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Global Hunger Index: India’s ranking slips to 107 of 121 countries

New Delhi, 15/10: India’s ranking slipped in the 2022 Global Hunger Index with the nation being ranked 107th out of 121 countries.     The report, prepared jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, scored India of 29.1, terming the level of hunger “serious”.   In 2021, GHI had…

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Defiant Putin says Russia doing everything right in Ukraine

Moscow, 15/10Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow was “doing everything right” in its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine despite a string of embarrassing defeats, as Kyiv said it was “stronger than ever” and would emerge victorious.   Putin’s comments came hours after Kremlin-installed officials in the southern region of Kherson urged residents…

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Liz Truss Appoints Jeremy Hunt As UK’s New Finance Minister

London, 14/10: Newly appointed UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt is a mild-mannered political survivor who will require all of his considerable experience to calm an economy and government beset by chaos.   Mr Hunt, 55, was health minister under David Cameron, and foreign minister under Theresa May, but found himself on the sidelines after Boris…

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Suresh Gopi soon to be part of BJP’s core committee in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram,14/10: Actor-turned-politician and former Rajya Sabha member Suresh Gopi will be inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kerala core committee. The move to include Gopi in the highest decision-making body of the party’s state cadre is being seen as a part of BJP’s efforts to make inroads into Kerala politics.   The actor had contested…

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Varanasi court rejects Hindus’ plea for carbon dating of ‘Shivling’ inside Gyanvapi mosque

Varanasi, 14/10: A Varanasi court on Friday rejected a plea seeking carbon dating of a ‘Shivling’ claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi Mosque premises.     Hindu petitioners had during a court-mandated videography survey of the mosque premises claimed that a ‘Shivling’ was found close to the “wazookhana”, a small reservoir used by Muslim…

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