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S Africa's envoy to Australia calls Omicron-related travel bans discrimina
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): South African Ambassador to Australia Marthinus van Schalkwyk has slammed the travel bans on South Africa as discriminatory adding that if the Omicron variant was identified in Europe, restrictions would have not been imposed.
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Justin Bieber performs at Saudi Arabia concert amid backlash
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): Amid severe backlash and the calls to scrap his Saudi Arabia concert, pop star Justin Bieber hit the stage with full enthusiasm at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in SA.
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Digvijaya Singh calls Scindia 'betrayer' for quitting Congress
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 6 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday termed Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia as a "betrayer" for quitting the party and joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Israel calls world powers to take 'hard line' toward Iranian nuke talks
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged on Sunday world powers to "take a hard line" toward Iran in the negotiations on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Tibet Bureau Geneva calls upon China to address underlying grievances of T
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI): The Tibet Bureau in Geneva called upon China at the 14th Session of the UN Forum on minority issues to address the underlying grievances of Tibetans by respecting Tibetan people's historical, social and cultural roots.
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Vice President calls for moral resurgence in civil services to improve the
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for a moral resurgence in civil services of the country to improve the delivery of services to the common man and to ensure the fruits of development reach the people, said a press release from the Vice Pre
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'Useless, futile', says Manish Tewari after Sidhu calls for trade talks wi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], December 5 (ANI): Congress MP Manish Tewari on Sunday hit out at Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over his statement on trade with Pakistan and said that it is "useless and futile" to hold any trade-related talks with Pakistan until the neighbouring country
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Sitharaman calls huge toxic waste 'threat' for India, calls on DRI to catc
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Highlighting that huge toxic waste coming to India and dumped here is a big threat, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) needs to act and catch big fish involved in smuggling of toxic wast
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VP Naidu calls for wider debate on freebies, asks PAC to ensure balanced,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday called for a wider debate on the 'freebies' being doled out to ensure the most effective utilization of the scarce resources in the country.
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UNHRC calls for humanitarian aid for 3.5 million Afghans to avoid starvati
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 4 (ANI): UN Human Rights Council has appealed to increase humanitarian support to 3.5 million people including 700,000 from 2021 alone who were displaced due to the conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations body said in a statement.
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Karzai calls for inclusive government in Afghanistan to gain international
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai emphasized the significance of inclusive government in Afghanistan calling Loya Jirga (Great Assembly) as a good option to chart its path towards legitimacy.
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UN committee calls for global alert on bioterrorism in COVID times
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): UN bodies, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Interpol, entrusted with the task of identifying non-state actors involved in bioterrorism, are carefully monitoring the response of terrorists to the effects of the current Covid-19 pandemic amid speculation
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