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Apparel Export Promotion Council urges government to remove import duty on
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has urged the government to remove import duty on cotton for boosting apparel exports, as one of its key Budget recommendations for promoting the Indian apparel industry.
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'Track record of organisers, biases of participants well-known': MEA hits
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New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Two days after four US lawmakers and former Vice President Hamid Ansari expressed concern about India's recent record on protecting human rights and civil liberties, the External Affairs Ministry on Friday said it had seen reports about the online even
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US envoy to UN confirms requesting UNSC meeting on Ukraine on Monday
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield confirmed that the mission had requesting an open UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation on Ukraine's border and said she looks forward to a direct and purposeful discussions
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India, five Central Asian countries to establish joint working group on Af
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New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): India and five Central Asian countries on Thursday discussed the evolving situation in Afghanistan and its impact on security in the region and decided to establish a joint working group on Afghanistan at the senior officials level.
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Norwegian official calls for girls' access to education in Afghanistan
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Oslo [Norway], January 27 (ANI): Norwegian participant at the intra-Afghan dialogue has emphasized girls' access to education in Afghanistan.
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Sony Pictures Networks India bags exclusive rights to broadcast Asia's big
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Sony Pictures Networks India, (SPN), has acquired the exclusive media rights for the 2022 Asian Games from November 2021 to September 2023.
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Congress leader CM Ibrahim says 'goodbye to party', miffed by appointment
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 27 (ANI): Unhappy with the appointment of BK Hariprasad as the new leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, Congress leader CM Ibrahim on Thursday said "goodbye to the party."
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UN creates new strategic framework to tackle the Afghanistan crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 27 (ANI): The United Nations team in Afghanistan has launched a new strategic planning document to coordinate the multi-lateral institutions' teamwork.
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23 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute hunger, says Norwegian R
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Kabul [Afghanistan], January 27 (ANI): The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on Thursday said that 23 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute hunger and called for the removal of economic bottlenecks that prevent the circulation of money into and within Afghanistan.
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Nazarbayev's lifetime chairmanship in Kazakhstan's Security Council cancel
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The upper house of Kazakhstan's parliament on Thursday decided to cancel Nursultan Nazarbayev's lifetime chairmanship in the country's Security Council and the Assembly of People, the country's Kazinform news agency reported.
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Nationwide protests against murder of journalist in Pakistan
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Lahore [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): Apart from the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFJU) hundreds of Electricity, Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA) workers held protests across the country over the killing of journalist Hasna
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Biden announces intent to nominate new Ambassadors for Sudan, South Sudan
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Washington [US], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate two career Foreign Service diplomats to become ambassadors to Sudan and South Sudan, the White House said in a statement.
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