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  Which countries share their Independence Day with India on August 15? Full list

  India | August 13, 2024 14:47 IST

  While India marks its independence on August 15, five other nations also celebrate their freedom on this significant date. These include South Korea, North Korea, Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Liechtenstein.

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  Congo: Four killed after armed attack on Chinese mining convoy transporting gold in Fizi

  World | September 03, 2023 13:52 IST

  Armed attackers stole a "large quantity" of gold from the convoy that belonged to a Chinese mining company in the South Kivu province.

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  Series of earthquakes on DRC-Rwanda border stoke fears of second volcanic eruption

  World | May 26, 2021 12:24 IST

  An earthquake on the border of Congo and Rwanda on Tuesday -- measured 5.3 magnitude by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor and the strongest of more than 100 tremors that have followed Saturday's eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano -- destroyed several buildings in the DRC's eastern city of Goma.

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  How the Ebola virus got its name

  World | October 12, 2014 14:40 IST

  New York: The deadly Ebola virus that has killed over 3,300 people in West Africa since its current outbreak was confirmed in March, was christened in 1976 after a river.The virus first surfaced and caused

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  No link between Ebola outbreaks in West Africa, DRC: WHO

  World | September 03, 2014 9:11 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said the outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is ‘a distinct and independent event' with no relationship to the epidemic in West Africa.Based on virus sequencing