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Winter Olympics: Zero COVID cases prestige issue for China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 26 (ANI): Chinese citizens are locked in a never-ending cycle of COVID testing and no news about the resident's condition is permitted to leave the lockdown as the Chinese authorities do not want to embarrass the leadership in front of the world during the Winter Oly
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China issues blue alert for heavy snow
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 26 (ANI): China's meteorological authorities on Wednesday issued a blue alert for heavy snow in some of the regions of the country.
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Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors demands immediate arrest of journali
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Tuesday has strongly condemned the murder of journalist Hasnain Shah and demanded of the authorities to immediately arrest and punish his killers.
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Ensure human rights of Chakmas, Hajongs are protected: NHRC to Arunachal g
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and Arunachal Pradesh to submit an action taken report within six weeks against racial profiling and relocation of the 'Chakmas' and 'Hajongs' from the State and directe
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Beijing 2022 COVID-19 countermeasures adjusted even as cases of virus emer
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 25 (ANI): The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOCOG) and the Chinese authorities have adjusted the Games' COVID-19 rules, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive tests.
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China sees air pollution risk during Beijing Winter Olympics, authorities
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bejing [China], January 24 (ANI): As China is all set to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the country's Ministry of Ecology and Environment has announced that it will take measures to restrict the operations of some air polluters, a media report said.
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Pakistan: People suffer as pleas on damaged bridges go unheard by highway
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Despite numerous reminders, the National Highway Authority (NHA) of Pakistan has failed to fix the damaged segment of the Ayub Bridge in Havelian tehsil, according to local residents, reported DAWN.
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Expert draws parallels between China and Taliban as Xi destroying Tibetan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], January 23 (ANI): Drawing similarities between Taliban and Xi Jinping, Strategic expert Brahma Chellaney said that Chinese authorities demolished a 99-foot statue of Lord Buddha in a Tibetan region of Sichuan in the same manner when the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas.
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Beijing district conducts mass nucleic acid testing amid spike in COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 23 (ANI): Fengtai, one of the 16 districts of Beijing municipality, on Sunday started district-wide nucleic acid testing as local COVID-19 cases have been reported recently, local media reported citing authorities as saying.
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Kashmir wetland authorities provide food for migratory birds to survive ha
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 22 (ANI): The authorities of wetlands in Kashmir have taken the initiative to provide food for migratory birds during the harsh winter season aiming to make their stay comfortable in the state. Lakhs of migratory birds have arrived in the wetland
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Post mortem of 4 Indians who died near Canada-US border on 24 Jan, Indian
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Post mortem of four people who died due to cold near the US - Canada border will be conducted on January 24, according to sources.
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NGT constitutes committee in plea challenging environmental clearance to h
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted an independent Expert Committee comprising of multi-disciplinary authorities in an appeal moved against Environmental Clearance (EC) granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoE
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