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A 74-year-old woman on Thursday set a world record by delivering twins at a hospital in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur town. Mangayamma, who conceived through the In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) process, delivered twin girls at the Ahalya Nursing Home in Guntur. A team comprising four doctors performed the cesarean operation. Dr. Sanakkayala Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors, said both the mother and the babies were doing well. Hailing from Nelapartipadu in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless even after 57 years of marriage. She married Yerramatti Raja Rao in 1962. Recently, a woman who lives near their house got…

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday here took up with his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamed the issue of extradition of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is a fugitive in India and has taken shelter in Malaysia. Modi took up the matter with Mohamed during their bilateral meeting here on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale told media persons while briefing on the meeting. It was decided that officials of the two countries will be in touch, he said while responding to a question on the issue in the context of India’s request to Malaysia…

The week was quite tumultuous for former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram. On Monday, after a high-pitch legal drama, the Supreme Court refused him interim protection, asked him to seek interim bail from the trial court and ordered that he be not sent to Tihar. The apex court also extended his CBI custody till Thursday. Today (Thursday), a trial court judge put an end to all by ordering that Chidambaram be sent to Tihar jail. Chidambaram’s lawyers had begged against any adverse order before the Supreme Court on Monday in the INX Media case, registered by the…

All eyes are on Nice at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship this weekend as the Bahrain Endurance 13 fly the racing red on the notoriously tough course. Daniela Ryf, Holly Lawrence, and Javier Gomez aim to add another 70.3 world title to their collection, while Alistair Brownlee and Ben Kanute seek the title for the first time. Ryf is going for an unprecedented fifth consecutive title and has been unstoppable all season long. However, Lawrence came second to her at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside and has won the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North American, and European 70.3 championships against fierce competition. The…

India captain Virat Kohli has declared Jasprit Bumrah as “the most complete bowler in world cricket” after the quick’s stellar performance in their 2-0 series sweep against West Indies. Set an improbable target of 468 late on day three, West Indies lost their final six wickets for 51 runs and were bowled out of 210 to hand India a 257-run win in the second Test at Sabina Park on Monday. Bumrah finished as the leading wicket-taker in the series with 13 dismissals at an exceptional average of 9.23, which follows his impressive performance at this year’s World Cup. “There is…

 Two bear cubs were found dead at a landfill site in Dena county, the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, the provincial department of environment (DOE) chief has announced. “We dispatched rangers to the area as soon as the report was received,” Mehr news agency quoted Mohsen Bastaminejad as saying on Wednesday. Lack of wildlife protection culture among people as well as awareness, and a lack of conservation forces are among the issues led to such tragic events, he lamented. Both cubs were female aged 1 to 2, which have been shot by hunting weapons in their head and chest,…

Iran exported $17.8 billion of non-oil commodities during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22). The country exported 60.737 million tons of non-oil commodities in the mentioned time span. Iran’s total foreign trade stood at $35.5 billion in the mentioned five months. The top five importers of Iranian goods in the mentioned period were China, Iraq, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Afghanistan, respectively, which imported a total of more than $13.377 billion worth of commodities together. The country imported 14.126 million tons of commodities worth $17.739 billion in the said period. China, UAE, Turkey,…

Doha Zoo welcomed two rare and endangered guests to its fold recently. A night monkey (also known as owl monkey) and black-bearded marmoset Monkey gave birth in the zoo, the ministry said in a tweet. “The Doha Zoo has witnessed the birth of rare and endangered species such as the night monkey and black-bearded marmoset Monkey recently. Ministry of Municipality and Environment has designed a special program for breeding, feeding and providing the right environment for them. Let’s welcome the new guests,” the tweet said. As part of efforts to preserve rare animal species and breeds, these species are subject…

 The Greek government has announced emergency measures to deal with what it calls “huge waves” of asylum seekers arriving from Turkey amid mounting fears of the 2015 migrant crisis being replayed on the country’s shores. With boatloads of men, women, and children once again arriving on the Aegean islands, the new center-right administration vowed to bolster patrols along sea borders that are being targeted with renewed vigor by people-smugglers. “We are seeing huge waves being brought in by traffickers using new methods and better and faster boats,” the country’s civil protection minister, Michalis Chrysochoidis, said after the measures were announced at…

At least six people have been killed and one person is missing in Kenya after flash floods at a national park swept away their tour group, according to authorities. The incident on Sunday occurred at Hell’s Gate National Park in the Rift Valley region, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on its Twitter account. “Six bodies of the flash flood victims have been recovered, leaving one tourist missing. The search and rescue operation continues as we reach out to next of kin to share details of the sad incident and plan together next course of action,” KWS tweeted on Monday. The group…