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Opposition using students as pawns to suit their agenda: Sambit Patra over
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): BJP on Monday accused the opposition parties of using students in Delhi, Lucknow and other places as "pawns" for their politics while asserting that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) does not affect any Indian of any religion, caste or ethnicity.
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SBI, KfW sign $277 million agreement for energy efficient housing programm
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): State Bank of India (SBI) said on Monday it has signed a loan agreement with KfW, the German development bank, for 277 million dollars (about Rs 1,958 crore) for establishing an energy-efficient housing programme in India.
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ADB approves 2020 administrative budget of $727 million
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 13 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a 2020 administrative budget of 726.7 million dollars, marking 5.2 per cent increase over the previous year's net internal administrative expense budget.
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Good, but not good enough: Solar energy growth in light of the Paris Agree
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Munich [Germany] Dec 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): From December 2-13, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, where global leaders are discussing their environmental agendas and specifying their nationally determined climate contributions.
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Arms control on Agenda as Lavrov meets Pompeo in Washington
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], Dec 10 - A meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has kicked off at the State Department on Tuesday and both the leaders are likely to discuss Ukraine, Syria, arms control and other issues related to bilateral relations.
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Clean sports is our agenda: Sports minister Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that clean sports is on the agenda of the government and they are creating awareness on the important issue of doping.
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Govt carrying out agenda of Savarkar and Jinnah through CAB: Kapil Sibal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said that the government is carrying out the agenda of Savarkar and Jinnah by pushing forward the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the parliament.
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No political agenda, CAB to liberate minorities of Pak, Bangladesh and Afg
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Parliament on Monday that there was no political agenda behind the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019, and said it will liberate minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan from "torturous life".
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Private investments key driver for growth: CEC Subramanian
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The government has a well-thought-out agenda for reforms to beat current slowdown in the economy which is more cyclical than structural in nature, Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian said on Monday.
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North Korea suspends denuclearisation talks with US
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], Nov 08 (ANI): Accusing the United States of using dialogues as a 'time-saving trick' to serve a 'domestic political agenda', North Korea on Saturday said that denuclearisation talks with Washington are off the table.
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9 bills on LS agenda next week, Citizenship Amendment Bill likely to come
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): The Citizenship Amendment Bill and the Personal Data Protection Bill are among the nine bills, which are expected to be taken up for passage in the Lok Sabha in the last week of the Winter Session of Parliament beginning from Monday.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill is part of BJP's divisive agenda: CPI-M leader
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday criticised the BJP government over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, saying that the move was a part of the ruling party's divisive agenda.
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