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Budget announcements positive for gold industry, demand set to recover: WG
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 24 (ANI): The World Gold Council (WGC) said on Wednesday that policy announcements made in the 2021-22 Union Budget are positive for India's gold industry.
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Prakash Javadekar uses Sanskrit for first time at UNSC on climate change
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New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Tuesday used Sanskrit for the first time in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Debate on climate change.
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Defence Ministry approves capital acquisition proposal worth Rs 13,700 cr
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New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved capital acquisition proposals for weapons, platforms, equipment and systems required by the armed forces worth Rs 13,700 crores.
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India at UNSC calls on countries to fulfill pre-2020 climate change commit
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New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): India on Tuesday at the UN Security Council called for countries to fulfill their pre-2020 commitments on climate change adding that the idea of climate action should not be to move the climate ambition goalpost to 2050.
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President accepts resignation of Puducherry chief minister
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Puducherry [India], February 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and his council of ministers, a notification by the Union Home Ministry issued said on Tuesday.
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EU demands China allow 'meaningful access' to rights observers to Xinjiang
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Brussels [Belgium], February 23 (ANI): The European Union has demanded that China allow independent rights observers "meaningful access" into the Xinjiang province to probe abuses, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
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Human rights agenda continues to face severe challenges, most of all from
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New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Noting that terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind and India is at the forefront of the fight against it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there is a need for clear realisation in bodies dealing wi
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India at UNHCR: Terrorism can never be justified nor its perpetrators be e
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New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind and a crime against humanity, which violates the most fundamental human rights namely the right to life, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday in his address to the United
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Dharmendra Pradhan urges GST Council to bring petroleum products under its
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Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], February 23 (ANI): Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to bring petroleum products under GST purview as early as possible.
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IFIM Law School announces commencement of LLB Programs
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): IFIM Law School, the 15th Best Law School (Careers 360:2020), announces the commencement of admissions for its 2021-2022 academic year. First round of admissions closes on 31st March 2021.
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Myanmar coup: US designates two additional officials following violence in
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Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): Following the use of violence on the pro-democracy protesters in Mandalay by the Myanmar military, the United States on Monday (local time) designated two additional State Administrative Council (SAC) members, saying, Washington will continue to work with
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PM Oli calls for Security Council meeting amid political crisis in Nepal
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Kathmandu [India], February 23 (ANI): Nepal's acting Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called for a Security Council meeting on Tuesday morning amid rising political uncertainty following his decision to dissolve the parliament last year.
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