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6 injured in explosion near presidential palace in Somalia's Mogadishu: Re
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], February 13 (ANI): At least six people suffered injuries after an explosion close to the presidential palace in Somalia's Mogadishu on Saturday morning, Sputnik reported citing government spokesperson.
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Pakistan: PPP Secretary-General seeks more time to submit nomination paper
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday requested the Election Commission of Pakistan for an extension of the time duration for the submission of candidates' forms for the upcoming Senate election citing time constraints and legal issues.
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Pakistani judge Kayani rescues himself from hearing former ISI chief Durra
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 12 (ANI): Pakistani judge Mohsin Akhtar Kayani has rescued himself from further hearing a petition filed by former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general Asad Durrani seeking removal of his name from a no-fly list, Pakistani media reported.
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TMC's Dinesh Trivedi resigns as Rajya Sabha MP
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Trivedi on Friday announced his resignation on the floor of the House (Rajya Sabha) citing the reason that he was unable to do anything over the violence in West Bengal.
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Indonesia trying to 'steer clear' of Chinese investment in USD 20 billion
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): China's absence from the list of potential investors in Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund has raised suspicions that Jakarta is trying to steer clear of investments from the world's second-largest economy, South China Morning Post reported citing Kevin O'R
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2 killed, 3 injured in helicopter crash in Southeastern France
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 10 (ANI): At least two persons were killed and three others injured on Tuesday (local time) in a helicopter crash in the southeastern French Savoie department, Sputnik reported citing local prefecture.
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TMC MLA Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay expresses inability to contest West Benga
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 10 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Bardhaman Dakshin Dr Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stating that he will not contest the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly election 2021 citing poor heal
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US reports at least 944 cases of new coronavirus strains
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): At least 944 cases of coronavirus strains first spotted in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil have been reported in the United States, CNN reported citing US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention data (CDC) on Tuesday (local time).
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National Monuments Authority withdraws heritage bye-laws for Shree Jaganna
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): National Monuments Authority (NMA) on Monday withdrew draft heritage bye-laws for Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and subsidiary shrines citing technical glitches.
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Queen Elizabeth pressured UK govt for clause in law to conceal private wea
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): UK and Commonwealth Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II, lobbied the UK government to push through an exemption for Buckingham Palace in transparency laws in the 1970s, The Guardian reported citing documents in the National Archives.
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AstraZeneca's vaccine less protective against virus variant in South Afric
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], February 8 (ANI): South Africa is pausing the country's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the COVID-19 variant first identified there, CNN reported citing South African health officials on Sunday (
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Former US State Secy George Shultz, who played key role in ending Cold War
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State George P Shultz, who played a key role in ending the Cold War under former President Ronald Reagan's administration, died at his home in California at the age of 100 on Sunday, reported CNN citing the Hoover Institution at St
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