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South Korea culled nearly 22 million farm birds in 2 months due to bird fl
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Outbreaks of avian influenza at poultry farms across South Korea have prompted the culling of 21.7 million birds since late November, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Foreign currency worth Rs 1.28 crore seized in Kerala's Thrissur
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Customs Preventive Department (CPD) of Kerala's Thrissur seized foreign currency worth Rs 1.28 crore from a foreign exchange agency, the Kochi Commissionerate of Customs confirmed on Monday.
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Qatar reports 247 COVID-19 cases, 149,019 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Qatari health ministry on Sunday announced 247 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 149,019, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
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Oman extends land border closure for 1 more week over COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], January 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The authorities of Oman have extended the closure of land borders for one more week, until February 1, as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, state-run Oman News Agency reported on Sunday.
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UN cautions staff not to fly by Pak-registered airlines over dubious pilot
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): Months after the story of dubious flying licence pilots case in Pakistan broke out, the United Nations (UN) has cautioned its agency staff not to travel by any Pakistan-registered airline over safety concerns.
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French health agency recommends spacing out vaccine doses to speed up roll
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): France's national health agency HAS recommended on Saturday administering the second shot of an anti-coronavirus vaccine six weeks after the first one, up from three weeks for Pfizer and four for Moderna.
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Qatar reports 251 new COVID-19 cases, 148,772 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Qatari health ministry on Saturday announced 251 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 148,772, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
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Rouhani says Iran to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign soon
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday announced that the country will launch its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the near future and said that the use of foreign-made vaccines will be necessary, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
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NIA files chargesheet against 10 terrorists of Jihadi gang 'Shahadat is ou
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 23 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against ten terrorists of a jihadi gang 'Shahadat is our Goal' in a Chennai Court.
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NIA arrests cadre of CPI (Maoist) in Kerala
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 22 (ANI): National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an accused in the Kozhikode Maoist case who was a member of the proscribed outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist).
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Japan records rise in suicide rate for first time since 2009
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded an increase in the number of suicides in 2020 for the first time since 2009, with the country's Health Ministry saying that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affected this tendency, media reported on Friday, citing the National Pol
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NIA arrests 'Shahadat is our Goal' terrorist outfit member in TN
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 21 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested an active member of a terrorist organisation, "Shahadat is our Goal", from Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district for his involvement in a conspiracy of waging a violent "jihad" in the sta
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