Switzerland
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das ranked among top 3 central bankers: Who are other two?
Business | Aug 21, 2024, 02:54 PM ISTDenmark's Christian Kettel Thomsen and Switzerland's Thomas Jordan, Das was recognised for his effective management of inflation, economic growth, currency stability, and interest rates. This accolade highlights his successful monetary policies amidst global economic challenges.
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Swiss flight with over 300 on board makes emergency landing in Kazakhstan due to THIS reason
World | Aug 18, 2024, 05:45 PM ISTThe Boeing 777-300ER's nose wheel got caught in the grass and was stuck, requiring it to be towed back onto the runway, the airlines said in a statement. The aircraft will be examined for damage and will be the subject of an investigation.
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Ex-UP Finance Corporation official, absconder in 1998 scam, arrested from Switzerland
Uttar Pradesh | Jul 30, 2024, 04:14 PM ISTThe accused Anil Kumar Khanna has been absconding since 1998. He had scammed the Uttar Pradesh Finance Corporation of Rs 37 lakh back then. The CBI got a red corner notice issued against him and subsequently, he has been arrested.
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Indian funds in Swiss banks down 70 per cent to lowest in 4 years: Switzerland Central Bank
Business | Jun 21, 2024, 02:42 PM ISTAccording to the data released by Switzerland's central bank, Indian funds in Swiss banks were down 70 per cent to the lowest in four years at 1.04 billion.
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India, Saudi Arabia and other countries opt out of signing Ukraine declaration in Switzerland
World | Jun 17, 2024, 06:04 AM ISTThe event was aimed to build support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace formula, albeit in the absence of Russia and China. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier met Zelenskyy during the G7 Summit in Italy, where the latter thanked him for sending a delegation for peace talks.
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World leaders gather in Switzerland for Ukraine peace summit. What is India's position?
World | Jun 15, 2024, 02:00 PM ISTThe event, aimed to build support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace formula, is seen as merely symbolic in the absence of Russia and China. PM Modi reiterated to Zelenskyy on Friday that the conflict can only be resolved through "dialogue and diplomacy".
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Switzerland police shoot dead axe-wielding Iranian man on train, 15 hostages rescued
World | Feb 09, 2024, 05:57 PM ISTThe attacker was identified as a 32-year-old Iranian asylum-seeker, who took 15 hostages on the train before he was fatally shot by police. Vaud canton police said there was no indication that the hostage-taking was a terrorist incident.
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Daughter of former Uzbek president, who served at UN, indicted in extortion, money laundering case
World | Sep 29, 2023, 04:40 PM ISTCulminating a criminal probe that was opened over a decade ago, the Swiss prosecutors announced the indictment and said Karimova allegedly developed and ran a crime ring known as “The Office” that involved several dozen people and multiple companies.
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'They made us slave': PoK activists protest against Pakistan regime at UN Human Rights Council
World | Sep 25, 2023, 11:56 PM ISTThe exiled Chairman of the United Kashmir People’s National Party said that the government has turned the region into slavery by outsourcing the minerals and added that political activists were sent to jail to suppress dissent voices.
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Too hot to handle! Zurich's high temperature may spoil your vacation plans
Travel | Aug 23, 2023, 05:03 PM ISTWhile Zurich may be too hot to handle at times, it doesn’t mean your vacation plans have to be spoiled.
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Amid unrest in France, similar protests erupt in Switzerland's Lausanne over fatal police shooting
World | Jul 02, 2023, 05:05 PM ISTAP reported police saying that several shop windows and a shop door were broken, while protesters threw stones and a Molotov cocktail at officers. Six of the seven detained protesters were teenagers aged 15 to 17, along with a 24-year-old Swiss man.
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Iran summons Swiss ambassador to Tehran for posting photo of protest icon Mahsa Amini on Twitter
World | May 21, 2023, 09:48 PM ISTA website affiliated with Iran's state television called YJC.ir reported that the Swiss ambassador, Nadine Lozano, was summoned after a Twitter account affiliated with the embassy in Tehran published a photo featuring Amini.
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Celebrating Swisstainable Veggie Day, Switzerland to go Vegetarian for a Day on October 1st
Lifestyle | Sep 29, 2022, 12:03 PM ISTTourists and locals alike, are invited to celebrate World Vegetarian Day and enjoy a creatively put-together scrumptious vegetarian feast.
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Pakistan floods: Over three million children at risk, says UNICEF
World | Sep 01, 2022, 08:07 AM ISTPakistan floods: The impact of the heavy monsoon rains, which began in mid-July 2022, is drastic, affecting 33 million people in 116 districts across the country, with 66 districts being hardest hit.
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Woman moves Delhi HC to stop friend’s euthanasia trip to Switzerland
India | Aug 12, 2022, 05:13 PM ISTMan seeks euthanasia: The man suffers from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which is a complex, debilitating, long-term neuroinflammatory disease.
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Gustav McKeon becomes youngest player in history of cricket to score ton in T20I, know details
Cricket | Jul 25, 2022, 11:26 PM ISTAlmost half of the total runs scored by him were just by hitting sixes.
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Piyush Goyal pitches for permanent solution for food security with WTO DG at G33 meeting in Geneva
India | Jun 12, 2022, 08:34 PM ISTTaking to Twitter, Union Minister Piyush Goyal wrote "fighting for the rights of our farmers within an hour of landing WTO Geneva at the G33 Ministerial Meeting."
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Davos 2022: Gautam Adani says Aatmanirbhar Bharat best way forward for India
Business | May 27, 2022, 12:23 AM ISTAs a response to global conditions, I am convinced that our Prime Minister’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme is precisely the catalyst India needs to step up and strengthen self-reliance across all sectors, billionaire Indian industrialist Gautam Adani in his blog.
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Swiss government: Same-sex couples can marry starting July 1, 2022
World | Nov 18, 2021, 12:01 PM ISTSwitzerland is one of the few remaining countries in Western Europe where gay and lesbian couples do not already have the right to wed.
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Switzerland approves same-sex marriage by wide margin in referendum
World | Sep 26, 2021, 10:16 PM ISTSwitzerland's parliament and the governing Federal Council supported the “Marriage for All” measure. Switzerland has authorized same-sex civil partnerships since 2007.