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Narendra Modi has taken oath as India's prime minister for a historic third consecutive term on Sunday (June 9) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital New Delhi. Today's event is extraordinary as Modi is the only leader after former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru who has been elected for a third consecutive term after completing the full tenure of each previous terms. Watch in for more details!

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Narendra Modi has taken oath as India's prime minister for a historic third consecutive term on Sunday (June 9) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital New Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in the country. Sunday's event is extraordinary as Modi is the only leader after former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru who has been elected for a third consecutive term after completing the full tenure of each previous terms. Watch in for more details!

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Oxford University is set to return a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint, which was once looted from India.

The bronze statue, which is nearly 60cm-tall and depicts Tirumankai Alvar was placed on display at the Ashmolean Museum of the university.

The Indian High Commission claimed that the 16th-century idol belonged to the Tamil poet and saint from south&nbsp;India. It is said that the bronze idol was looted by the Britishers from an Indian temple.

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Ashmolean Museum, in a statement, said, “On 11 March 2024 the council of the&nbsp;University of Oxford&nbsp;supported a claim from the Indian high commission for the return of a 16th-century bronze sculpture of saint Tirumankai Alvar from the Ashmolean Museum. This decision will now be submitted to the Charity Commission for approval.”

The step was taken after Oxford and Cambridge universities in 2022 said that they could return collections of the Benin Bronzes after it was requested by Nigeria.

<h2>Britain's past of colonial loot&nbsp;</h2>

In 1897, British colonial forces looted more than 200 artefacts in response to a violent trade dispute.

The British had taken away thousands of brasses and other artefacts and had sold them in London to recoup the costs of the military mission.

The Koh-i-Noor, which is one of the world's largest cut gems, was seized by the East India Company in Punjab, northern India after they won the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1849.

The diamond was given to Queen Victoria and has remained a part of the crown jewels and has been kept on public display&nbsp;in the Jewel House at the Tower of London.

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India has several times claimed that they are the diamond's rightful owner. Meanwhile, the governments of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have also claimed that they own the diamond and demands&nbsp;have been raised for its return since India gained independence from the British empire in 1947.

The British colonised India for more than two hundred years and during this period they stripped all the riches of the once-extremely wealthy region and looted the country's treasures.

(With inputs from agencies)

Oxford University is set to return a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint, which was once looted from India. The bronze statue, which is nearly 60cm-tall and depicts Tirumankai Alvar was placed on display at the Ashmolean Museum of the university.

Oxford University is set to return a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint, which was once looted from India. The bronze statue, which is nearly 60cm-tall and depicts Tirumankai Alvar was placed on display at the Ashmolean Museum of the university. The Indian High Commission claimed that the 16th-century idol belonged to the Tamil poet and saint from south India. It is said that the bronze idol was looted by the Britishers from an Indian temple. Also Read: Rishi Sunak promises hundreds of millions in mental health benefits if re-elected Ashmolean Museum, in a statement, said, “On 11 March 2024 the council of the University of Oxford supported a claim from the Indian high commission for the return of a 16th-century bronze sculpture of saint Tirumankai Alvar from the Ashmolean Museum. This decision will now be submitted to the Charity Commission for approval.” The step was taken after Oxford and Cambridge universities in 2022 said that they could return collections of the Benin Bronzes after it was requested by Nigeria. Britain's past of colonial loot In 1897, British colonial forces looted more than 200 artefacts in response to a violent trade dispute. The British had taken away thousands of brasses and other artefacts and had sold them in London to recoup the costs of the military mission. The Koh-i-Noor, which is one of the world's largest cut gems, was seized by the East India Company in Punjab, northern India after they won the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1849. The diamond was given to Queen Victoria and has remained a part of the crown jewels and has been kept on public display in the Jewel House at the Tower of London. Watch: 80 years on, Britain promises to 'always remember' D-Day India has several times claimed that they are the diamond's rightful owner. Meanwhile, the governments of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have also claimed that they own the diamond and demands have been raised for its return since India gained independence from the British empire in 1947. The British colonised India for more than two hundred years and during this period they stripped all the riches of the once-extremely wealthy region and looted the country's treasures. (With inputs from agencies)

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#Gravitas | Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri bid a tearful goodbye to international football on Thursday. The 39-year-old, who made his debut in 2005, bowed out as India's top goal scorer with 94 goals in 151 matches. Chhetri retires as international football's fourth highest goal-scorer.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday (Jun 7) confirmed that the child with H5N1 bird flu reported by Australia last month had travelled to Kolkata, India. However, the family said that they did not have any known exposure to infected people or animals while there, reported Reuters.

Australia last month reported its first case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a child. It was then reported that the child was infected in India.&nbsp;

The WHO said that the genetic sequencing showed the avian influenza virus was H5N1, which is a strain that circulates in South-East Asia. It has majorly been detected in previous human infections and in poultry.&nbsp;

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"Although the source of exposure to the virus in this case is currently unknown, the exposure likely occurred in India, where the case had travelled, and where this clade of A(H5N1) viruses has been detected in birds in the past," the WHO&nbsp;said in a statement.

The world health body said that the two-year-old girl from Victoria travelled to Kolkata from February 12 to February 19 and returned to Australia on March 1. The WHO stated that as of May 22, no close family relations in Australia or India had shown symptoms.&nbsp;

Victoria's health department said that the child was hospitalised on March 2 and remained there for more than two weeks before making a "full recovery".&nbsp;

"Additional information provided by the family indicates that the case did not travel outside of Kolkata, India, and did not have any known exposure to sick persons or animals while in India,"&nbsp;said&nbsp;WHO.&nbsp;

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Earlier in a statement, Victoria's Chief Health Officer, Clare Looker, had said it was unclear how the child had picked up the virus.&nbsp;

"So either visiting poultry farms or live wet markets, which have birds at them, or if they've had a lot of contact with domesticated birds," she said, further noting that the spread of this virus to humans was usually from exposure to poultry.&nbsp;

"Occasionally, people can also get it from handling the meat or eggs of infected birds. We couldn't identify a clear event that led to this child's infection, but we suspect it's one of those things," she&nbsp;added.&nbsp;

<h2>Philippines bans imports of poultry products from Australia&nbsp;</h2>

Meanwhile, The Philippines' agriculture ministry said on Saturday (June 8) that it was banning the imports of birds and poultry products from Australia because of a bird flu outbreak in Australian states.&nbsp;

The ministry said that imports of wild and domestic birds from Australia, including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen will be stopped with immediate effect.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday (Jun 7) confirmed that the child with H5N1 bird flu reported by Australia last month had travelled to Kolkata, India.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday (Jun 7) confirmed that the child with H5N1 bird flu reported by Australia last month had travelled to Kolkata, India. However, the family said that they did not have any known exposure to infected people or animals while there, reported Reuters. Australia last month reported its first case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a child. It was then reported that the child was infected in India. The WHO said that the genetic sequencing showed the avian influenza virus was H5N1, which is a strain that circulates in South-East Asia. It has majorly been detected in previous human infections and in poultry. Also read: People in Germany allowed to smoke cannabis before driving, opposition censures move: Report "Although the source of exposure to the virus in this case is currently unknown, the exposure likely occurred in India, where the case had travelled, and where this clade of A(H5N1) viruses has been detected in birds in the past," the WHO said in a statement. The world health body said that the two-year-old girl from Victoria travelled to Kolkata from February 12 to February 19 and returned to Australia on March 1. The WHO stated that as of May 22, no close family relations in Australia or India had shown symptoms. Victoria's health department said that the child was hospitalised on March 2 and remained there for more than two weeks before making a "full recovery". "Additional information provided by the family indicates that the case did not travel outside of Kolkata, India, and did not have any known exposure to sick persons or animals while in India," said WHO. Also read: Scientists show ten-minute brain scan can predict dementia early Earlier in a statement, Victoria's Chief Health Officer, Clare Looker, had said it was unclear how the child had picked up the virus. "So either visiting poultry farms or live wet markets, which have birds at them, or if they've had a lot of contact with domesticated birds," she said, further noting that the spread of this virus to humans was usually from exposure to poultry. "Occasionally, people can also get it from handling the meat or eggs of infected birds. We couldn't identify a clear event that led to this child's infection, but we suspect it's one of those things," she added. Philippines bans imports of poultry products from Australia Meanwhile, The Philippines' agriculture ministry said on Saturday (June 8) that it was banning the imports of birds and poultry products from Australia because of a bird flu outbreak in Australian states. The ministry said that imports of wild and domestic birds from Australia, including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen will be stopped with immediate effect. (With inputs from agencies)

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Canadian politicians have slammed Khalistani extremists who recently glorified the assassination of former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi. On Thursday (June 6), around 30 protesters gathered in front of the Indian Consulate in Vancouver, vandalised the Indian flag and celebrated the former Indian prime minister's assassins. The abhorrent display has drawn criticism from two federal ministers and a Canadian Member of Parliament.

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Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Saturday blamed the neighbouring state Haryana for the ongoing water crisis in the national capital as she highlighted the issue of reduced water releases from the Munak Canal.

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