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Auckland: UHCANZ presents Ghazal night at Fickling Convention Centre
A great annual Ghazal night (Mehfil e saaz aur awaaz) will be organized by the Urdu Hindi Cultural Association of New Zealand at 6:00 pm on 29th January 2022 at Fickling Convention…
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Global Covid caseload tops 325.7 million
Washington: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 325.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.53 million and vaccinations to over 9.60 billion, according…
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Turkey’s inflation to be single-digit by mid-2023: Minister
Istanbul: Turkey’s annual inflation rate will be in single digit when the country will hold its presidential and parliamentary election in mid-2023, Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati has said. “With…
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Electricity prices in Finland hit record high in 2021
Helsinki: Wholesale electricity prices in Finland hit a record high in 2021 as power consumption returned to pre-pandemic levels, the national broadcaster Yle reported. According to sector organisation Finnish Energy, in 2021…
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US to ban all flights to China ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics
Washington: The US will be banning all commercial flights to China from January 19 as Beijing tries to keep coronavirus infections at bay ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Starting next week,…
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Pak to offer permanent residency scheme for rich foreign nationals to boost weak economy
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to offer a permanent residency scheme for wealthy foreign nationals, including Sikhs living in the US and Canada, Afghans and Chinese, to attract investment and boost its flagging…
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Zuckerberg, Pichai signed ‘big deal’ to carve up ad market: Report
San Francisco: A serious anti-trust complaint in the US has reportedly revealed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were allegedly involved in an ad collusion plot,…
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Russia arrests top hackers at US govt’s request, won’t extradite
Moscow: Russia has arrested several members of the well-known hacker group called REvil at the request of the US government after it was established that the infamous group was involved in several…
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UN fund for vulnerable children in Bangladesh, Pakistan
New Delhi: Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has announced a total of $91.7 million in catalytic grant financing for new and expanded Multi-Year Resilience Programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Lebanon, Libya, and Sudan. All…
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ATEEZ’s ‘Wonderland’ MV hits 100 million views on YouTube
Seoul: K-pop group ATEEZ’s music video (MV) has surpassed 100 million views for the first time. According to their agency KQ Entertainment, the title song ‘Wonderland’ of ATEEZ’s first full-length album “TREASURE…
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Rich countries dump 100 mn near expiry Covid shots to poor nations
London: Third world nations were offered about 100 million Covid-19 vaccines that were near expiry, which the countries were forced to dump, according to the UN’s children’s fund Unicef. According to Unicef’s…
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Is a British Indian in line to be UK’s next Prime Minister?
London: As Boris Johnson’s partygate troubles mount and members of his own Conservative Party demand he step down as the British Prime Minister, one name is doing the rounds as a frontrunner…
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Imran Khan launches Pakistan’s first-ever National Security Policy
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched the country’s first-ever National Security Policy, which articulates a citizen-centric framework, placing economic security at its core unlike the previous one-dimensional security policy…