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Grant Elliott bids adieu to international cricket
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Apr. 01 (ANI): New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott, who struck a six off South Africa paceman Dale Steyn's delivery to guide his country to their maiden World Cup final in 2015, has confirmed his retirement from international cricket after signing a deal to p
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How food crises are haunting globe
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 1 (ANI): According to a recent global report on food crises, the number of people deemed "severely food insecure" or vulnerable to starvation grew from 80 million in 2015 to 108 million in 2016.
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Won't act against 'legal' slaughter house, assures BJP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): Citing an order passed by the National Green Tribunal in 2015, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday defended its decision to ban slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh and said the government has only been banning "illegal" slaughterhouses as per
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India facing a hypertension epidemic, confirms latest NFHS survey
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 25 (ANI): The findings of the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 confirm what we all knew from clinical evidence - that hypertension has become a major health concern among the Indian population, with as many as 22% Indians hypertensive.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2017 - Unite to End TB: Leave No One Behind
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death across the globe, ranking above HIV and malaria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015, there were 10.4 million new cases of TB worldwide.
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Revised India-Korea DTAA - Rollback provision under bilateral APA
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Korea was signed on 19th July, 1985 and was notified on 26th September 1986. A revised DTAA between India and Korea for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal eva
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Former Trump aide Michael Flynn paid over $30,000 by Russian TV
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 17 (ANI): A top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has learned that President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, was paid more than $33,750 by Russia's state-run broadcaster RT TV-Russia for a speech in Mosco
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Kerala: Court holds UP native guilty of Parampuzha triple murder case
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): A court in Kerala's Kottayam district on Tuesday found Narendra Kumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh, guilty of murdering three family members in Parampuzha in 2015.
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Bastar journalist Santosh Yadav released from prison after 17 months
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Bastar-based journalist Santosh Yadav who was arrested for his alleged links with the Maoist in 2015, was released from jail after 17 months on Friday, but said he will continue to highlight the plight of tribals in the area.
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We saw such exit polls in Bihar also, says Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 10 (ANI): With various exit polls showing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading in assembly elections held recenly in four of the five states, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said such predictions are nonsensical and pointed to the 2015 Bihar electio
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We're ready for Champions Trophy, insists De Villiers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Mar. 5 (ANI): Insisting that South Africa have come a long way from their 2015 World Cup semi-final defeat against New Zealand, captain AB de Villiers has exuded confidence on his team, saying they are ready for the Champions Trophy.
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10 million lives saved by 1962 breakthrough: Vaccines
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar. 5 (ANI): Nearly 200 million cases of polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, adenovirus, rabies and hepatitis A -- and approximately 450,000 deaths from these diseases -- were prevented in the U.S. alone between 1963 and 2015 by vaccination, researchers estimate
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