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‘Alien to see’: Prince William makes racist comments on the Russia-Ukraine war, sparks outrage

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Prince William's comment that a war in Europe is 'alien', unlike wars in Asia and Africa, sparks outrage on social media with people criticizing the racist attitude of the Duke of Cambridge
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News Reports

Assembly elections 2022: Live updates, latest news, trends and highlights

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Latest updates on initial trends, results and who will form the government in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur
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United States: Man who received pig heart in groundbreaking transplant dies after 2 months

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David Bennett Sr, 57, had his failing heart replaced with that of a pig's in January 2022 at University of Maryland
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News Reports

Pakistani flag would flutter over Junagarh: ‘Nawab of Junagadh’ Jahangir Khan, who lives in Pakistan, claims the former princely state will become part of...

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Jahangir Khan said, "Junagarh belongs to Pakistan. It is time for Pakistan to raise its voice about India's occupation of Junagadh."
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News Reports

Pakistan: Islamists outrage against Aurat March held on International Women’s Day, burqa-clad women launch ‘Haya March’ to oppose it

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Islamists in Pakistan abused and ridiculed participants of Aurat March, besides calling them "agents of western immorality"
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Minor girls rescued from brothels reveal they were sexually exploited by one Firoz Shaikh, had earned by forcing them into prostitution and selling...

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Mumbai Police charges one Firoz Shaikh for molesting 5 minor girls after sedating their drinks and recording the act to earn money
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News Reports

‘Be ready with bamboos & sticks’: Samajwadi Party supporters threaten bloodshed after Akhilesh Yadav spreads EVM hacking allegations

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Samajwadi Party supporters took to Twitter to threaten bloodshed and violence after Akhilesh Yadav's EVM rigging allegations
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News Reports

Censor Board passed ‘The Kashmir Files’ with ‘A’ certificate and minor cuts: Read how they asked to remove “Islamic Terrorist” but Vivek Agnihotri refused

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'The Kashmir Files' chronicles the Kashmiri Pandit genocide that took place in 1990 leading to their exodus
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News Reports

Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance ship, lost 107 years ago, found at the bottom of the Weddell Sea off Antarctica

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The Endurance ship was lost in the waters of the Weddell Sea in 1915, discovered in 2022 by Endurance22 expedition team
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Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis, other BJP leaders detained by Mumbai Police amid protests demanding Nawab Malik’s resignation

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BJP Leader Devendra Fadnavis held protests in Mumbai demanding the resignation of Nawab Malik. He said that the party will continue protests until Nawab Malik resigns from the Ministry.
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Supreme Court grants bail to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict AG Perarivalan despite severe opposition from centre

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The Supreme Court granted bail to AG Perarivalan, who was one of seven convicted for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
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Ahead of counting, opposition parties raise EVM bogey as exit polls suggest BJP clean sweeping UP assembly polls

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As Exit Polls show BJP sweeping UP, opposition leaders have started alleging EVMs tampering again
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‘Gouge out eyes, set fire in public’, Gujarat Congress leaders instigate women to take law in their hands, clash with police in Gandhinagar

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Gujarat Congress MLA Geniben Thakor called on women to pour petrol on those who commit crimes against women and publicly burn them alive
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Zee Studios deny ‘sabotage’ of The Kashmir Files, says it will release on 500 screens, but keeps mum on low media & outdoors publicity

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Netizens had alleged that Zee Group, one of the producers of the film, were reducing the release of the film to less than 200 screens, thereby reducing the reach of the film.
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News Reports

12 candidates of Punjab Congress attend a dinner party at Captain Amarinder Singh’s farmhouse ahead of election results: Report

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All the 12 leaders of the Congress party have recently contested the elections and they were joined by two other candidates of AAP in the dinner party, as per reports.
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News Reports

USA: Americans vent their anger against Putin on Russian restaurants, many are actually run by Ukrainians

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Russian Restaurants in New York City facing hate amidst Russian military action against Ukraine
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World

NATO shares image of Ukrainian soldier wearing Nazi insignia; deletes it later

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The official Twitter account of NATO shared a picture of a Ukrainian woman soldier with a Nazi insignia emblazoned on her uniform
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News Reports

China accuses US of having 336 Biolabs in 30 countries including 26 in Ukraine, demands ‘full account of its biological military activities’

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After Russia, now China the accused US military of operating “dangerous” Biolabs in Ukraine
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Politics

Yogendra Yadav’s distress at BJP likely to sweep UP elections despite everyone rooting for Akhilesh is an assault on our collective intelligence

Nirwa Mehta -
With 2024 General Elections two years away, Yogendra Yadav cautions his 'friends and comrades' as exit polls predict BJP win in UP
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World

Guatemala Congress approves law prohibiting gay marriage and teaching sexual diversity, ramps up prison sentence for abortion to up to 25 years

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The law passed by Guatemala Congress stipulates that no orientation besides heterosexuality is "normal".
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News Reports

Robert Vadra underreported his income from benami landholdings to the tune of Rs 106 crore in 11 years: Report

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The I-T Department has said that Robert Vadra unreported income amounting to Rs 106 crores in the past 11 years earned from benami land dealings in Rajasthan.
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Lithuania stops Covid-19 vaccine donation to Bangladesh because it abstained from UN vote against Russia

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Lithuania had earlier decided to donate up to 444,600 Pfizer doses to Bangladesh under the EU’s combined efforts to combat the pandemic globally.
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News Reports

USA admits there are Biolabs in Ukraine, says if a biological attack happens ‘it is Russia’s fault’

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The Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland admitted that Ukraine has "biological research facilities" and the USA is concerned that a biological attack may happen, because of Russia.
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‘World was in darkness, Islam brought the light, 9/11 was Osama’s great achievement’: UPSC coach instructing students in class

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After Vision IAS, videos of IQRA IAS's faculty teaching about Islam and its benefits went viral on social media.
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Opinions

India Today displays its Hinduphobia, equates Hindu Swastika to the Nazi Hakenkreuz and Russian symbol of war ‘Z’

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A report published in India Today said the Russia's symbol of war 'Z' is the new Swastika.
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World

Saudi, UAE leaders decline calls with Joe Biden amid fears of oil price rise even as they took calls from Putin amid Russia-Ukraine war

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The relationship between Saudi Arabia and United States has deteriorated under the Joe Biden administration.
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World

Indian Embassy evacuates Pakistani national from Ukraine, here is what she said about PM Modi

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Pakistani national Asma Shafique thanks PM Modi and Indian authorities for helping her getting evacuated from war-torn Ukraine
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World

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Russia’s space agency head Dmitry Rogozin quotes Winston Churchill to warn the west

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Dmitry Rogozin tweeted with caption reading, 'Sir Winston Churchill, we will certainly convey your words to our liberal doves, with a camomile in their beak."
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News Reports

Opposition parties in Pakistan move a no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan

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A total of 86 lawmakers in Pakistan signed over the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan.
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Devendra Fadnavis accuses the MVA government of framing BJP leaders in fake cases, hands over 125 hours of video ‘proof’ to Maha speaker

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Fadnavis said pen drive contained proof of a special public prosecutor conspiring to trap the opposition leaders in MCOCA and other such cases
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News Reports

Assam court directs police to file an FIR against CM Himanta Biswa Sarma over Congress MP’s complaint

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Congress MP Abdul Khaleque claimed that Himanta Biswa Sarma made anti-Muslim communal statements while justifying the eviction drive at Gorukhuti
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Prostitution, blackmail and debauchery: How an activist unearthed the role of Periyarist-DMK nexus in a sex scandal

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A sex scandal, involving prominent followers of Dravidanist icon Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy Naickar and ideologues with close ties with the DMK-led-Tamil Nadu government, has rocked Tamil cyberspace
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Uttar Pradesh: SP leader Yogesh Verma keeps a watch on EVM strong room with binoculars, leaves netizens amused

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Yogesh Verma was seen camping outside the counting sites to monitor EVM strongrooms ahead of UP assembly election results
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‘Russians to be blamed for killings, but responsibility to be shared by West’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blames western countries for breaking their promises

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On 8th March 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denounced western powers for breaking their promises to Ukraine.
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India to resume commercial passenger flight operations from March 27

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The international commercial flight operations were halted in March 2020, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic that swept the globe
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The Kashmir Files screening in Delhi: What Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon (Retd.) said about the movie and his time in Kashmir during the genocide...

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On March 6, a screening of The Kashmir Files was held in Delhi in which eminent people including Kashmiri Hindus were invited.
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‘No communal slurs used, claims made are exaggerated’: Gurugram Police after Abdur Rehman and Md Azam allege robbery of madrassa donation money

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The complainants had alleged that two men had waylaid them while they were on their way back to home and had assaulted them using religious slurs
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Ravish Kumar gets triggered over a meme that mocked him for exit polls showing BJP winning UP: Here is what he said

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Ravish Kumar has said, "IT cell thinks of me even before it thinks about Modi. They start to imagine my reactions to the results."
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Bombay HC dismisses PIL filed by Intezar Hussain seeking stay on the release of ‘The Kashmir Files’, film to be released as per schedule

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Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files' is all set to release as per schedule on March 11 after Bombay HC dismissed the PIL seeking stay on its release.
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RBI announces 123PAY: A UPI-based payment system for feature phone users

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123PAY is aimed to fill the gap in digital payment system and include 40 crore feature phones in the digital banking ecosystem.
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‘Kuffar will never be happy’: Islamists slam Taliban for not being Islamic enough, condemn them for wishing on Women’s Day

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Many have taken to the social networking site to accuse the Taliban regime "for not being Islamic enough" after it issued a statement on women's day
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Kerala youth who escaped from war-torn Ukraine falls in love with Romanian girl while waiting to be evacuated, proposes marriage

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Vignesh was temporarily staying in the Romanian village of Vizuresti, waiting to be evacuated, where he met Simona and proposed her for marriage
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Entertainment

Leading OTT platform wanted The Kashmir Files to not use the term ‘Islamic Terrorism’ or insert ‘Hindu terrorism’ in dialogues, Vivek Agnihotri reveals

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The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri talks about challenges faced while telling the truth about Kashmiri Hindu genocide because of so-called politically correct OTT platforms
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‘Pure fiction and work of a rogue individual’: Actress Sonakshi Sinha dismisses reports of non-bailable warrant against her

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The Bollywood actress claimed that a unnamed man has been trying to gain publicity at her expense and extort money from her by tarnishing her image.
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SC to hear PIL seeking VVPAT verification at the beginning of counting, rejects urgent hearing request by Chandrababu Naidu

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RTI activist Rakesh Kumar in his application has sought that the number of polling booths where mandatory VVPAT verification is done should be increased from 5 per constituency to 25 or in proportion to the size of the constituency.
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IT Dept raids premises linked to Aaditya Thackeray’s close aide Shiv Sena leader Rahul Kanal

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Shiv Sena leader Rahul Kanal also shares a close relationship with actor Salman Khan and has participated many events linked to Khan and his organisation Being Human
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Tamil Nadu: DMK minister PK Sekar Babu’s daughter seeks police protection from her father after inter-caste marriage

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PK Sekar Babu’s daughter Jayakalyani said she started receiving death threats after marrying a Dalit man, Satish Kumar
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World

Taliban extends greetings to Afghan women on International Women’s Day, promise facilities in ‘light of Islam and accepted tradition’

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The Taliban government in Afghanistan have issued a statement on International Women's Day, claiming they are committed to addressing the plight of Afghan women
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CMIE’s Ajay Shah, a close aide of Congress leader P Chidambaram, under CBI scanner in NSE co-location and algo trading scam: Details

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Ajay Shah was named by CBI as one of the accused who was instrumental in exploiting the co-location facility in the name of carrying out "research"
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Russia declines to attend the hearing at the International Court of Justice on its invasion of Ukraine

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Russia refused to attend an ICJ hearing on an Ukrainian application accusing Russia of conducting acts of genocide and moving provisional measures against the country in the top court
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