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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Assam records nearly 60 pc turnout till 1 pm in assembly polls; Himanta, Gaurav cast votes]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kerala Assembly Poll 2026]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Iranian delegation to reach Islamabad]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ SC bench on discrimination against women at religious places]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Polling in Kerala is progressing]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Congress on PM Modi's plan to withdraw bid to host COP33]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sea mines in Strait of Hormuz]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Iranian Americans]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Representational image]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://english.metrovaartha.com/news/international/artemis-ii-astronauts-follow-apollo-tradition-of-naming-lunar-features-after-loved-ones</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Lunar craters]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://english.metrovaartha.com/news/kerala/prominent-leaders-candidates-arrive-early-at-polling-booths-in-kerala</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Candidates and prominent personalities cast their votes]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ PM Narendra Modi appeals to people to vote in large numbers]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Israel strikes Labanon]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kerala Assembly Poll 2026]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ India elected to various subsidiary bodies at UN]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://english.metrovaartha.com/news/international/foreign-secretary-misri-reviews-defence-trade-ties-west-asia-with-senior-us-officials</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Under Secretary of War Michael Duffey at the Pentagon]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://english.metrovaartha.com/news/international/trump-complains-nato-wasnt-there-when-we-needed-them-after-talks-with-alliance-leader-rutte</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump]]></image:caption>
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