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Indian embassy in Netherlands to start printing passports

Man held with fake passport at IGI airport

11:20 pm May 29, 2019

New Delhi: A man was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport for allegedly possessing a fake passport to travel to Canada, an official said Wednesday. Ahmedabad resident Jaimin Patel was intercepted late Tuesday night as he was roaming suspiciously in the Terminal-3 building of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), he said. “He […]

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Malaysia sends back trash, says won't be world's waste bin

Malaysia to send back plastic waste to foreign nations

11:32 pm May 28, 2019

Port Klang: Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons (3,300 tons) of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the US, UK, Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said Tuesday. Yeo said Malaysia and many developing countries have become new […]

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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

India joins global initiative to combat extremism online

11:36 pm May 15, 2019

New Delhi: India joined France, New Zealand, Canada and several other countries on Wednesday in launching a major initiative in Paris to combat terrorism and extremism online and secure the internet. The initiative — ‘Christchurch call to action’ — was named after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in an attack on […]

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