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Saudi authorities staged the “worst cover-up ever” in the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump has said as the US announced its first punitive action in the case by revoking the visas of some of the senior Saudi officials involved. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, disappeared after he entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey on ...

PM Narendra Modi has brought laurels to the nation. After the title of ‘Champions of Earth’, now Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honored with another honor for his contributions to the global economy. The prestigious Seoul Peace Price 2018 award will be given to PM Modi. Kwon E-hyock, head of the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, has announced this. ...

Writer Ana Burns received the Man Booker Prize 2018 for her novel ‘MilkMan’. She is the first Northern Irish writer to be selected for this prestigious award of English literature. Ana (56), born in Belfast, is the 17th woman to receive this award in the 49-year history of the Man Booker Prize. Anna is the first woman to receive this ...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday backed off from his claim that climate change is a hoax, but said that it’s not man-made with permanent impacts and climate will “change back again”. In an interview with CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’, Trump accused scientists of having a “very big political agenda” and asserted that he does not want to put the ...

Nirav Modi, accused in the PNB scam, has been duping people abroad too. A report has emerged, in which Neerav Modi sold 36-year-old Paul Alfonso, a resident of Canada, a fake diamond ring worth 2 million dollars (about 1.5 crore rupees). Paul has accused Nirav Modi that he sold him fake diamond rings. Paul bought these rings for his fiancé. ...

In the southwestern Sichuan province of China, the world’s largest Buddha statue will undergo four months scrutiny and survey. The extensive exercise is being conducted for the repair of the statue. The 71 meter high statue of Buddha in Leshan city has a crack in the chest and stomach part of the statue and it has been broken in someplaces. ...

A powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia on Friday, causing a tsunami that slammed into a city on Sulawesi island with officials saying the tremor had levelled “many” buildings. The shallow 7.5 magnitude quake sparked terror among locals who fled into the streets and raced to higher ground fearing tsunami waves. The disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before lifting ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Why are officers of the Israeli police force making frequent trips to a nondescript town in Kerala? The answer, for those who expect cloak-and-dagger stuff, may be disappointing. It so happens that their elegant light-blue, long sleeve uniform shirts are stitched at an apparel unit in Kannur, which has the glorious tradition of handloom making and textile ...

The French government has said it was in no manner involved in the choice of Indian industrial partners for the Rafale fighter jet deal, asserting that French companies have the full freedom to select Indian firms for the contract. The statement by the French government came on Friday following a French media report which quoted former French President Francois Hollande ...

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Foreign Office said here Thursday, seeking to re-start the bilateral talks on key issues “challenging the relationship” including on terrorism and Kashmir. In the letter dated September 14, the cricketer-turned-politician, who became the prime minister last month, proposed a meeting between Foreign Minister ...