Day: September 12, 2019

Voting for DUSU polls ends

11:58 pm September 12, 2019

New Delhi: The polling for four positions of Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) ended on Thursday, amid allegations of EVM malfunctioning. The results will be declared on Friday. There were 16 candidates in the fray and 52 polling centres were set up. Over 1.3 lakh students were eligible to cast their vote. Polling began in […]

UK’s Johnson under fire over no-deal Brexit assessment

11:52 pm September 12, 2019

London : The British government faced a backlash on Thursday after it was forced to publish documents warning that a no-deal Brexit could lead to civil unrest and shortages of food and medicines. The “Operation Yellowhammer” papers, which the government released late on Wednesday, revealed that preparedness for leaving the EU without an agreement remained […]

Palace of modern Egypt’s ‘founder’ to return to former glory

11:48 pm September 12, 2019

Cairo: A once splendid but long dilapidated Egyptian palace built for a trailblazing Ottoman governor is being restored to its former glory and is on course to open next year, according to authorities. The 210-year-old palace of Mohamed Ali Pasha — credited with being the founder of modern Egypt — combined western and Muslim styles […]

Democrats intensify ‘impeachment’ probe of Trump

11:44 pm September 12, 2019

Washington: Democrats stepped up their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump Thursday even as the party’s leaders remained dubious about the political value of the move 14 months before the next presidential election. The House Judiciary Committee approved new procedures that will permit it to demand more documents and testimony from the White House, declaring […]

English Channel dolphins riddled with toxins

11:39 pm September 12, 2019

Paris: The skin and blubber of bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel contain alarmingly high concentrations of mercury and other toxic pollutants, researchers said Thursday. Biopsies taken from scores of the coastal dwelling mammals revealed levels among the highest ever observed for the species, as reported in the Scientific Reports journal. The toxins — which […]

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