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JP Duminy reveals highest point of his cricket playing career
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Former South African all-rounder JP Duminy revealed that becoming the number one side in the Test cricket in 2012 was the highest point of his cricket playing career.
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Rohit Sharma is my favourite batsman, says JP Duminy
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Former South African all-rounder JP Duminy picked Rohit Sharma as his favourite Indian batsman, during an Instagram live session with former Zimbabwe pacer Pommie Mbangwa.
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Kenya defeats Djibouti to secure non-permanent seat at UN Security Council
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 19 (ANI): Kenya on Thursday (local time) defeated Djibouti to clinch the last African seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) failed to choose between the two candidates during first round.
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Protesters set ablaze cafe in Atlanta where Brooks was shot dead
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], June 14 (ANI): The anti-racism protesters in the Atlanta city of the southeastern city of Georgia have set ablaze the cafe where Rayshard Brooks, a 27-years-old African-American man, was shot dead by a police officer.
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PM Modi thanks Tanzanian President for assistance in stranded Indians' eva
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a telephonic conversation with Tanzanian President Dr John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, during which he thanked the latter for the assistance provided for the evacuation of Indian citizens in the wake of COVID-19 outb
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Delhi Police increase security outside US Embassy in view of possible Blac
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 11 June (ANI): Delhi Police has deployed additional police force outside the United States (US) Embassy in view of the possibility of `Black Lives Matter' protest in Delhi over the death of African American man George Floyd.
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LeBron James creates group to protect voting rights of African-Americans i
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 11 (ANI): NBA legend LeBron James and a group of prominent black athletes and entertainers will be creating a new group to protect the voting rights of the African-Americans in the United States.
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Netflix curates 'Black Lives Matter' collection of movies, TV shows, docum
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 10 (ANI): With the ongoing 'Black Lives Matter' movement erupting in America, online video streaming platform Netflix has curated a new collection of entertainment programs consisting of over 45 titles about racial injustice faced by African-Americans.
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COVID-19 driving up hunger in vulnerable countries: UN FAO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome/New York, June 10 (ANI): Initial and ongoing assessments by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) provide strong indications that the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts are driving up hunger in countries that were already experiencing high levels of food insecurity prior to th
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Merck Foundation Together With 18 African First Ladies Respond to the C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Monrovia [Liberia], June 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany has raced to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic in partnership with 18 African First Ladies, Ministries of Health, Information and Education focusi
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Trump likely to address nation this week on race, national unity
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 8 (ANI): In view of the protests raging across the United States over the death of African-American man George Floyd, President Donald Trump is likely to address the nation this week on issues related to race and national unity.
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Anti-racism protests in DC remain peaceful after Trump orders National Gua
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], June 8 (Sputnik/ANI): Protests in Washington, DC, which broke out in light of African American man George Floyd's death in police custody, remain peaceful despite US President Donald Trump's order to withdraw National Guard military reserve forces from the city, a Sputn
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