Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
In the Union Budget for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to transform the Mahabodhi temple corridor in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, into a world-class pilgrimage and tourism site, modeled after the
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tasked the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, with identifying countries willing to accept large numbers of Palestinians displaced from Gaza, according to Israeli officials cited by
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by Eric Tom Bower’s The Fall of Fayed is an extraordinary excavation of wealth, deception, and downfall, chronicling the rise and eventual collapse of Mohamed Al-Fayed’s empire. The book, a forensic dissection
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Pakistan is set to expel up to 3 million Afghan refugees this year as the latest phase of a nationwide crackdown on undocumented foreigners takes effect. A deadline for voluntary departure from
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If they can’t learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn ~ Dr. Ivor Lovas Since the designation of 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) by the
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Regulatory efforts to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from drinking water have triggered a surge in the development of technologies aimed at capturing and destroying these persistent pollutants. As highlighted by
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On March 16, the Rapid Action Battalion-11 (RAB-11) arrested Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), from the Siddirganj upazila (sub-District) in Narayanganj District. The arrest was made
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President Donald Trump’s latest executive order titled “RESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORY” replicates a tactic used by all authoritarian regimes. In the name of countering bias, they distort the nation’s
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is awaiting a verdict in a landmark corruption trial linked to allegations that he accepted millions of euros from the late Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi to finance
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Pakistan is preparing to deport nearly 900,000 Afghan refugees following the suspension of US foreign aid and the freezing of resettlement programs under former President Donald Trump’s administration. As reported by the
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