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April 17, 2023
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Australians Suffer Record Financial Losses to Scams: Report

CANBERRA:Australians were scammed out of billions of dollars in 2022, a report released on Monday revealed. The Targeting Scams report, published by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found that more than A$3.1 billion ($2 billion) were lost to scams in 2022 — a record high and an 80 per cent increase from 2021, […]

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April 14, 2023
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British-Indian Businessman Jailed for Forging Mother’s Will

LONDON:A 71-year-old Indian-origin businessman has been jailed for more than five years in the UK for forging his mother’s will to inherit a 40 million-pound share of the family’s palm oil plantation in Malaysia. Girish Dahyabhai Patel from Highgate, north London, was sentenced for five-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday after being privately […]

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April 14, 2023
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New Zealand’s New Programmes to Support Young People in Getting Jobs

WELLINGTON:The New Zealand government has been working to help steer young people into training and employment so as to stay away from crime. The government is rolling out new programs in areas that have seen spikes in youth offending to help young people find jobs, Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment Willie Jackson said […]

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April 14, 2023
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Senior Conservatives Hit Out at Suella Braverman’s ‘Racist Rhetoric’

LONDON:More senior Conservatives have hit out at Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s “racist rhetoric”, accusing her of undermining the party for the sake of her own leadership ambitions, a media report said Pressure was mounting on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to intervene to protect the party’s reputation after the UK home secretary stoked renewed anger […]

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April 14, 2023
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4 Killed, 11 Injured in Bomb Blast in Myanmar

YANGON:Four people were killed and 11 others injured in a bomb blast in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said. The incident happened at a car parking near a park, which is located in front of a pagoda, in Lashio town of northern Shan state at around 11:45 a.m. […]

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April 13, 2023
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2 Lakh IT Workers, Majorly Indians, Have Been Laid off Since November in US

WASHINGTON:Expressing concern over the large-scale layoffs in the tech industry, a group of lawmakers from Silicon Valley has written to the US immigration agency to ensure that the highly-skilled immigrants on H-1B visas, the most sought-after by Indian IT professionals, can remain in the country even after losing their jobs. Thousands of highly skilled foreign-born […]

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April 13, 2023
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ED Registers Case Against BBC India for Alleged Foreign Exchange Violations

NEW DELHI:The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday registered a case against the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), India, under provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for alleged foreign exchange violation and has summoned a senior journalist to appear before it with certain documents, sources in the agency said. The sources said in the past […]

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April 04, 2023
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Chinese Spy Balloon Gathered Intel from Sensitive US Military Sites: Report

WASHINGTON:The suspected Chinese spy balloon which was shot down by a US F-22 fighter jet on February 4, was able to gather intelligence from several sensitive American military sites, despite the administrations efforts to block it from doing so, a media report said citing informed officials. “China was able to control the balloon so it […]

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April 03, 2023
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Trump Vows to Escalate Attacks Against Manhattan DA

NEW YORK:Former US President Donald Trump has reportedly told his legal team and political advisors that he will escalate attacks against the Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg whose prosecution on the hush money case involving adult film star Stormy Daniels created a nationwide political firestorm resulting in his possible sealed indictment by a New […]