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SRL contributes Rs 2.95 crore to ICMR for R&D on Covid variants
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): SRL Diagnostics has donated over Rs 2.95 crore to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to strengthen the ongoing fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
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Grave concerns raised about 'Uyghur genocide' in China at UN rights counci
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): Expressing grave concerns over the "Uyghur genocide" in China's Xinjiang province, Canada delivered a joint statement on behalf of 42 countries at the UN Humans Rights Council on Tuesday.
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Time running out to prevent 'worst case scenario' arising in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 23 (ANI): As the major indicators for Afghanistan's security and development looking "negative or stagnant", the threats that lie following the withdraw of foreign troops from the country cannot be overstated, according to the top UN official.
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Diplomat L Prashant Pise appointed as next envoy to Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Diplomat L Prashant Pise, Deputy Director-General of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, has been appointed as the next Ambassador to Iraq.
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Nepal decides to resume international, domestic flights with COVID restric
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 22 (ANI): Nepal on Tuesday decided to resume international and domestic flights with some COVID-19 related restrictions in place.
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Euro 2020: UEFA declines request to light up Allianz Arena in rainbow colo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 22 (ANI): UEFA has declined an application from Munich's city council to have Allianz Arena in rainbow colors on Wednesday for their last Group F match with Hungary in Euro 2020.
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China opposes UN rights chief's remarks on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): The Chinese Mission to the United Nations has opposed the remarks made by the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights on Hong Kong and Xinjiang-related issues at the Human Rights Council on Monday.
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8 armed men arrested, 8 dead in clashes in Myanmar central region
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], June 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight armed men were arrested and eight others dead in Myanmar's Mandalay region on Tuesday morning, according to a release from the State Administration Council's Information Team.
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EAM Jaishankar to address UNSC debate on Afghanistan today
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to address the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) debate on Afghanistan on Tuesday.
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UKPNP calls for UN probe into rights abuses in Pak occupied J-K, Gilgit Ba
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): Expressing deep concerns over human rights violations in Pakistan and its occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has appealed to the United Nations to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the ma
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U'khand COVID testing scam: Private lab kept uploading data on ICMR portal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 21 (ANI): Recent investigations have revealed that the private agency accused of irregulaties in COVID-19 tests during the recently concluded Kumbh Mela, continued to upload data on the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), portal even after its agr
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Raghuram Rajan, Esther Duflo to advice TN government to reverse state's ec
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government is planning to constitute an 'Economic Advisory Council' to the Chief Minister comprising Nobel laureates, former Reserve Bank of India governor and other economic experts from around the globe to advice the state on h
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