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14 Skeletons Found In Ruined 5,000-Year-Old Neolithic Tomb In Scotland
In a 5,000-year-old tomb, archaeologists have uncovered the skeletal remains of 14 individuals, including men, women, and children.
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"Local Hero" Indian-Origin Sikh Volunteer Wins Australian Of The Year Award
A 41-year-old Indian-origin Sikh volunteer was honoured along with three others with the prestigious 2023 New South Wales Australian of the Year Award for supporting the community during floods, bushfires, drought and the pandemic.
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AAP Names Local Leader For Bypoll To Punjab's Sangrur Lok Sabha Seat
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday named Gurmail Singh, an AAP volunteer, as the party's candidate for the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat bypoll, which will be held on June 23.
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Indian-Singaporean Jailed For Assaulting Volunteer Who Asked Him To Wear Mask
An Indian-origin Singaporean has been sentenced to seven weeks in jail for assaulting a volunteer at a local food centre here after being asked to wear his mask properly as part of the safety measures to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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Forest Fire In Nagaland's Dzukou Range Under Control, Say Officials: Report
The forest fire raging in Dzukou range in Nagaland has been brought under control with the help of the Indian Air Force helicopters, police, forest department and local volunteers, officials said today.
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Reliance Partnering With Centre For Mega-Scale COVID-19 Testing: Nita Ambani
Reliance Foundation is partnering with the government and local bodies for conducting mega-scale COVID-19 testing across the country and will volunteer for nationwide distribution of its vaccine when it is found, its Founder and Chairperson Nita Ambani said on Wednesday.
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300 Students Participate In Cleanliness Drive Organized By IIT Mandi
About 300 student volunteers and 100 local volunteers participated in the Cleanliness drive which was organized on August 24.
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14 Volunteer Doctors Dead, 21 Injured In Bolivia Bus Crash
A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday
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Couple Ate Squirrel Believed To Have Health Benefits. They Died Of Plague
For days, the dusty roads of a small town in Mongolia's westernmost province were largely deserted. "After the quarantine was announced, not many people - even locals - were in the streets for fear of catching the disease," Sebastian Pique, an American Peace Corps volunteer who has lived in the remote mountainous region for two years, told the Agen...
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Gurdwara Volunteer In Bihar Jailed For 10 Years In Rape Case
A local court Monday sentenced a former ''sewadar'' of a gurdwara in Gaya to 10 years of imprisonment for raping a girl in 2017.
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A Town Revered For Its Hams Is Losing A Slice Of History
The local charity run is the Hog Jog. The mascot for the wine festival is Pig-o-noir. October brings the Bacon & Bourbon Fest. The town museum promises the "World's Oldest Ham." The rescue truck at the volunteer fire department is named "Hamtown Heavy."
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Massive Forest Fires In 4 Districts Of Jammu And Kashmir
Forest fires have engulfed large tracts in Bandipore, Kupwara, Ganderbal and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir.The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, tweeted a short while ago that her government departments are on high alert.
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Youth Hacked To Death Near Mangaluru, RSS Says Was Bajrang Dal Volunteer
A young man hacked to death near Karnataka's port city of Mangalore was an "active volunteer" of the Bajrang Dal, a local RSS leader said today.
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This Sweet 7-Year-Old Gave His Hair To Cancer Patients, Then Life Took A Devastating Turn
Seven-year-old Vinny Desautels learned about cancer for the first time because his mother, Amanda Azevedo, was helping survivors of the disease get ready for a gala. She is a hair stylist who volunteered with a local lymphoma foundation, doing the hair of former cancer patients before they arrived at an annual benefit event.
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'Sorry, My First Kill Was Clumsy' Reads Scrawled Note Left Next To Slain Couple In San Jose Double-Homicide
Golam and Shamima Rabbi left Bangladesh for the United States more than thirty years ago. Golam, an engineer, and Shamima, an accountant, raised two sons -- one 17 and one in his early twenties in America. They housed family who emigrated from Bangladesh in their four-bedroom home and worshiped and volunteered at local Islamic centers.
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14 Skeletons Found In Ruined 5,000-Year-Old Neolithic Tomb In Scotland
In a 5,000-year-old tomb, archaeologists have uncovered the skeletal remains of 14 individuals, including men, women, and children.
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"Local Hero" Indian-Origin Sikh Volunteer Wins Australian Of The Year Award
A 41-year-old Indian-origin Sikh volunteer was honoured along with three others with the prestigious 2023 New South Wales Australian of the Year Award for supporting the community during floods, bushfires, drought and the pandemic.
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AAP Names Local Leader For Bypoll To Punjab's Sangrur Lok Sabha Seat
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday named Gurmail Singh, an AAP volunteer, as the party's candidate for the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat bypoll, which will be held on June 23.
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Indian-Singaporean Jailed For Assaulting Volunteer Who Asked Him To Wear Mask
An Indian-origin Singaporean has been sentenced to seven weeks in jail for assaulting a volunteer at a local food centre here after being asked to wear his mask properly as part of the safety measures to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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Forest Fire In Nagaland's Dzukou Range Under Control, Say Officials: Report
The forest fire raging in Dzukou range in Nagaland has been brought under control with the help of the Indian Air Force helicopters, police, forest department and local volunteers, officials said today.
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Reliance Partnering With Centre For Mega-Scale COVID-19 Testing: Nita Ambani
Reliance Foundation is partnering with the government and local bodies for conducting mega-scale COVID-19 testing across the country and will volunteer for nationwide distribution of its vaccine when it is found, its Founder and Chairperson Nita Ambani said on Wednesday.
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300 Students Participate In Cleanliness Drive Organized By IIT Mandi
About 300 student volunteers and 100 local volunteers participated in the Cleanliness drive which was organized on August 24.
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14 Volunteer Doctors Dead, 21 Injured In Bolivia Bus Crash
A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday
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Couple Ate Squirrel Believed To Have Health Benefits. They Died Of Plague
For days, the dusty roads of a small town in Mongolia's westernmost province were largely deserted. "After the quarantine was announced, not many people - even locals - were in the streets for fear of catching the disease," Sebastian Pique, an American Peace Corps volunteer who has lived in the remote mountainous region for two years, told the Agen...
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Gurdwara Volunteer In Bihar Jailed For 10 Years In Rape Case
A local court Monday sentenced a former ''sewadar'' of a gurdwara in Gaya to 10 years of imprisonment for raping a girl in 2017.
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A Town Revered For Its Hams Is Losing A Slice Of History
The local charity run is the Hog Jog. The mascot for the wine festival is Pig-o-noir. October brings the Bacon & Bourbon Fest. The town museum promises the "World's Oldest Ham." The rescue truck at the volunteer fire department is named "Hamtown Heavy."
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Massive Forest Fires In 4 Districts Of Jammu And Kashmir
Forest fires have engulfed large tracts in Bandipore, Kupwara, Ganderbal and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir.The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, tweeted a short while ago that her government departments are on high alert.
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Youth Hacked To Death Near Mangaluru, RSS Says Was Bajrang Dal Volunteer
A young man hacked to death near Karnataka's port city of Mangalore was an "active volunteer" of the Bajrang Dal, a local RSS leader said today.
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This Sweet 7-Year-Old Gave His Hair To Cancer Patients, Then Life Took A Devastating Turn
Seven-year-old Vinny Desautels learned about cancer for the first time because his mother, Amanda Azevedo, was helping survivors of the disease get ready for a gala. She is a hair stylist who volunteered with a local lymphoma foundation, doing the hair of former cancer patients before they arrived at an annual benefit event.
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'Sorry, My First Kill Was Clumsy' Reads Scrawled Note Left Next To Slain Couple In San Jose Double-Homicide
Golam and Shamima Rabbi left Bangladesh for the United States more than thirty years ago. Golam, an engineer, and Shamima, an accountant, raised two sons -- one 17 and one in his early twenties in America. They housed family who emigrated from Bangladesh in their four-bedroom home and worshiped and volunteered at local Islamic centers.
