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No peace for India’s rupee as mighty dollar thunders on: Reuters poll
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No peace for India’s rupee as mighty dollar thunders on: Reuters poll

BENGALURU, Oct 7 (Reuters) – India’s rupee will trade near its record low against the mighty greenback beyond this year, buffeted by rising oil prices and an aggressive U.S. Federal Reserve rate-hiking campaign, according to a Reuters poll of FX strategists. Steamrolled by the Fed-pumped dollar, the rupee has fallen over 10% this year and...

Suicide bomber strikes at Afghan Interior Ministry mosque,kills 4
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Suicide bomber strikes at Afghan Interior Ministry mosque,kills 4

KABUL(special correspondent):A suicide bombing has hit a mosque at a government ministry in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing four people and wounding 25, a ministry spokesman said. The explosion on Wednesday afternoon took place as workers and visitors were praying inside a mosque of Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry, which is responsible for security and law enforcement in...

Pakistan High Commissioner Khan attends Conservative Party Conference
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Pakistan High Commissioner Khan attends Conservative Party Conference

LONDON(PR):High Commissioner Moazzam Ahmad Khan attended a Reception hosted by Lord Zameer Choudrey, Chairman Conservative Friends of Pakistan at the Annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham on 4 October 2022. British Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon James Cleverly MP was the keynote speaker whereas Ministers, Lords,MPs and members of the civil society were in attendance. In...

US Trade and Media War Against China
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US Trade and Media War Against China

CAIRO (special correspondent):Islamic Research Foundation Cairo organised a Webinar last week, on the topic of the US-China Trade and Media war, especially its new Xinjiang-related bill. Scholars from Al-Azhar University Egypt, Nanjing University China and RMIT University, Australia participated in Webinar. Scholars from Al-Azhar University shed light on the history of Muslims in China. It...

Rising Hindutva, a grave threat to UK multicultural society
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Rising Hindutva, a grave threat to UK multicultural society

By Dr Majid khan Hindutva is on the rise globally, especially since 2014, when Modi came into power in India. Subsequently, after this, we have seen Hindutva is one of India’s largest export to the entire world by the Modi regime. During the last few weeks, people in United Kingdom have seen Hindutva’s fruits (brutality)...

North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan
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North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan

SEOUL/TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile further than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan, for the first time in five years, and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover. It was the first North Korean missile to follow such a trajectory since 2017, and...

Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part Two)
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Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part Two)

Author:Lolisanam Ulugova (An independent researcher on Tajika arts and culture) Amon Musoev has been a survived Puritan of dance traditions I first met Amon Musoev 12 at the State Philharmonic in 2008. My friend took me to a concert of the Ganjina folklore and ethnographic ensemble. The concert impressed with the brightness of traditional costumes...

Kipruto takes maiden London Marathon title, Yehualaw storms to victory Reuters
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Kipruto takes maiden London Marathon title, Yehualaw storms to victory Reuters

LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Kenyan Amos Kipruto won his first London Marathon title on Sunday and Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw stormed to victory in the women’s race ahead of last year’s winner Joyciline Jepkosgei. Kipruto made a move with five kilometres left and finished in two hours four minutes and 39 seconds to take his...