ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
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Oct- 2021 -12 October
AIR INDIA SOLD TATA SONS
India's loss making national carrier Air India has been sold to the Tata group, the country's largest conglomerate. The government has sold the airline to the
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12 October
GAS PRICES ROCKET AS GLOBAL ENERGY CRISIS WORSEN
The national average price for gasoline hit a fresh seven-year high of $3.27 a gallon on Monday, up by seven cents in the past week alone, according to AAA
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11 October
MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE NOW EASE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO LIVE WITH COVID-19
Singapore and Malaysia have each revealed plans to start reopening their borders as the Southeast Asian neighbours move away from their zero-COVID strategies
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11 October
SYDNEY CELEBRATES THE END OF 107 DAYS OF LOCKDOWN
The Australian city of Sydney has emerged from lockdown after almost four months, with locals celebrating a range of new freedoms.People queued for pubs
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9 October
THE WORLD’S SAFEST CITIES POST PANDEMIC
Cities across the world have had to rethink security in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the ones doing it well
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9 October
THE US IS DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER TAIWAN-CHINA TENSION
The US is "deeply concerned" about actions that undermine peace across the Taiwan Strait, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has told the BBC
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8 October
HERE IS WHY INDIA IS ON A BRINK OF A POWER CRISIS
India is on the brink of an unprecedented power crisis. More than half of the country's 135 coal-fired power plants are running on fumes as coal stocks run critically
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8 October
ANTARCTICA RECEIVES FIRST BATCH OF ASTRAZENECA COVID-19 VACCINE
Nine months after it was rolled out, the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has finally reached the Antarctic. It was flown in this week to immunise the 23 staff members
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7 October
WORLD FOOD PRICES HIT 10 YEAR HIGH
World food prices rose for a second consecutive month in September to reach a ten year peak, driven by gains for cereals and vegetable oils, the United Nations
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7 October
SRI LANKA RANKED NUMBER FIVE AMONGST TOP 20 COUNTRIES FOR 2021
Condé Nast Traveler readers rank their favourite countries around the world and Sri Lanka has been ranked number five
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