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Unidentified gunmen kill five coal miners in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Five coal miners were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked them in the Samangan province of Afghanistan, said a media report citing local officials of the province.
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Mamata Banerjee ups ante against Centre, calls to limit BSF within 50 kms
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 28 (ANI): In a move which may provoke the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the Cooch Behar Police not to allow the Border Security Force (BSF) to allow beyond 50 kms from the i
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Assam forest officials rescue 'exotic' monkeys, wallaby
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 28 (ANI): The Forest department personnel in Kamrup district of Assam arrested one person, on Wednesday, for smuggling 'exotic' species of monkeys and wallaby in six cages, by intercepting the vehicle.
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EU backs Lithuania's plan to aid firms amid China's embargo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI): The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a EUR130 million Lithuanian scheme to support and facilitate access to finance by companies hit by China's trade restrictions.
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Market Opening Bell: Equity indices open in green, Sensex up by 263 points
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices opened in green on Thursday with Sensex up by 263.68 points and Nifty by 82.00 points.
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UN chief urges int'l community to create conditions for cash injection in
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Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over the absence of cash in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to create conditions conducive to injecting liquidity into the economy of the war-torn country, said a
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Congress slams Kerala govt's move to study 'Gujarat model' of governance
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Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 28 (ANI): A day after the Kerala government decided to send a two-member team led by Chief Secretary VP Joy to Gujarat for three days to study the dashboard system for e-governance, Kerala opposition leader of the State Legislature VD Satheesan slammed the state
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With free Indo-Pacific on agenda, Biden to travel to South Korea, Japan in
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Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): In his first trip to the region after taking the office, US President Joe Biden will visit South Korea and Japan from May 20 to 24 to "further deepen ties and to advance the current administration's solid commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific".
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Malaysia reports 3,471 new COVID-19 infections, 6 more deaths
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Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,471 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,440,383, according to the health ministry.
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Days of relief may come, heatwaves likely to fall in India in May beginnin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): As Delhi breached the 40-degree temperature mark this week, a private forecaster, Skymet Weather on Wednesday issued a warning with the prediction that heatwaves will last until the end of this month and may witness a downfall at the beginning of May.
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Girls' performance in mathematics now equal to boys: UNESCO report
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Paris [France], April 28 (ANI): In mathematics, the gender gap favouring boys in early grades gradually disappears, according to a new publication by UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report.
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Envoy O'Farrell urges ASEAN, Australia, India to work for ocean health, sm
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kochi [Kerala], April 28 (ANI): ASEAN member states, Australia and India need to collaborate and work towards addressing ocean health and aim for the development of smart ports through the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), said Australia's High Commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell on W
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