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Wastewater analysis can help predict virus breakout faster 

Bengaluru-based TIGS is standardising protocols to monitor and analyse pathogens in sewage water.
Ravi Sharma
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U.N. body asks India to respond to charges of racial bias against Chakma and Hajong tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) acts under its early warning procedure.
Purnima S. Tripathi
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya yet to resign; flees to Maldives en route Dubai

This is the second instance of Gotabaya fleeing from a position of responsibility.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
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Mamata announces slew of developmental projects for Darjeeling hills

“The hills want development. The hills want peace.”
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

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Mutiny brewing in the Congress in Goa

Five months after Assembly elections in Goa, Michael Lobo, a senior Congressman and Leader of the Opposition, and Digambar Kamat, a former Chief Minis
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Findings of the World Population Prospects Report 2022, which looks at population trends in 237 countries, indicate that populations were shrinking an
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AIADMK party headquarters being sealed after two groups of suspected AIADMK workers clashed outside the office, on July 11.

O. Panneerselvam expelled from AIADMK; government seals party headquarters

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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announces his resignation

After holding out and refusing to resign for over 10 hours on July 9, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Twitter at 6.43 pm
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Protesters gather inside the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo on July 9.

Protesters storm presidential palace in Colombo as Sri Lanka descends into chaos

Sri Lankan capital Colombo descended into chaos after thousands of protesters converged on the capital city following the lifting of the ‘illegal’ pol
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Sri Lanka: Hundreds of anti-government protesters break into President’s official residence

The protesters were demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Japan’s NHK television says former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech. Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech on July 8.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dies at 67

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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair.

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Alt News co-founder Zubair in UP case

Mohammed Zubair has been granted bail for five days in connection with an FIR lodged in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district.
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Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.

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After Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Ghulam Ahmed Mir resigned from his post, a massive infighting is brewing within the party for the coveted
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson will resign today as Conservative leader: BBC

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