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58 migrants killed after boat capsizes off Mauritania coast: UN
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nouadhibou [Mauritania], Dec 5 (ANI): At least 58 migrants are confirmed dead after a vessel carrying them sank as it approached the coast of Mauritania on Thursday, according to the UN's migration agency.
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Global cooperation is a necessity to tackle terrorism: NIA chief
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 05 (ANI): Global cooperation is a necessity to tackle terrorism and radicalisation and the nations should share their experiences in tackling the global menace, Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Yogesh Chander Modi said on Wednesday.
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18 Indians onboard Hong Kong vessel hijacked near Nigeria
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Eighteen Indians were on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel that was hijacked by pirates while it was transiting through Nigeria, said a global agency tracking maritime developments in the region.
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Sitharaman questions Saugata Roy for referring to Chandrayaan-2 as failure
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday took exception to remarks of Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy that ISRO's moon mission had failed and said that the entire world lauds the space agency for its achievements.
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S&P reaffirms India's sovereign credit rating at BBB minus with stable out
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Rating agency Standard & Poor's has reaffirmed India's sovereign credit rating at BBB minus with stable outlook and expects its economy to grow strongly over the next two years.
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Our own orbiter had already located Vikram lander: ISRO Chief
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kishangarh (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan has claimed that the Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 had been spotted by the space agency's own orbiter much ahead of NASA, which on Tuesday announced that it had located the debris of Vikr
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ISRO team retrieves strap-on motor found by fishermen in Puducherry
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Dec 3 (ANI): An ISRO team on Tuesday retrieved a large metal strap-on motor belonging to one of the space agency's launch vehicles which was found in fishermen's net here.
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Turkish police arrest 1,150 people in anti-drug operation
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Dec 3 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 1,150 people were arrested in the Turkish capital of Ankara during a sustained anti-drug operation conducted in November, as police seized over 100 pounds of narcotics, state media reported on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg News banned from covering events of Trump's 2020 campaign
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 3 (ANI): Reporters working with the Manhattan-based Bloomberg news agency will not be allowed to attend the rallies and events of Donald Trump's re-election campaign, the President's 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale said on Monday (local time).
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Syria repel drone attack near Hama airport
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The Syrian air defence forces on Sunday repelled a drone attack, staged by terrorists near the Hama airport, state-run news agency SANA reported.
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Saudi Arabia assumes G20 presidency
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 2 (Xinhua/ANI): Saudi Arabia on Sunday assumed the G20 presidency and will hold the leaders' summit in Riyadh on November 21 and 22 next year, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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Tamil Nadu: NIA raids 2 locations in ISIS module case
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tiruchirapalli/Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at Thanjavur and Tiruchirapalli districts in connection with a Tamil Nadu-Kerala ISIS module case.
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