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Vikings' Quest for North American Colonies: Key Reasons for Their Retreat
Around A.D. 1000, Vikings explored North America, setting up a temporary outpost. However, they did not establish colonies due to conflicts with Indigenous peoples and harsh environmental conditions. Scholars suggest the Norse focused more on their Greenland colony than on permanent settlements. Geographic challenges and a lack of strong interest i...
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'Colony' Symbol Of Colonial Slavery: Kerala Minister Before Resigning
Kerala Minister K Radhakrishnan, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha, resigned from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Cabinet on Tuesday, but not before issuing a landmark order to remove colonial names for some places.
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S Jaishankar Says Sam Pitroda's Remarks Stem From A 'Colonial Mindset'
Sam Pitroda's controversial comments were not a slip of the tongue but revealed the mindset of his Congress party and that of the people he has mentored, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in a veiled reference to Rahul Gandhi.
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Russia Gives Alexei Navalny's Mother 3-Hour Ultimatum Over Burial, Says Team
Russian investigators on Friday threatened to bury Alexei Navalny on the grounds of the prison colony where he died if his family did not agree to hold a closed funeral, the opposition leader's team said.
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Nupi Lan Anniversary: In Marathon To Honour Manipur Women's Fight Against Colonial Rule, Age Is Not The Limit
A 17-year-old girl and an 84-year-old woman were the youngest and the eldest runners at a women's marathon held in Delhi on the anniversary of the Nupi Lan, or Women's War, considered one of the most important historical events of Manipur.
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Labourer Pushed To Death For Not Returning Charger In Delhi: Cops
A 26-year-old labourer died allegedly after being pushed off from the third floor of an under-construction building by a fellow worker following an altercation in east Delhi's Geeta Colony area, police said on Tuesday.
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Leopard Caught In Mumbai's Aarey, Officials Unsure If It Attacked Child
A male leopard was captured in Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai on Wednesday but it was not clear if it had killed a toddler two days ago as another leopard is roaming in the area, a forest official said.
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"Current Legal System Not Suited To Needs Of Common People": Chief Justice
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday said that the current legal system is not suited to the needs of the common people as it poses "multiple barriers" for them. Asserting that the rules have a colonial origin, Chief Justice Ramana said that
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No New COVID-19 Infection In Dharavi For 3rd Time In August
Mumbai's slum colony Dharavi did not report any fresh coronavirus case for the third time in August so far on Wednesday, keeping the tally unchanged at 6,992, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
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Caught On Camera: Man Slapped, Knocked Out In Haryana Colony Being Razed
A man is hit so hard in the head that he hits a brick wall and falls unconscious - the frightening scene is not from a movie but a village in Haryana, less than 3 hours from Delhi, where homes are being demolished following a Supreme Court order.
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Colonial Pipeline Resolves New Server Problem, Flow Unaffected
Colonial Pipeline, which operates the US oil conduit shut down for days by a cyberattack earlier this month, said it had resolved a temporary server disruption that did not affect the flow of petroleum products.
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Colonial Pipeline Slowly Restarts After Ransomware Attack as Southeast US Scrambles for Fuel
Colonial Pipeline began to slowly restart the nation's largest fuel pipeline network after a ransomware attack shut the line, triggering fuel shortages and panic buying in the southeastern United States.
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"Not The City I Used To Know": Why Some Hong Kongers Are Leaving
A new visa scheme is offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China's crackdown.
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"We're A Free Country, Not Colony": Mexican President Stands Firm On Not Recognizing Biden Win
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was "not a colony".
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There Was No China Cover-Up Of Coronavirus, Says Chinese Envoy
China did not cover up the novel coronavirus outbreak and so the United States should not seek to bully the People's Republic in a manner reminiscent of the 19th century European colonial wars, the Chinese ambassador to London said on Thursday.
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Vikings' Quest for North American Colonies: Key Reasons for Their Retreat
Around A.D. 1000, Vikings explored North America, setting up a temporary outpost. However, they did not establish colonies due to conflicts with Indigenous peoples and harsh environmental conditions. Scholars suggest the Norse focused more on their Greenland colony than on permanent settlements. Geographic challenges and a lack of strong interest i...
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'Colony' Symbol Of Colonial Slavery: Kerala Minister Before Resigning
Kerala Minister K Radhakrishnan, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha, resigned from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Cabinet on Tuesday, but not before issuing a landmark order to remove colonial names for some places.
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S Jaishankar Says Sam Pitroda's Remarks Stem From A 'Colonial Mindset'
Sam Pitroda's controversial comments were not a slip of the tongue but revealed the mindset of his Congress party and that of the people he has mentored, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in a veiled reference to Rahul Gandhi.
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Russia Gives Alexei Navalny's Mother 3-Hour Ultimatum Over Burial, Says Team
Russian investigators on Friday threatened to bury Alexei Navalny on the grounds of the prison colony where he died if his family did not agree to hold a closed funeral, the opposition leader's team said.
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Nupi Lan Anniversary: In Marathon To Honour Manipur Women's Fight Against Colonial Rule, Age Is Not The Limit
A 17-year-old girl and an 84-year-old woman were the youngest and the eldest runners at a women's marathon held in Delhi on the anniversary of the Nupi Lan, or Women's War, considered one of the most important historical events of Manipur.
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Labourer Pushed To Death For Not Returning Charger In Delhi: Cops
A 26-year-old labourer died allegedly after being pushed off from the third floor of an under-construction building by a fellow worker following an altercation in east Delhi's Geeta Colony area, police said on Tuesday.
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Leopard Caught In Mumbai's Aarey, Officials Unsure If It Attacked Child
A male leopard was captured in Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai on Wednesday but it was not clear if it had killed a toddler two days ago as another leopard is roaming in the area, a forest official said.
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"Current Legal System Not Suited To Needs Of Common People": Chief Justice
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday said that the current legal system is not suited to the needs of the common people as it poses "multiple barriers" for them. Asserting that the rules have a colonial origin, Chief Justice Ramana said that
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No New COVID-19 Infection In Dharavi For 3rd Time In August
Mumbai's slum colony Dharavi did not report any fresh coronavirus case for the third time in August so far on Wednesday, keeping the tally unchanged at 6,992, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
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Caught On Camera: Man Slapped, Knocked Out In Haryana Colony Being Razed
A man is hit so hard in the head that he hits a brick wall and falls unconscious - the frightening scene is not from a movie but a village in Haryana, less than 3 hours from Delhi, where homes are being demolished following a Supreme Court order.
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Colonial Pipeline Resolves New Server Problem, Flow Unaffected
Colonial Pipeline, which operates the US oil conduit shut down for days by a cyberattack earlier this month, said it had resolved a temporary server disruption that did not affect the flow of petroleum products.
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Colonial Pipeline Slowly Restarts After Ransomware Attack as Southeast US Scrambles for Fuel
Colonial Pipeline began to slowly restart the nation's largest fuel pipeline network after a ransomware attack shut the line, triggering fuel shortages and panic buying in the southeastern United States.
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"Not The City I Used To Know": Why Some Hong Kongers Are Leaving
A new visa scheme is offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China's crackdown.
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"We're A Free Country, Not Colony": Mexican President Stands Firm On Not Recognizing Biden Win
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was "not a colony".
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There Was No China Cover-Up Of Coronavirus, Says Chinese Envoy
China did not cover up the novel coronavirus outbreak and so the United States should not seek to bully the People's Republic in a manner reminiscent of the 19th century European colonial wars, the Chinese ambassador to London said on Thursday.
