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Google celebrated Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday with a special Doodle, featuring animal animations. The renowned naturalist is marking the milestone with family before a BBC tribute event at the Royal Albert Hall. His legacy, including his 1979 'Life on Earth' series and a stark warning about human impact on nature, was highlighted.

Indian table tennis player Yashaswini Ghorpade is heading to the World Table Tennis Team Championships with renewed confidence after winning her first senior national title and a silver medal. She participated in an intense training camp in Bengaluru, preparing for her team event debut.

Democratic Republic of Congo will accept third-country nationals deported from the US starting April, a deal fully funded by Washington. This expands America's deportation network to Africa, with similar arrangements in Ghana and Cameroon.

Despite billions invested in women's health globally, AIDS remains a leading killer of young women, and maternal deaths persist. Sophie Harman's book reveals how political calculations and corporate interests often overshadow genuine progress.

Conservative Anglican bishops who oppose the Church of England for the first time appointing a woman as its head said Thursday they had created a new body to lead them. Archbishop Henry Ndukuba, of the Church of Nigeria, said following her nomination in October that "the majority of Anglicans" did not want a woman as the head of their Church.

The UK government has approved a controversial plan to deport migrants to rwanda as a means to deter irregular migration across the English Channel. Under this plan, undocumented asylum seekers arriving in Britain will be sent to rwanda for asylum processing. Despite concerns over migrant safety, the UK has negotiated a treaty with rwanda designating it as a safe destination.

In his first press conference after being elected as UK PM, Labour Party's Keir Starmer on Saturday said he was "not prepared" to continue with the previous Rishi Sunak-led Conservative government's rwanda migrants deportation scheme. The rwanda plan, finalised in April 2022 under the leadership of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, stipulates that individuals who entered the United Kingdom unlawfully after January 1, 2022, will be relocated to rwanda, a country situated approximately 4,000 miles (6,400 km) from Britain.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reaffirmed India's commitment to rwanda's quest for national development as he called for enhancing business ties with the fast developing East African country which he said holds the key to all the doors in Africa.

Bharti Airtel said on Thursday that it has been awarded a licence by the rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency to operate 2G and 3G GSM mobile services in rwanda.

The British government on Wednesday published legislation that will let it ignore a part of the UK's human rights law in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to rwanda. The bill is part of government plans to overcome a block by the UK Supreme Court on its rwanda policy. The court ruled last month that the plan was illegal because rwanda is not a safe country for refugees. Britain and rwanda have since signed a treaty pledging to strengthen protection for migrants.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in rwanda on the first leg of his three-nation Africa tour, becoming the first Indian premier to visit the East African country. Prime Minister Modi will hold bilateral meetings with President Paul Kagame.

Britain's King Charles has given his approval to the legislation that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers crucial for his strategy to send asylum seekers to rwanda.

India on Monday extended $200 million lines of credit to rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with President Paul Kagame and discussed measures to strengthen cooperation in trade and agriculture sector.