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WELLINGTON : An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale on Thursday hit New Zealand's Kermadec Islands.

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WASHINGTON : US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has announced the toughening of security controls for passengers flying from abroad, but he ruled out expanding the prohibition on laptop computers aboard flights coming from Europe.

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CANBERRA : A chocolate factory, a shipping company and a law firm are among the Australian businesses hit by a global wave of cyber attack, the Australian media reported Wednesday.

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Chernobyl (Ukraine) : The automatic radiation monitoring system at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant here has been hit by a cyber attack and monitoring was being carried out manually, a Ukrainian federal agency said.

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JALANDHAR : Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar is going to start two new courses from the academic session 2017-18. Principal Prof. Dr. Mrs. Ajay Sareen said that from July session, HMV is starting two new courses i.e. M.Sc.(Maths) and MA (Punjabi). Both the courses are approved by Guru Nanak Dev University , Amritsar . The classes for the said courses will start from July 2017. The interested students can contact college admission desk for any further enquiry. With these courses, two more departments of the college will work at PG level.

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WASHINGTON : The White House said that there were "potential preparations" for another chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime and warned the country's President Bashar al-Assad of a "heavy price" if it is carried out, the media reported.

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JALANDHAR  : Under an invitation from Canada’s McGill University (Montreal) for research collaboration in IC (Indo Canadian)-IMPACTS Project; Associate Dean Dr Neeta Raj Sharma at School of Bio-Engineering and Bio-Sciences of Lovely Professional University (LPU) discussed innovative & cost effective green technology at three Canadian Universities.

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ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Monday began Eid celebrations on a grim note amid tight security a day after the deadly oil tanker fire and last week's terrorist attacks.

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LONDON : Si police officers were injured and four people arrested in a protest here over the death of a man following a traffic stop, the media reported.

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WASHINGTON : Several government websites in the US state of Ohio were apparently hacked to broadcast an anti-government and pro-Islamic State (IS) message, the media reported.

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BUENOS : At least 12 persons were killed after a bus collided head-on with a truck and turned over in Mendoza province in Argentina, officials said.

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ISLAMABAD : The death toll from the horrific oil tanker explosion in Pakistan's Punjab province has increased to 154, the media reported on Monday.

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NEVADA: The San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) in California is showcasing images of various Hindu deities in an exhibition “Arts of South and Southeast Asia”, which will run through January 31, 2019.

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INDIANAPOLIS: Celebrate the people making a world of difference in Indiana was the theme at The International Marketplace Coalition Annual Dinner and Silent Auction at the renovated India Palace, 3649, Lafayette Road here.

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ISLAMABAD: The toll in the twin blasts that hit a market in Pakistan's Parachinar city has increased to 67, the media reported. According to a senior official, the toll increased after 22 people succumbed to their injuries on Saturday, reports Xinhua news agency.

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DUBAI : Security forces in Saudi Arabia thwarted a terror attack on the Mecca Grand Mosque and worshippers there, the country's Interior Ministry has said.

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BEIJING : More than 100 people were feared buried after a landslide in China on Saturday, official sources said.

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WASHINGTON : The US state of Arizona has declared a state of emergency due to escalating wildfires.

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DHAKA : At least 16 people were killed on Saturday when a truck carrying labourers veered off the road in Bangladesh's Rangpur district, police said.

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GENEVA : More than 1,000 children have been killed in Iraq since 2014 when militants from the Islamic State seized the northern city of Mosul and entire swathe of the country, according to the Unicef.