Indian-origin Anita Bhatia appointed UN Deputy Executive Director

She has been appointed the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships
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On Akram Ul-Haq’s plucks, thumps and melody

Look to Akram Ul-Haq for some mesmeric percussive fingerstyle guitar
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N.Korea ‘executed’ officials after failed Trump summit: report

The Chosun Ilbo said Kim Hyok Chol, who laid the groundwork for the Hanoi meeting and accompanied Mr. Kim on his private train, was executed by firing squad for "betraying the supreme leader" after he was turned by the US.
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Pakistan authorities arrest 3 JuD members from Punjab province

Last week, the Pakistani authorities arrested over 10 members of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group in Punjab on similar charges.
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Arab leaders meet in Mecca to unify ranks amid Iran tensions

Saudi Arabia accuses Tehran of helping arm the rebel Houthis and being behind a Houthi drone attack on a key Saudi oil pipeline earlier this month.
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A house in Chennai is off the grid

This home in Kilpauk has managed to generate its own power, water and gas, shrugging off the dependence on government and private agencies that usually provide these utilities.
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‘Despite stop memos, work on park near lake continuing’

Ombudsman to hear complaint; MLA to take up issue
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Murali’s induction a message to State

Centre not to nurture any negative attitude to the State
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Check safety parameters before construction, residents told

Kodagu administration holds interaction with families that are not keen to move into houses being built by government
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Varsity plans centralised kitchen for supplying food to hostels

B.Sc. Ed. likely to be launched in Yuvaraja’s College from this academic year
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Angadi finds a place in Union Cabinet

BJP leader has been elected MP four times in a row
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Morning digest: Full list of Ministers in new Modi Cabinet, India to lose preferential trade terms with U.S., and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.
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‘Hope Karandlaje gets chance tobe Minister during expansion’

Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, president of the Udupi district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said on Thursday that there were expectations that an
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Celebrations in Dakshina Kannada

BJP workers and fans of Narendra Modi across Dakshina Kannada celebrated Mr. Modi’s swearing-in as Prime Minister on Thursday.They burst crackers, dis
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School owner tries to kill employee-turned-rival

Complainant had resigned last year to start his own school
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Sirisena at BIMSTEC meeting, South Korea braces for African swine fever outbreak, and other news in pictures

 11.30 p.m. Sirisena at BIMSTEC meetingSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the bilateral Meeting with ot
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Two militants killed in Shopian encounter

Initial reports suggest that the security forces launched an operation against hiding militants in an orchard in Dragad area of the Zainapora belt in Shopian
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Come summer, quality of potable water comes under test

Civic body takes steps to treat water at the source itself
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No place to call home for quite a few in Madurai

15 people identified in a few hours during a recent inspection
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Spike in cement prices slows construction activity

Builders’ Association to seek setting up of Cement Regulatory Authority
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India to lose preferential trade terms with U.S. under Generalized System of Preferences programme

Donald Trump had written to the U.S. Congress on March 4 stating his intention to withdraw GSP benefits for India, saying India had failed to assure the U.S. that it would provide ‘equitable and reasonable access to the markets of India’
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Karate kids set records with their daring feat

Two girls from Hyderabad, Amrutha Reddy and Gnana Santhoshini Reddy, chose the most demanding and challenging path to enter the Limca Book of Records!
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In his first order, Jagan hikes old age pension

Andhra Pradesh CM vows to end graft
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