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WorldThe announced decree did not mention a minimum age for marriage, which previously was set at 16 years old.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: The Taliban decreed on Friday they were banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a…
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WorldEminent Indian virologist Dr. V. RaviTags: Print EditionINDIA: With the emergence of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, eminent virologist and nodal officer at the INSACOG lab at NIMHANS, Dr. V. Ravi, who also heads the genome…
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WorldBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tags: Print EditionGERMANY: Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans to stand up to hatred, at a military ceremony Thursday bidding her farewell after 16 years in office. Merkel was…
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WorldBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tags: Print EditionBRAZIL: A justice of Brazil’s top court ordered on Friday that President Jair Bolsonaro be investigated for comments linking COVID-19 vaccines to AIDS, an assertion rejected by…
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WorldA plume of smoke descending on locals from Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano on Sunday. Tags: Print EditionINDONESIA: Ten people trapped after Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted have been evacuated to safety, the country’s disaster…
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WorldA health worker packages a coronavirus swab test at a COVID-19 testing site in Cape Town.Tags: Print EditionSOUTH AFRICA: A preliminary study by South African scientists published Thursday suggests the Omicron variant is three…
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Who says vaccination key to battling OmicronBangladesh reaches 100mn COVID vaccine milestone ‘Omicron could dent global economic growth’ Cook Islands records first COVID-19 case WorldIndian youth conducting an awareness drive against the…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionMystery surrounds the disruption on Gas related equipment says President of the LP Gas Distributors’ Association Sathyendra Wijayapura. He said that the storage and transfer over several hundred gas cylinders…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), along with the Financial Intelligence unit and the Police will take immediate action to curtail informal fund transfer channels, which would, in turn, further encourage…
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Timely to deliberate and reset economy after C- 19 havoc – CCC Chairman Business RAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Print EditionThe upcoming Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2021, the foremost and most anticipated economic event of Sri Lanka, will be…
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