territories as their own, whereas New Delhi maintains that these…

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Only in America: Amid the roast, Trump toasts free speech

Donald Trump at White House correspondent’s dinner (Image/AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: It was as though a bull had been invited to hand out prizes at a china convention. The White House Correspondents’ Association’s rescheduled annual dinner on Friday night produced one of those deliciously improbable scenes that remind the world why American democracy is…

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UK industrial fire: Essex fertiliser explosion injures 20 firefighters, destroys 3 fire engines

Essex County Fire chief Rick Hylton 20 firefighters were taken to hospital after a massive fire at an industrial unit in Essex triggered a fertiliser explosion, destroying three fire engines and two fire service vehicles.Authorities said four firefighters suffered minor injuries while the rest were treated as a precaution before being discharged, Sky News reported….

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In 1988, zebra mussels arrived in North America through a ship’s ballast water; within 10 years, they had spread across all five Great Lakes

zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva) In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent. More…

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‘He spoke briefly, then fired’: Indian-origin woman shot dead in targeted Toronto attack | World News

Navneet Kaur/Image: Toronto Police A 26-year-old Indian-origin woman was shot dead in a targeted attack in Toronto, with police later arresting a Brampton man on a charge of first-degree murder.Toronto police said officers responded to a shooting call near Humberwood Boulevard and Rexdale Boulevard at about 7.23am on Friday, where they found Navneet Kaur with…

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