Morning Digest | Exit polls show Congress win in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, but differ over M.P., Rajasthan; GDP surges 7.6% in Q2, goes past RBI forecast; and more

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Fraternal ties and humanitarian gestures go hand in hand for the UAE in support of Gaza

2,000 Palestinians to get treatment in UAE hospitals in a show of brotherly support

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Kissinger, Nixon ‘helped’ Pakistan in 1971, documents from U.S. Archive reveal

The information was part of a bunch of documents that were declassified earlier but were circulated by the National Security Archive of the U.S.A. to mark Henry Kissinger’s demise at the age of 100

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PM Modi arrives in Dubai to attend World Climate Action Summit

Mr. Modi will attend the World Climate Action Summit on Friday during the United Nations 'Conference of the Parties' on climate, known as COP28

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Greek PM was 'grandstanding' in sculpture row: U.K.'s Sunak

"When people make commitments they should keep them," the Conservative leader added.

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Argentina's President-elect tells top Biden officials that he's committed to freedom

Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei met Tuesday with senior Biden administration officials at the White House

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Turkish parliament to decide on Sweden's NATO bid, Turkish foreign ministers told counterparts - source

Turkey and Hungary are the only NATO members yet to ratify Sweden’s bid.

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Israel-Hamas truce LIVE updates Day 5 | Israel releases 30 prisoners after Hamas frees 12 hostages in extended truce deal

Israel’s government on Monday added another 50 names to the list of prisoners eligible to be freed under the deal

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Morning Digest | Uttarakhand tunnel ordeal ends, all 41 trapped workers rescued; Supreme Court panel submits report on Manipur victims, and more

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Israel-Hamas truce LIVE updates | Israel receives list of additional Gaza hostages to be released: Army Radio

An agreement has been reached to extend the Israel-Hamas truce for another two days, the spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said November 27.

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Sceptre consigned to history, but the spectre of monarchy haunts Nepali society

Pro-monarchy demonstrations by some groups in Kathmandu stoke debate if the current crop of politicians are failing to consolidate the republican system in Nepal

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Morning Digest | 100-hour vertical drilling target set to rescue workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel; Union Minister says CAA rules to be framed by March 2024, and more

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Three men of Palestinian descent attending holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont

Two of the men are in stable condition and the other suffered "much more serious injuries", Burlington police chief Jon Murad said

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Tens of thousands march against antisemitism in London including UK ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Tens of thousands of people including former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson have gathered in London for a march against antisemitism

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Elon Musk to meet Israeli President, Gaza hostage families on November 27

Israel's Channel 12 said Mr. Musk would also meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. There was no immediate comment from his office

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One killed, 20 injured as school bus plunges into ravine in Islamabad

The students were travelling on a school trip on Saturday when the accident happened. Following the accident, the driver was arrested

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Where does India stand on the Israel-Hamas war? | Explained

What is India’s stance vis-a-vis the West and the Global South? Is it now closer to Western countries than the Global South, and how will this impact India’s relations with different powers in West Asia?

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Geert Wilders | Out of the wilderness

With the victory of the anti-Islam, anti-immigrant Party for Freedom, Dutch politics has taken a sharp turn towards the far-right

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Ireland’s prime minister condemns anti-immigrant protesters who rampaged through central Dublin

Police arrested 34 people overnight after up to 500 people looted shops, set fire to vehicles

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Biden cheers U.S. diplomacy behind Gaza hostage release, says only a start

Biden declined to speculate about how long the Israel-Hamas war would last, but said he thought the chances of an extension of the ongoing truce were “real”.

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Hamas attacks horrific but unlike Holocaust: Yad Vashem chairman

“I do not accept the simplistic comparison with the Holocaust even if there are similarities”

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Daniel Noboa sworn in as Ecuador's President, inheriting the leadership of a country on edge

An inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade has been sworn in as Ecuador’s president

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Finland to close all but northernmost border crossing with Russia

Finland will close three of the four remaining border crossing points starting at midnight on Friday, leaving only the Raja-Jooseppi open

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Far-right Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: exit poll

Immigration was the key topic of the referendum campaign and his hardline stance, including closing the borders and deporting illegal immigrants, seemed to have resonated with Dutch voters

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Despite laws, Indian fishermen face no consequence for poaching, say Sri Lankan fishermen

Six years after both countries agreed to end bottom trawling, problem persists     

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U.S. mulls designating Yemen's Houthis a terrorist organization

The capture of the Galaxy Leader and its 25 international crew came days after the Iran-backed Houthis threatened to target Israeli shipping over the Israel-Hamas war

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Russia's Wagner preparing to provide air defence to 'Hezbollah or Iran': White House

Russia's mercenary Wagner group was preparing to bolster the air defences of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement or the regime in Tehran

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Joseph Boakai declared winner of Liberia presidential election

Boakai won with 50.64 percent of the vote, against 49.36 percent of the vote for former international football star Weah

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North Korea notifies Japan of satellite launch between November 22 and December 1

If carried out, it would mark a third attempt by the nuclear-armed state this year to put a spy satellite into orbit

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Argentines vote in an election that could lead a Trump-admiring populist to the Presidency

Argentines are voting in a presidential runoff pitting the candidate of the ruling Peronist party against a populist, anti-establishment candidate whose election could swing the country to the right amid discontent over soaring inflation

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Philippines leader Marcos' visit to Hawaii boosts U.S.-Philippines bond and recalls family history

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is visiting Hawaii to meet with senior U.S. military leaders and members of Hawaii’s large Filipino community

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U.K.'s Hunt says won't implement tax cuts that fuel inflation

Hunt has been under pressure from some Conservative lawmakers who, alarmed at the Opposition Labour Party’s big lead in opinion polls, have demanded he deliver tax cuts

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Bangladesh's top court upholds decision barring largest Islamist party from elections

Jamaat-e-Islami has been a key partner to the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia

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Biden says Palestinian Authority should ultimately govern Gaza and West Bank

Biden also said the United States is prepared to issue visa bans against "extremists" attacking civilians in the West Bank

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Border Peace and Tranquility Agreement | Limited peace, unlimited tensions

Thirty years on after the first India-China border agreement, the mechanisms built to keep the peace on the Line of Actual Control are fraying and in need of urgent revisiting

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Kerala environmentalist Sreeman Narayanan gets 26th PV Thampy Memorial Endowment Award

Sreeman Narayanan has distributed one lakh water feeders for birds and has launched a campaign to distribute one lakh neem tree saplings to households in Ernakulam

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Israel-Hamas war, Day 42 LIVE updates | Netanyahu admits Israel ‘not successful’ in bid to minimise Gaza civilian casualties

Internet and telephone services collapsed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday for lack of fuel

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Morning digest | Voting for all 230 Assembly seats in M.P. and 70 seats in Chhattisgarh today; Australia beats South Africa to set up a ICC World Cup title clash with India, and more

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Chile president says referendum will be last attempt at constitutional reform

Chileans will go to the polls on December 17

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India hopeful of the appeals process on eight nationals in Qatar: MEA

Earlier, reports had suggested that the appeals process in the case had been cancelled by the Qatari authorities. however, Mr. Bagchi clarified the matter and said the process is on track.

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Joe Biden, Xi Jinping hold first talks in a year

Global conflicts, fentanyl and stable ties top their agenda

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Finland considers closing border crossings with Russia to stem an increase in asylum-seekers

The government in Finland is considering whether to close some crossing points on the country’s long border with Russia to prevent people from trying to enter without proper documentation

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Iran hangs three men over 2019 bombing attacks

The three men were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of bombing attacks targeting a police station and a patrol vehicle in Zahedan in 2019

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Battles force Palestinians out of hospitals in Gaza, leaving patients, babies and medics stranded

The Israeli military has urged Palestinians to flee south on foot through what it calls safe corridors

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U.S. military says 5 crew members died when an aircraft crashed over the Mediterranean

The military said that the cause is under investigation, but there are no indications of any hostile activity involved.

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Morning digest | Ayodhya Deepotsav sets Guinness world record by lighting over 22 lakh diyas; PM Modi promises panel to address Madiga community’s sub-quota demand, and more

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Nawaz Sharif | A new sheriff in town

The former three-time Prime Minister, who came back from a self-imposed exile in London, has daunting tasks ahead, from tackling the corruption cases against him to steering his party to victory at February’s polls despite the continued popularity of Imran Khan

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Northern Myanmar fighting displaces almost 50,000 civilians: UN

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, Ta'ang National Liberation Army and the Arakan Army have blocked vital trade routes to China and say they have captured dozens of military outposts.

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Gaza 'carnage simply must stop': top UN aid official

Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters poured across the border on October 7.

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The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal

China responded that it acted appropriately under maritime law to defend what it says is its territory.

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Bangladesh PM rejects further pay hike after garment worker protests

The protests have left at least three workers dead and more than 70 factories ransacked since last week.

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Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95

He and his crew, James Lovell and William Anders, were the first Apollo mission to fly to the moon

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Israel-Hamas war, Day 35 LIVE updates | Israel does not seek to occupy Gaza, but ‘credible force’ needed: Netanyahu

The White House said on Thursday that Israel agreed to 4-hour daily pauses in northern Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee

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Bangladesh flies in policeman injured in October 28 violence for treatment in Delhi

Election is a domestic matter of Bangladesh, says India

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Bangladesh garment worker shot dead in new wage protests

The South Asian country's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85 percent of its $55 billion in annual exports, supplying many of the world's top brands including Levi's, Zara and H&M

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Chinese tech mogul not seen in weeks after official probe: reports

DouYu founder and CEO Chen Shaojie has not been seen since October and industry insiders believe it is related to suspected gambling during a livestream on the platform, The Paper, a government-run outlet based in Shanghai, reported

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Deportation bill debate begins in France

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Muslim prayer at Paris airport stirs controversy in France

The pictures shared virally on Sunday through social media showed several dozen travellers in the departures hall of Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris praying together ahead of a flight to Jordan

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Woman and 3 children killed by Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon, local officials say

A civil defence official and Lebanese state-run media say four civilians have been killed by an Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon, three of them children

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South Africa to recall all diplomats from Israel

Pretoria also said the position of the Israeli ambassador to the country was becoming "more and more untenable", accusing the diplomat of having made "disparaging remarks" about people criticising Israel

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Morning Digest | PM Modi, Kharge lead Mizoram poll campaign on final day; Centre puts ₹4,000 cr. on hold as A.P. alters PMAY name, and more

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Israel-Hamas war, Day 31 Live updates | Israeli warplanes hit refugee camps in Gaza Strip, killing scores

Gaza’s Health Ministry said more than 9,700 Palestinians have been killed in the territory in nearly a month of war, and that number is likely to rise

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German airport closed after armed man breaches security with his car

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157 killed as strong earthquake jolts Nepal's mountainous western region

Around 159 aftershocks have been recorded following last night’s earthquake, the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre reported

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Eric Trump testifies in civil fraud trial he relied on accountants for financial statements accuracy

Donald Trump and other defendants — including sons Donald Jr. and Eric — deny any wrongdoing.

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Myanmar ethnic minorities claim gains in junta offensive

The military had called in air and artillery strikes, a TNLA spokesman said.

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Modi, Sunak speak on West Asia, trade deal during call

On West Asia, Mr. Modi said that he and Mr. Sunak agreed “ that there is no place for terror and violence”

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AI to make all jobs redundant, Musk tells Sunak

Mr. Musk said that, on balance, “most likely” AI would be a force for good.

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Is the United Nations toothless in ending wars?

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Three Palestinians, Israeli killed in West Bank violence

According to the Palestinian ministry, Israeli forces and settlers have killed around 130 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7.

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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Timor, Indonesia

The Indonesian geological agency (BMKG) pegged the magnitude at 6.3 with no tsunami potential

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72 arrested worldwide in Interpol-coordinated strike on illicit medicines

“Counterfeit medicines and the misuse of regulated medication is a significant threat to public safety around the world,” said Jürgen Stock, Interpol Secretary General.

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Israel-Hamas war | Gaza crossing opens for foreigners and wounded

Even as bombings have driven tens of thousands from their homes and food, water and fuel run low, no one has been allowed to leave the embattled enclave, except for four hostages released by Hamas

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Biden Nominates Indo-Pacific Lead Campbell as Blinken’s Deputy

Mr. Campbell is the architect of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy and a strong proponent of the India-U.S. relationship, which he called “the most important bilateral relationship for the U.S.” in this century

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