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PM Modi Conferred With Guyana's Highest National Award 'The Order Of Excellence'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with Guyana's highest civilian honour, 'The Order of Excellence', by President Mohamed Irfaan Ali.
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Palestinians Say 100,000 Residents Trapped In Israel's North Gaza Offensive
Israeli tanks thrust deeper on Monday into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said were operations to eliminate regrouping Hamas militants.
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3 Years On, US Still Hunts Attackers Who Killed Americans During Afghan Exit
Three years after the suicide bomber attack at Afghanistan's Abbey Gate that killed 13 US service personnel and about 170 Afghan civilians, the network behind the perpetrator is "pretty degraded" but not eliminated, the Pentagon said.
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PM Modi To Receive Russia's Highest Civilian Honour For "Outstanding Service"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will be ceremoniously presented with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, which was bestowed on him in the year 2019 at St Catherine's Hall of the Moscow Kremlin.
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Israel Says Hamas Weapons Stored Near Rafah Camp Led To Deadly Fire
The Israeli military has said its initial investigation findings indicated that it was unexpected secondary explosions and fire that caused dozens of civilian deaths in its airstrike on Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday night.
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Indian Peacekeeper Killed In Action To Be Honoured With UN Medal
An Indian peacekeeper who lost his life serving under the UN flag is among over 60 military, police and civilian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously with a prestigious medal here for their service and supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.
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Israel's Rafah Invasion "Could Be A Slaughter Of Civilians", Warns UN
An Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in Gaza could lead to a "slaughter" and worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in the region, the United Nations' humanitarian office and health agency warned.
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China Hiding Military Presence In Space: NASA Head Bill Nelson
The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space.
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Divers Discover Underwater Hospital And Gravestone Off Florida Keys
The grave belongs to a civilian who worked as a labourer at Fort Jefferson.
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Satya Nadella Receives Padma Bhushan in the US Ahead of Plans to Visit India in January
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday received the Padma Bhushan in the US. The 55-year-old CEO of Microsoft was named one of 17 awardees of the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India, earlier this year. Nadella plans to visit India in January, his first visit to the country in nearly three years.
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Elon Musk Says SpaceX to Keep Funding Starlink Internet Access in Ukraine, Cites Need for 'Good Deeds'
Elon Musk on Saturday said SpaceX would continue to fund internet access to Ukraine via its Starlink service. The service has helped civilians and military stay online during the war with Russia. When a Twitter user told Musk "No good deed goes unpunished", he replied "Even so, we should still do good deeds".
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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Russian Forces Kill Seven Civilians Near Kyiv, Says Ukraine
Russian troops shot at a group of women and children evacuees leaving a village near Kyiv, killing seven, one of them a child, Ukraine's military intelligence service said Saturday, stating this happened on Friday.
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Civilian Targets Hit By Russian Forces In Ukraine's Dnipro, One Killed
Civilian targets came under Russian shelling in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro Friday, killing one, emergency services said,
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Russian Tanks Advance Towards Kyiv, Civilians Help Guard Checkpoints
At a deserted service station on the motorway northeast of Kyiv, a Ukrainian officer warns: "Don't go any further. The Russians are over there."
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PM Modi Conferred With Guyana's Highest National Award 'The Order Of Excellence'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with Guyana's highest civilian honour, 'The Order of Excellence', by President Mohamed Irfaan Ali.
-
Palestinians Say 100,000 Residents Trapped In Israel's North Gaza Offensive
Israeli tanks thrust deeper on Monday into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said were operations to eliminate regrouping Hamas militants.
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3 Years On, US Still Hunts Attackers Who Killed Americans During Afghan Exit
Three years after the suicide bomber attack at Afghanistan's Abbey Gate that killed 13 US service personnel and about 170 Afghan civilians, the network behind the perpetrator is "pretty degraded" but not eliminated, the Pentagon said.
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PM Modi To Receive Russia's Highest Civilian Honour For "Outstanding Service"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will be ceremoniously presented with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, which was bestowed on him in the year 2019 at St Catherine's Hall of the Moscow Kremlin.
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Israel Says Hamas Weapons Stored Near Rafah Camp Led To Deadly Fire
The Israeli military has said its initial investigation findings indicated that it was unexpected secondary explosions and fire that caused dozens of civilian deaths in its airstrike on Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday night.
-
Indian Peacekeeper Killed In Action To Be Honoured With UN Medal
An Indian peacekeeper who lost his life serving under the UN flag is among over 60 military, police and civilian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously with a prestigious medal here for their service and supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.
-
Israel's Rafah Invasion "Could Be A Slaughter Of Civilians", Warns UN
An Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in Gaza could lead to a "slaughter" and worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in the region, the United Nations' humanitarian office and health agency warned.
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China Hiding Military Presence In Space: NASA Head Bill Nelson
The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space.
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Divers Discover Underwater Hospital And Gravestone Off Florida Keys
The grave belongs to a civilian who worked as a labourer at Fort Jefferson.
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Satya Nadella Receives Padma Bhushan in the US Ahead of Plans to Visit India in January
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday received the Padma Bhushan in the US. The 55-year-old CEO of Microsoft was named one of 17 awardees of the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India, earlier this year. Nadella plans to visit India in January, his first visit to the country in nearly three years.
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Elon Musk Says SpaceX to Keep Funding Starlink Internet Access in Ukraine, Cites Need for 'Good Deeds'
Elon Musk on Saturday said SpaceX would continue to fund internet access to Ukraine via its Starlink service. The service has helped civilians and military stay online during the war with Russia. When a Twitter user told Musk "No good deed goes unpunished", he replied "Even so, we should still do good deeds".
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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Russian Forces Kill Seven Civilians Near Kyiv, Says Ukraine
Russian troops shot at a group of women and children evacuees leaving a village near Kyiv, killing seven, one of them a child, Ukraine's military intelligence service said Saturday, stating this happened on Friday.
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Civilian Targets Hit By Russian Forces In Ukraine's Dnipro, One Killed
Civilian targets came under Russian shelling in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro Friday, killing one, emergency services said,
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Russian Tanks Advance Towards Kyiv, Civilians Help Guard Checkpoints
At a deserted service station on the motorway northeast of Kyiv, a Ukrainian officer warns: "Don't go any further. The Russians are over there."
