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Audit raises red flags on Pakistan FIA's purchase of 24 unauthorised vehic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has raised red flags on the country's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over its unauthorised purchase of 24 luxury vehicles as well as repair and maintenance of a fleet of 169 vehicles without obtaining authorisation
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Plea in SC seeks court-monitored independent inquiry by Central Agency for
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored independent inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or National Investigation Agency (NIA) into alleged killings of inmates at Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh.
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China's Tianwen-1 probe lands on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-1 with the country's first Mars rover Zhurong successfully landed on Saturday on the surface of the Red Planet, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan linked to CIA's misleading inocula
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Declining vaccination rates in Pakistan have been linked to operations undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2011 apparently under the guise of a vaccination programme to try and locate Osama Bin Laden.
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6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami w
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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Qatar reports 299 new COVID-19 cases, 212,423 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], May 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Qatar's Health ministry on Thursday reported 299 new COVID-19 infections, taking the total count of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 212,423, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
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PIL in SC seeks SIT probe into case of floating corpses in Ganga
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday sought direction for setting up a Special Investigating Agency to supervise the probe into around 100 corpses found floating in the river Ganga in Bihar's Buxar and Uttar Pradesh's Unna
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European Medicines Agency experts beginning Sputnik V manufacturing inspec
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Experts from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are beginning Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing inspections, as they have already completed the study of clinical trials, the results of both sets of the inspections will be integrated int
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Mumbai COVID hospital moves SC, seeks action against supply agency for 'de
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New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): A Mumbai based COVID-19 hospital approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday alleging that an oxygen supplier--Indo Gas--has denied the supply of medical oxygen to the hospital forcing patients to be transferred to other hospitals.
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BJP leader held in Ratlam for 'black marketing' of oxygen flow meters, rel
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh police on Monday arrested Rajesh Maheshwari, a BJP leader and the manager of Maheshwari Medical Agency, in connection with "black marketing of oxygen flow meters" amid the second wave of COVID-19 in the state. He was later release
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India's GDP growth can slip to 8.2 pc in FY22: Crisil
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth can drop to 8.2 per cent in the current financial year (2021-22) if the second wave of coronavirus pandemic peaks by June-end, according to rating agency Crisil.
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Oman reports 2,006 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omani Health Ministry announced 2,006 new COVID-19 infections during the past three days, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the sultanate to 201,350, official Oman News Agency (ONA) reported Sunday.
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