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UK Foreign Secretary Raab restates concerns over Hong Kong, Xinjiang in ca
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 28 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, during his telephonic conversation with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, underlined Britain's deep concern at the situation in Hong Kong and the need for the United Nations to have "unfettered access" to Xinjiang.
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'Stop beating around the bush and comply,' MeitY tells Twitter
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): After Twitter raised concerns about "potential threat to freedom of expression" over the new IT rules, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has asked the microblogging company to "stop beating around the bush" and "comply with the laws of the land".<
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Twitter's statement mendacious, devised to seek dubious sympathy: Delhi Po
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Delhi Police on Thursday slammed social media giant Twitter for its statement about "concerns with regards to the use of intimidation tactics by the police" and said such remarks were "devised to seek dubious sympathy".
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Lawyer writes to PM Modi, urges him to discontinue MiG-21 aircraft from IA
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Six days after an Indian Air Force pilot was killed after his MiG-21 aircraft crashed near Punjab's Moga, a lawyer on Thursday sent a request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to discontinue MiG-21 aircraft from the Indian Air Force citing safety con
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Israeli strikes in West Bank may be defined as war crimes if found discrim
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed on Thursday concerns over Israeli rocket attacks in the West Bank and noted that this could be defined as war crimes if found discriminate and disproportionate.
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Surge in prices of raw materials casts shadow on China's industrial sector
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 26 (ANI): A wave of shutdowns and temporary production stoppages across Chinese factories due to surging costs of raw materials has raised concerns over inflation risks in the world's second-largest economy.
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Canada: Alberta province orders 4 universities to suspend partnerships wit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 26 (ANI): The government of Canada's Alberta province has ordered four universities to suspend new or renewed partnerships that could be linked to China and the Chinese Communist Party, citing potential theft of Canadian intellectual property.
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Vaccines effective in combating mutated Covid variants, protecting benefic
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): With several cases of Covid-19 infections being reported after partial or full vaccinations, concerns have been raised on the efficacy of vaccination against the mutated variants of the novel coronavirus.
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Study examines how pandemic-related changes affect college students' motiv
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): When the worsening COVID-19 pandemic prompted colleges to shut their campuses and shift to remote learning in spring 2020, concerns arose that many underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines would be demotivated an
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Humanitarian situation, impact of pandemic remain concerns in Somalia: Ind
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 26 (ANI): India at the UN on Tuesday (local time) raised several concerns pertaining to Somalia, including the humanitarian situation and the impact of the Covid pandemic.
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Sri Lankan plaque scripted in Chinese evokes fury, concern over omission o
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 25 (ANI): Concerns over the elevation of Chinese languages over official languages of Sri Lanka have emerged after a plaque made to declare the opening of a Chinese-gifted Smart Library of Attorney General's (AG) Department was scripted in Sinhalese, English and Chin
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Japan to impose 10-day quarantine on travellers to India, 5 South Asian co
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 25 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday said it has extended the quarantine period for travelers who have recently been to India and five other South Asian countries amid growing concerns over B.1.617 Covid-19 variant.
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