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Radha Soami Satsang Beas chief's wife Shabnam Dhillon dies in England
India | Nov 27, 2019, 09:16 PM ISTRadha Soami Satsang Beas chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon's wife Shabnam Dhillon has passed away. Dhillon breathed her last in England. She was 57.
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Venkaiah Naidu urges public display of fundamental duties
India | Nov 26, 2019, 01:54 PM ISTAddressing the joint sitting of Parliament to celebrate Constitution Day, Naidu stressed on creating awareness about citizens' duties and the need to make it part of the curriculum at an appropriate level.
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Plane crashes into water off Welsh coast, pilot missing
World | Nov 26, 2019, 07:19 AM ISTThe British Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it had sent a team "to investigate an accident involving a light aircraft."
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Uber loses license to operate in London over passenger safety
World | Nov 25, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTSan Francisco-based cab facilitator, Uber, has lost its licence to operate in London. This development has put the ride-hailing company's future in the British capital in doubt. London's transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber's license amid concerns over passenger safety.
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India-UK experts begin largest study on babies with brain injury in India
World | Nov 21, 2019, 10:42 AM ISTAccording to the Imperial College London, worldwide approximately 50-70 million people have epilepsy, with around 12 million people were estimated to be living with epilepsy in India.
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Ailing Nawaz Sharif consults medical specialists in UK
World | Nov 20, 2019, 03:44 PM ISTSharif's air ambulance flight from Lahore landed in London on Tuesday evening after a stopover in Doha, Qatar. The air ambulance was equipped with an intensive care unit and an operation theatre.
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Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif leaves for London for medical treatment
World | Nov 19, 2019, 12:50 PM ISTFormer Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif agreed to go to the UK for treatment, heeding doctors' advice and accepting his family's request. He was scheduled to leave for London on a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight on Sunday. However, he could not leave as his name figured in the no fly-list.
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Nawaz Sharif to travel to London on Tuesday for medical treatment
World | Nov 17, 2019, 03:25 PM ISTIn a blow to the incumbent government, which had placed a condition of indemnity bonds for Sharif's travel, the court on Saturday ordered it to remove his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) without any conditions, Dawn news reported
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Most destructive hurricanes are thrice more frequent since 1900
World | Nov 12, 2019, 01:21 PM ISTHurricanes have become more destructive since 1900 with the worst of them more than 3 times as frequent now than a century ago, according to a study which has used a new way to calculate the effect of climate change on hurricane size, strength, and damaging force
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Nawaz Sharif's travel to London for treatment in limbo as his name figures in no fly list
World | Nov 10, 2019, 07:23 AM ISTThe 69-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo agreed on Friday to go to the UK for the treatment, heeding doctors' advice and accepting his family's request. He was scheduled to leave for London on a PIA flight on Sunday morning.
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Nawaz Sharif, brother Shehbaz Sharif to leave for London on Sunday
World | Nov 09, 2019, 09:45 AM ISTThe development comes after Nawaz Sharif acceded to doctors advice and family's persuasion to go abroad for treatment, days after he was released from a hospital in Lahore.
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Chinese group behind cyberattacks on India identified
World | Nov 05, 2019, 02:52 PM ISTIn one of the attacks the group used PlugX malware - traditionally used by many Chinese APT groups. They also used Byeby trojan, which was involved in the SongXY malware campaign in 2017.
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Gareth Bale back on transfer watch after trip to London
Football | Oct 31, 2019, 04:22 PM ISTZinedine Zidane said Gareth Bale had not told him why he needed to go to London and had received permission to do so directly from the club.
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Sheep driven across London in 800-yr-old tradition
News | Sep 30, 2019, 04:34 PM ISTThe rain just about managed to hold off for the annual London Sheep Drive, which sees flocks of sheep guided across London Bridge from north to south, in a tradition dating back more than 800 years to the creation of the City of London.
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New giant salamander species may be world's biggest amphibian
Science | Sep 17, 2019, 02:22 PM ISTChinese giant salamanders, now classified as Critically Endangered, were once widespread throughout central, southern and eastern China, researchers noted. They have previously been considered a single species (Andrias davidianus).
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Indian-origin police officer censured for work computer misuse in UK
World | Sep 13, 2019, 06:45 PM ISTAn Indian-origin police officer escaped a jail term in the UK after he was handed a three-month suspended sentence for the misuse of his work computer.
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Kurukshetra: Debate on violent protest outside Indian embassy in London
Kurukshetra | Sep 04, 2019, 08:47 PM ISTDebate on violent protest outside Indian embassy in London
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Indian High Commission in London attacked by Pakistani protesters
World | Sep 04, 2019, 12:33 PM ISTMedia reports in London said the police arrested four people in connection with the incident. A dagger was also recovered from one of the protesters, the police said.
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Indian-origin man killed in collision as he crossed road in UK
India | Sep 02, 2019, 12:04 PM ISTRajesh Chand was crossing the road at the time of the collision, believed to be a hit and run, in the early hours of Saturday. West Midlands Police are appealing for witnesses and further information as they arrested a 30-year-old man, who remains in custody on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the incident.
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London named world's best student city in new rankings
Education | Jul 31, 2019, 02:03 PM ISTThe 'QS Best Student Cities Ranking' compiled by global education consultancy QS Quacquarelli Symonds highlights each city's performance across six categories – the number of top-ranked universities; the proportion of a city's population made up of students; quality of life on offer; job opportunities available after graduation; affordability; and the feedback of the students themselves.