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Merck Foundation CEO RashaKelej makes it to 100 most influential Africans
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Rasha Kelej has been recognized for her efforts to empower women in general and infertile women in particular through the 'Merck More Than a Mother' campaign, which is a historic movement that aims to empower childless and infert
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will be passed with 'comfortable majority' in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, will be tabled in Rajya Sabha at 12 pm and will be passed with a "comfortable majority", Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.
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Some Opposition parties speaking language of Pakistan on CAB: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday said that some Opposition parties are speaking the same language as Pakistan on The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, sources said.
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Anti-CAB protests: Petrol pumps closed in Assam's Dibrugarh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): People residing in Dibrugarh city are facing trouble as not only the shops but also the petrol pumps have been closed from the past two days to stage the protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019.
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ADB trims India's GDP growth forecast to 5.1 pc in current fiscal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 11 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday trimmed its forecasts for economic growth in developing Asia this year and next year as growth in India and China is weighed down by both external and domestic factors.
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is 'historic', says PM Modi at BJP Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, is historic, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday during a BJP parliament meeting ahead of today's session in Rajya Sabha where the bill will be tabled.
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BJP parliamentary party meeting held ahead of tabling of Citizenship Amend
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A BJP parliamentary party meeting was held on Wednesday at the Parliament Library Building ahead of the tabling of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah later in the day.
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Kapil Sibal, Derek O'Brien, Ramgopal Yadav to speak on Citizenship Amendme
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Congress' Kapil Sibal, Derek O'Brien of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Ramgopal Yadav of Samajwadi Party (SP) are among the opposition leaders who will speak during the debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which is listed for introduction in Rajya
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CAB in RS today, Digvijaya says 'walk out would be easiest way to support
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): As the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will be tabled in Rajya Sabha today, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that staging a walk out of the house would be the easiest way to support the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
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Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflow turn up in dhoti, saree to receive Economi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 11 (ANI): Indian American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for their work to alleviate global poverty that has helped million
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Russian Navy ships arrive in Goa to participate in Exercise Indra-2019
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Goa (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Russian Navy ships on Tuesday arrived in Goa to participate in the second edition of a joint tri-services exercise Indra-2019 with the Indian Navy.
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Cong high command unhappy with Shiv Sena over favouring CAB ahead of its i
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Congress high command is unhappy with the Shiv Sena voting in favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Lok Sabha on Monday, sources said.
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