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Mallaya may be extradited to India

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DAINIK NATION BUREAU The judge’s decision on whether to send Mallya’s case to UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid can be appealed with the UK High Court’s permission, with the person to be extradited entitled to make an application for permission to appeal to the High Court within 14 days of the date of the Chief Magistrate’s ruling. “If the judge ...

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Trump calls former secretary of state “dumb as a rock”

US President Donald Trump on Friday lambasted his former secretary of state Rex Tillerson, describing him as “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell”, after the ex-diplomat alleged the president regularly pushed him to take decisions that were “illegal”. On the same day, Trump praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for doing a great job. “Mike Pompeo is doing ...

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World Bank to double funding for tackling climate change

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The problem of climate change is becoming increasingly serious. This is the reason why the World Bank has decided to double funding to deal with the distressed climate change for the year 2021-25. The World Bank has now increased this amount to $ 200 billion. The World Bank announced the doubling of the amount in the Summit of the United ...

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India to host G-20 summit in 2022

Narendra-Modi

DAINIK NATION BUREAU India will host the G20 Summit In 2022, when the country celebrates its 75th year of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday during the ongoing meet of the international grouping in Argentina. “In 2022 India completes 75 years since Independence. In that special year, India looks forward to welcoming the world to the G-20 Summit! ...

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Earthquake shatters highways and buildings

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning for islands and coastal areas south of the city. No tsunami arrived and there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries. The US Geological Survey ...

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India-Pak war would be foolishness: Imran Khan

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday urged India and Pakistan to come together to resolve their mutual dispute and become better neighbors. Keeping the cornerstone of the Kartarpur Corridor in Narowal, Pakistan, he said that his party, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, all the parties here and the Pakistani army are all together. Giving examples of Germany and France, he said that ...

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Putin warns against ‘reckless’ moves after Ukraine declares martial law

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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine against any “reckless acts” on Tuesday after Kiev declared martial law in response to Moscow’s seizure of three of its navy vessels. The Ukrainian parliament late on Monday voted in favour of President Petro Poroshenko’s request for the introduction of martial law in parts of the country for 30 days. The decision came as ...

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California fire mostly contained, death toll rises to 84

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The fire that has ravaged northern California is now almost completely contained, authorities said Thursday as the death toll rose to 84. Rain fell in the first measurable amounts in months in the drought-stricken area and this helped put out hot spots and smouldering fires, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. It said the so-called Camp Fire ...

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California wildfire death toll rises to 77

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Authorities say one more set of human remains has been found, bringing the total number killed in a devastating California wildfire to 77. A state incident report released Sunday evening says the flames destroyed more than 10,500 homes. Over a thousand names remain on a list of those unaccounted for after the so-called Camp Fire swept through the rural town ...

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Julian Assange charged in US over WikiLeaks

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was behind a massive dump of classified US documents in 2010, has been charged in the United States, WikiLeaks said Thursday. Prosecutors revealed the existence of the sealed indictment inadvertently in a court filing in an unrelated case, WikiLeaks said. The exact nature of the charges against Assange was not immediately known. “SCOOP: US Department ...

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