Stretching nearly 8,000 kilometres from the Atlantic coast of Senegal to the Red Sea nation of Djibouti, Africa’s Great Green Wall is one of the largest environmental restoration projects ever undertaken. Launched by the African Union in 2007, the initiative...

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NEW DELHI: India on Friday reiterated that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain in abeyance until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” ends its support for cross-border terrorism. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said...

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RAJKOT: A 22-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his parents in Gujarat’s Rajkot district after frequent disputes over his drinking, with a forensic postmortem overturning the family’s claim that he had died by suicide after consuming acid. The victim,...

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MEERUT: A dispute over the ownership of a recently purchased property allegedly turned fatal in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district on Friday after a 45-year-old beautician and social media influencer was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband, police said. The...

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A norovirus outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship has affected 125 people during a 20-day voyage from San Francisco to Canada and Alaska, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Health officials said 102 passengers and 23 crew...

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The Delhi High Court has ruled that the State bears a heightened responsibility to protect the life and dignity of every person in its custody, observing that any custodial death raises serious concerns about the justice system and requires judicial scrutiny. In a...

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