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Calls by 4 friends help arrest Siddique main shooter

The Mumbai Crime Branch and the Uttar Pradesh police Special Task Force arrested Gautam along with Anurag Kashyap, Gyan Prakash Tripathi, Akash Srivastava and Akhilendra Pratap Singh on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh's Nanpara area, near the Nepal border.




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Trump picks India's friends as Secy of State, NSA

By picking Rubio and Waltz as his top diplomat and NSA guarantees a continuation of bi-partisan support and further strengthening of India-US relationship under the second Trump administration.




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Ashutosh Varshney writes: The US under Trump — Less racially inclusive, more immigration-unfriendly




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Malayali weddings embrace traditions from across India by including functions such as ‘mehendi’, ‘haldi’ and Bollywood frills as part of the celebrations

Haldi, mehendi and sangeet have been enthusiastically borrowed by young couples to add colour, music and fun to the relatively simple Malayali wedding



  • Life & Style

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Neeraj heads to South Africa for off-season training

The double Olympic medallist last competed in Brussels in the Diamond League Final in September and will spend 31 days in Potchefstroom.




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Jamie Laing seen in London with girlfriend Sophie Habboo after couple fled to isolate in Cotswolds 

Jamie Laing has appeared to flout lockdown rules after he returned to London with his girlfriend Sophie Habboo. The Made in Chelsea couple had left the capital to isolate in the Cotswolds.




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African Swine Flu: What You Need To Know

On Sunday (May 3), the Assam government had reported the first case of African Swine Flu in the state which has killed around 2500 pigs in 306 villages. The central government has also said that this is the first instance of




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Sukumar Remembers His Dear Friend Prasad, Pens An Emotional Post

Director Sukumar recently got emotional, as his longtime friend and manager Prasad suddenly passed away due to heart attack last month. His sudden demise literally broke Sukumar and he still hasn't recovered from the shock. Sadly, due to the lockdown, he




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Dishwashers, refrigerators, trimmers, large screen TVs becoming preferred appliances

Many companies, including Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Whirlpool of India and BSH Home appliances, in the country are getting enquiries from people confined in their homes about such products.




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FRIENDS

FRIENDS they are always there to submerge you underwater with their jowls




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In African 'fairy circles,' a template for nature's many patterns

Scientists have long debated how large-scale plant patterns such as the famous "fairy circles" of Namibia form and persist. Now, a new Princeton University-led study suggests that instead of a single overarching cause, large-scale vegetation patterns in arid ecosystems could occasionally stem from millions of local interactions among neighboring plants and animals. The work could explain many patterns throughout the world.




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Man tased four times during Friday arrest: RPS

Police used a taser several times during the arrest of a man on Friday.




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Frigid temperatures, snow showers not enough to stop Brockville food drive

While the weather may have looked like mid-November in Brockville Saturday morning, that didn't stop people from donating to the Brockville community food drive.




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UK-Africa Relations: Reflections on the Role of African Diplomacy in London

Invitation Only Research Event

13 January 2014 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Chatham House, London

Event participants

HE Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo, High Commissioner for Ghana to the United Kingdom
Chair: Alex Vines OBE, Research Director, Area Studies and International Law; Head, Africa Programme, Chatham House

Rapid economic growth and more widespread political stability have catalyzed increased international engagement with Africa in the past decade, as African states develop more significant roles in the global economy and political cooperation in geopolitics. Accompanying this is a shift in British engagement with African states from one with a development aid emphasis to one focused on trade and political cooperation.

HE Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo will reflect on his time in London, developments in UK-Africa relations, the role of diplomatic engagements in informing and strengthening bilateral relations and the prospects for intergovernmental cooperation on African and global issues.

Attendance at this event is by invitation only.

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China'€™s Priorities in Africa: Enhancing Engagements

Research Event

13 June 2014 - 12:45pm to 1:45pm

Chatham House, London

Event participants

Ambassador Zhong Jianhua, China’s Special Representative for African Affairs
Chair: Alex Vines OBE, Research Director, Area Studies and International Law; Head, Africa Programme, Chatham House

With extensive and diverse engagements across sub-Saharan Africa, China is one among a range of international partners that is evolving its policy and relations with African states. At this roundtable meeting, Ambassador Zhong Jianhua will discuss China’s interests in Africa, the challenges it has faced and how China cooperates with international governments and across sectors in Africa. 

Christopher Vandome

Research Fellow, Africa Programme
+44 (0) 20 7314 3669




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Furthering Commitment to Africa: The US-Africa Leaders Summit in Review

Invitation Only Research Event

8 September 2014 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Chatham House, London

Event participants

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, US Department of State
Chair: Dame Rosalind Marsden, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

Africa is now recognized for its vast potential as well as its political influence in international fora, and there has been a growing number of Africa-focused summits, with China, India, the European Union, South Korea and Turkey all hosting such events in recent years. The US has in the past given precedence to bilateral engagements in support of its ‘four pillars’ approach to implementing its Africa strategy. The first US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, held in August, marked a shift towards a complementary continent-wide engagement. 

At this roundtable, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield will discuss US policy and priorities in Africa and the significance of the summit for enhanced US-Africa relations.

Attendance at this event is by invitation only.

Christopher Vandome

Research Fellow, Africa Programme
+44 (0) 20 7314 3669




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New Streams: Black African Migration to the United States

This report explores the migration patterns and demographics of Black African immigrants in the United States, examining their admission channels, human-capital characteristics, and labor market performance. The authors also provide an analysis of these immigrants' integration prospects.




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Changing Demography and Circumstances for Young Black Children in African and Caribbean Immigrant Families

This report finds that the 813,000 U.S. children under the age of 10 who have Black immigrant parents from Africa or the Caribbean generally fall in the middle of multiple well-being indicators, faring less well than Asian and white children but better than their native-born Black and Hispanic peers. Citizenship status, English proficiency, parental characteristics, poverty, housing, and access to social supports are examined.




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Diverse Streams: African Migration to the United States

African immigrants generally fare well on integration indicators, with college completion rates that greatly exceed those for most other immigrant groups and U.S. natives, this report finds. The United States, Canada, and Australia disproportionally attract better-educated African migrants then do the United Kingdom, France, and other European countries.




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Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States

From 1980 to 2013, the sub-Saharan African immigrant population in the United States increased from 130,000 to 1.5 million, roughly doubling each decade between 1980 and 2010. This profile provides up-to-date demographic information for sub-Saharan immigrants including location, educational attainment, workforce participation, and much more.




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Frigatebirds sleep in mid-flight

New research shows that frigatebirds can sleep on the wing, with just one or both halves of their brain

When Charles Darwin arrived at the Galápagos Islands in 1839, he had the opportunity to observe the habits of frigatebirds, and marvelled at their graceful flight manoeuvres and their ability to soar up high. “When it sees any object on the surface of the water,” he wrote, “[it] descends from a great height… with the swiftness of an arrow; and at the instant of seizing with its long beak and outstretched neck, the floating morsel, it turns upwards, with extraordinary dexterity, by the aid of its forked tail, and its long, powerful wings.”

Related: Sleepy brains neglect half the world | Mo Costandi

Related: Birds pack more cells into their brains than mammals

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[ Politics ] Open Question : Will my friend be arrested for going fishing on his kayak everyday? ?

He catches the fish, breathes on them, then throws them back. These infected fish will infect all bodies of water with Covid-19. He goes saltwater and fresh water fishing 




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : Should I break up with my boyfriend?

I’ve liked him for a year and I told him, but he told me to date someone else. I started to forget about him, but then he told me that he liked me too. We’re dating now but I don’t think that I feel the same was as when I first started liking him. What should I do?




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[ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : How to you put an end to friends with benefits?

I have a fwb trade with this guy who doesnt respect me at all and hurts my feelings because I'm not as attractive as he is and gets annoyed if I dont meet his demands,how do I stop this fwb? I'm scared if he does he'll tell people or get mad at me.




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Anxious about COVID-19? Get creative with routines, call a friend, says new pandemic therapist

For the past few weeks, Windsor's new pandemic response therapist Dana St. Jean has been spending her time fielding phone calls and speaking with people over video chat to find ways to help them cope with the stresses of COVID-19.



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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2.6 million new friends

OM Turkey helps the local church to minister to the 2.6 million refugees in their country.




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Protecting the women and girls of South Africa

HIV and AIDS can be prevented. It just takes you.




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The Link in South Africa

Five OM entities based in South Africa previously working in three separate offices throughout Pretoria have recently united under one roof.




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OM South Africa appoints new leader

On 23 January 2015, OM South Africa celebrated Pranesh Anandlal’s leadership as director since 2008 and welcomed his successor, Andrè van der Bergh.




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Loving youth through sports in South Africa

OMer Jan Willem Otten uses basketball as a way to keep kids off the streets and put them in touch with the gospel




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From Argentina to Africa

Belen, 20, discovers she doesn't need to wait to serve God in missions when He sends her to Africa for six weeks.




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Friends through football

God uses football and English lessons to build friendships between OM Serbia and refugees.




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Tea and friendship in the OM tent

OM Serbia, with the help of volunteers from several nations, are providing sweet tea, and friendship, to the refugees at a camp in Sid, Serbia.




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Making friends from all over the world

With a cultural theme on Latin America, 231 participants from 40 countries have come together for the September GO conference in the Netherlands.




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North Africans prepare to go to Iraq

The OM Near East Field church planting school prepares students to cross cultural and religious boundaries.




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Why the SNP's pro-EU allies are becoming increasingly frustrated by the party's friendly fire attacks

THE Treasury has bombarded us all week with facts, figures and forecasts making the case for the UK to remain in the European Union. Its big report, on Monday, warned Brexit would tip the country into a year-long recession, resulting in up to 820,000 job losses within two years.




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Friendship first

OM Finland extends love and fellowship to immigrant mothers through friendship groups, open conversation and learning together.




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Anti-human trafficking training in South Africa

In the summer of 2013, a South African member of OM Czech Republic returned to her home country to lead anti-trafficking training and awareness seminars.




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Smaller, more affordable Honda Africa Twin might be called Transalp 790: To rub shoulders with KTM 790 Adventure!

The middleweight Honda Africa Twin will cater to a much wider audience, especially in a price-sensitive market like India and will lock horns with the KTM 790 Adventure.




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This bike taxi service lets you exchange supplies with your friends & family during lockdown, here’s how!

In order to get this service, the customers need to update their Rapido Android app. All details here.




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Hong Kong announces visa requirement for Central African Republic nationals

Hong Kong’s immigration department has announced that Central African Republic nationals will have to acquire a visa to enter Hong Kong for any purpose of visit with effect from 21 July 2014.  From the beginning, Hong Kong has followed a progressive…




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Medical Diplomacy: India extends a helping hand to African nations

In April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a telephonic conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had conveyed India’s "full support" to the African continent to deal with fighting the spread of COVID-19.




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Ugandan Shilling(UGX)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Ugandan Shilling = 0.0048 South African Rand




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Salvadoran Colon(SVC)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Salvadoran Colon = 2.0968 South African Rand




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Romanian Leu(RON)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Romanian Leu = 4.1206 South African Rand




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Ukrainian Hryvnia(UAH)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Ukrainian Hryvnia = 0.6838 South African Rand




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Tanzanian Shilling(TZS)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Tanzanian Shilling = 0.0079 South African Rand




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Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte(VEF)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte = 1.8374 South African Rand



  • Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte

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Yemeni Rial(YER)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Yemeni Rial = 0.0733 South African Rand




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Paraguayan Guarani(PYG)/South African Rand(ZAR)

1 Paraguayan Guarani = 0.0028 South African Rand