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India requests UK museum for ancient idol ‘stolen’ from Tamil Nadu temple

3:24 pm February 25, 2020

London: India has made a formal request for a 15th century bronze idol believed to be stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu and found its way to a UK museum through auction. The statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford from Sotheby’s auction house in […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

French court delays French court delays fraud trial for ex-premier Fillonfraud trial for ex-premier Fillon

8:05 pm February 24, 2020

Paris: French former prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope appeared in court on Monday over claims they embezzled over one million euros in an alleged fake-jobs fraud. The couple made no statement as they entered the Paris courthouse under police escort, as dozens of lawyers massed outside in the latest protest over plans […]

Two avalanches hit Kashmir; no loss of life reported

Two German tourists killed in Norway avalanche

12:43 am February 21, 2020

Oslo: Two German tourists were killed Thursday in an avalanche while on a snowmobile tour in Norway, authorities said. A helicopter carrying rescue personnel and a sniffer dog were dispatched to search for the missing pair, who were discovered dead in the Svalbard archipelago, about a thousand kilometres (miles) from the North Pole. “Two German […]

German governor apologizes for 'little Merkel' comment

Merkel condemns ‘poison’ of racism after Hanau shootings

7:52 pm February 20, 2020

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday condemned the “poison” of hatred and racism running through German society, after a suspected right-wing extremist shot dead nine people at a shisha bar and a cafe in the city of Hanau. “Racism is a poison, hatred is a poison and this poison exists in our society and it […]

Portuguese president arrives in Goa on 2-day visit

7:20 pm February 15, 2020

Panaji: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal arrived in Goa on Saturday on a two-day visit, during which his country and the state government will sign an MoU on augmenting water supply and sewerage management. He was welcomed at the international airport here by troupes performing traditional dances, and feted at Chicalim and Sirodao […]