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Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has taken the “Hindu meal” off the menu, citing a review of its services and customer feedback. In a statement on Wednesday, the airline said the decision to withdraw the Hindu meal option from its in-flight menu was taken following a review of the on-board products and services. “As part of our continuous review of the products ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Interfaith leaders from across the world have come together in Assisi, home of Saint Francis, as part of a Peace Pledge Pilgrimage to walk and work for peace and protection of water. Parmarth Niketan President Swami Chidanand Saraswati and secretary, General of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati offered the holy water of Ganga collected from ...

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm has launched an official website for a project to tow icebergs from Antarctica to the UAE coasts during the first quarter of 2020 “to leverage them as new sources of water in the region”. The National Advisor Bureau Ltd put forward the UAE-Iceberg Project to highlight the upcoming stages and benefits in environment and ...

Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against absconding billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi who is facing probe in a USD 2 billion PNB scam, officials said. In its Red Corner Notice (RCN) issued against a fugitive, the Interpol asks its 192 member countries to arrest or detain the person if spotted in their countries after which extradition or deportation proceedings ...

The EU Withdrawal Bill, the British government’s central legislation to pave the way for the country’s exit from the European Union by March next year, today officially became law in Parliament. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow told MPs that the bill had received Royal Assent, which involves Queen Elizabeth II’s final approval required to make it an Act of ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he wants to renegotiate a “ridiculous” water supply agreement with Singapore, the latest sign of fraying ties between the neighbours since last month’s shock election. The 92-year-old returned for a second time as premier after his opposition alliance scored an unexpected victory at the polls, toppling a long-ruling coalition that Mahathir himself once ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Every few metres someone—a newlywed couple, a group of young girls with balloons—stops Samar Almogren to cheer her on or flash her a thumbs-up. It’s midnight in Riyadh, and she’s making her way across the city she was born and raised in, finally in the driver’s seat of her own car. Saudi Arabia’s notorious ban on women ...

Marijuana will be legal nationwide in Canada starting October 17 in a move that should take market share away from organised crime and protect the country’s youth, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. The Senate gave final passage to the bill to legalise cannabis on Tuesday, legislation that will make Canada only the second country in the world to make ...

Three people, including a nine-year-old child, were killed and more than 200 others were injured when a severe earthquake struck on Monday morning in the western city of Osaka, Japan. The photographs on television show that the houses are moving and the water pipes are exploding and the water is gushing out of them. There has not been any more ...

India today rejected a UN report alleging human rights violations in Kashmir as “fallacious, tendentious and motivated”. In a strong reaction, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the report is “overtly prejudiced” and seeks to build a “false narrative”. It violated the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, it said. In the report released today, the UN talked about alleged ...