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UN provides life-saving aid for refugees, migrants in Mexico, as numbers s
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 4 (ANI): Hoping for a better life in United States, people have been migrating from Mexico but as number of people transiting has continued to grow, the UN in close coordination with the Mexican authorities, is ensuring that they receive life-saving aid, UN News report
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Afghanistan reports 10,000 COVID-19 cases, 650 deaths in past 5 months
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI): The Taliban informed that at least ten thousand COVID-19 cases and 650 deaths were reported in Afghanistan in the past five months.
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Pakistan: Former FIA chief investigated for 'aiding' foreign financial cri
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 2 (ANI): Ex- Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) chief Bashir Memon on Saturday was investigated for facilitating a suspect wanted in financial crimes abroad and also for his failure to probe the money laundering allegations against the person.
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Taliban cracks down on woman rights while demanding western aid
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 31 (ANI): Taliban officials are taking new actions to restrict women's freedoms and dismantle democratic institutions as they appeal to the world to release frozen humanitarian aid funds and bank accounts.
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Pakistan sends first consignment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): The first consignment of 1,800 metric tons of wheat as humanitarian assistance from Pakistan has crossed over to Afghanistan, announced the Pakistani foreign affairs ministry.
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Biden told Putin several times nuclear war must not be started: Kremlin ai
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 31 (ANI): US President Joe Biden told his Russian counterpart repeatedly during his phone call that nuclear war must not be started and it cannot be won, said Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.
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Putin warns Biden of severing relations if West imposes sanctions on Russi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 31 (ANI): Stressing that the call between Russian and the US President was substantive and specific, a Kremlin aide has said that President Vladimir Putin has warned his American counterpart, Joe Biden, of severing relations if West decides to impose sanctions on Mo
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India can win South Africa series 3-0: Sarandeep Singh
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): The Indian team dominated the Centurion Test right from the word go with skipper Virat Kohli winning the toss and electing to bat first and India went on to score 327 runs in the first innings which helped them take 130 runs lead.
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UK pledges to provide $141mln to help vulnerable countries fight Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government has pledged £105 million ($141.7 million) in emergency aid to help vulnerable countries, particularly in Africa, fight the Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
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Centre extends AFSPA in Nagaland for 6 months
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday extended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 or AFSPA in Nagaland for another six months, mentioning that the state is in such a "disturbed and dangerous condition" that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is
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Close aide of Sukhbir Singh Badal joins BJP, says SAD has gone off-track i
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls scheduled for next year, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)'s former MLA Jagdeep Singh Nakai and close aide of Sukhbir Singh Badal joined the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Blinken condemns recent attack by Myanmar's military which killed 35 peopl
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The US condemned the recent attack by the Myanmar military in the country's Kayah State, which killed at least 35, including women and children and two staff members of the international aid organization Save the Children.
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