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IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience
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Australia donates PPE worth MVR 1.8 million to the Maldives
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Indian Navy keeps vigil from Himalayas to Straits of Malacca
From the icy heights of Ladakh in the Himalayas to the deep waters of the Malacca Strait, the Indian Navy has increased deployment since the stand-off with China, officials with knowledge of the development said
India to export ventilators
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India to bring back 700 more Sikhs from Afghanistan
India is preparing to bring back around 700 more Sikhs who are have been tortured in Afghanistan
India's new education policy has a 21st-century approach; will turn 'job seekers' into 'job creators': PM Modi
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Police arrest dozens of protesters
In yet another operation of the riot police, more than 35 youth activists representing ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign were arrested, even before they could stage a protest outside Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s official residence in Baluwatar
