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Senior Tuvalu parliamentarians voice support for ties with Taiwan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A Tuvaluan prime ministerial hopeful and the country's departing prime minister on Wednesday expressed their support for the continued diplomatic ties with Taiwan, after recent warnings that relations could be severed, Central News Agency Taiwan reported.
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Pakistan's monthly inflation rate increases to 28.5 pc amid economic crisi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistan-based news daily reported that this report follows the central bank's recent announcement of its monetary policy, which tempered earlier optimism about a sharp decline in inflation in the second half of the fiscal year. Price stability is the central bank's primary objective und
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"This is secularism in action, reduces corruption, prevents nepotism": Nir
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the concept of social justice was used as a political slogan in the previous governments, however, today the BJP-led Central government has adopted the idea of social justice into its governance adding that the policies of the cen
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Pakistan: Security forces raid Imran Khan's party's central secretariat in
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistan-based news daily reported that the officials raided the premises just before a PTI's general body meeting and stopped members from entering the premises, warning them that they would have to face consequences.
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Budget 2024: No change in taxation proposed
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As expected and in relief for the citizens, the central government neither tweaked nor put any additional tax burden on citizens, in the interim Budget for 2024-25 tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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"Not true that probe agencies target only opposition leaders, Hemant Soren
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jayant Sinha on Thursday said that he does not agree with the allegations that "opposition leaders are being targeted by the central agencies" adding that if a thorough probe is conducted in the alleged corruption cases linked to Hemant Soren in Jharkhand,
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"Central agencies have become BJP's agencies": Congress' K Suresh after So
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha, Kodikunnil Suresh, alleged on Thursday that the ruling BJP has transformed the central investigation agencies into their own agencies to eliminate the entire opposition in the country. He was reacting to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's arrest ove
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US conducts strikes in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in 'self defence'
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The US Central Command Forces on Thursday conducted strikes against an Iranian-backed Houthi UAV ground control station and 10 Houthi one-way UAVs as they were posing an imminent threat in the region, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
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"BJP govt based on its stupendous work will be blessed again by people wit
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday presented the Interim Budget 2024 and expressed hope that the good policies and the work done by the Central government will help the BJP return to power for the third consecutive time in a row.
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Opposition MPs say budget will be for elections, claim government is hoodw
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Attacking the BJP-led Central government, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) MP Vaiko said on Wednesday that the interim budget presentation will be an exercise of "hoodwinking" the people of India.
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Houthis fire anti-ship ballistic missile towards Gulf of Aden
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Iranian-backed Houthis on Wednesday fired an anti-ship ballistic missile towards the Gulf of Aden. The missile was successfully shot down by US Navy missile destroyer USS Carney, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
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Houthi cruise missile narrowly misses US warship in Red Sea, officials say
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The USS Gravely used its Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) to down the missile, the first time this automated machine gun designed for close-range intercepts has been employed since the US started intercepting Houthi missiles last year.
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