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Cyclone Shaheen damages cultural heritage buildings in Yemen: Source
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Ancient buildings in Yemen's Hadhramaut province were damaged by intense rainfall and flooding caused by Cyclone Shaheen, a source in the local authorities told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Russia raises concern over ISIS growing activity in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 7 (ANI): Russia is concerned over the activity of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan and calls on authorities to take additional measures to ensure the security of the Russian embassy in Kabul, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova o
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UP govt trying to cover up facts of Lakhimpur Kheri incident, says Alka La
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Congress leader Alka Lamba on Thursday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for allegedly 'covering up the facts' of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and demanded justice from the authorities concerned in this matter.
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Rain-triggered landslide kills 3 in China's Shaanxi province
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 7 (ANI): Three people have been killed in a landslide triggered by continuous downpours in northwest China's Shaanxi province, local media reported citing authorities on Thursday.
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Beijing pushes Tibetan Buddhists to translate classroom texts to Mandarin
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China] October 7 (ANI): In a bid to tighten command over Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese authorities have directed the Buddhist monasteries in Tibet to translate classroom texts from Tibetan into Mandarin, China's "common language," said a news report.
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Journalists condemn Pakistan plan for strict control over media
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 7 (ANI): Several media rights groups have called on Pakistani authorities to withdraw plans to establish the 'Pakistan Media Development Authority' (PMDA) that risks placing strict state control over all media.
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In China, influential, powerful, rich 'disappear' for criticising ruling C
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 6 (ANI): In China, thousands of people have "disappeared" as authorities "snatched" them from their homes and off the streets, as part of a secretive and sinister program against those who fall foul of the regime, according to a media report.
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Gurugram's Banjara market demolished; residents allege action taken withou
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 6 (ANI): Makeshift houses and shops at Gurugram's Banjara Market, famous for affordable home decor and furniture items, were demolished on Tuesday by local authorities.
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PG NEET-SS: It seems medical education, regulation have become a business,
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that heavens will not fall if the authorities decide to implement the new pattern of the post-graduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Super Specialty (NEET-SS) 2021 from next year and asked to consider forcing
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Delhi hospital doctors remove artificial heart from Iraqi man after ailing
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): A Delhi hospital performed a rare surgery in which an artificial heart (LVAD) of a 56-year-old patient from Iraq was removed through a complex procedure after his ailing heart was found to have recovered completely, hospital authorities claimed on Tuesday.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman celebrates 53rd Foundation Day of ICSI
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Company Secretaries should look beyond their existing set of responsibilities and partner with the Ministries and the Regulatory Authorities in easing compliances for the taxpaying citizens, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday.
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Pak-Iran border reopens, pedestrian movement resumed
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taftan (Balochistan) [Pakistan), October 4 (ANI): The ban on pedestrian movement from the Pakistan-Iran Taftan border was removed by Iranian authorities on Sunday.
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