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'Stop panchayat poll in Kotia', Odisha's Koraput Collector urges Andhra's
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Koraput (Odisha) [India], February 13 (ANI): Koraput (in Odisha) district collector Abdaal Akhtar on Friday wrote to his Vizianagaram (in Andhra Pradesh) counterpart Dr M Hari Jawaharlal requesting the latter not to conduct the gram panchayat election in Kotia, the disputed area as the matte
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Japan to station coast guard vessel at Ogasawara Islands to check Chinese
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 12 (ANI): Japan for the first time will station a coast guard patrol vessel in the Ogasawara Islands, about 1,000km south of Tokyo, to counter Chinese ships.
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WHO hails Gujarat for responding to second wave of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): As Gujarat conducted the Intra-Action Review (IAR) in December 2020 for its COVID-19 preparedness and response, World Health Organisation (WHO) country representative to India, Dr Roderico Ofrin on Thursday lauded the efforts by the state government i
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Canada has supply-side constraints on vaccines, PM Modi, Trudeau had subst
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau had a very constructive and substantive discussion during their phone conversation on Wednesday and Ottawa had sought I
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SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking directions to prevent sale of counterf
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions under the Disaster Management Act to prevent the sale of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines, and asked the petitioner to file a fresh one, with "concrete fa
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Biden takes up Hong Kong crackdown, Xinjiang rights abuses in first call w
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday underscored concerns about the crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said.
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Biden announces creation of new China task force to counter growing challe
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) announced the launch of a new China task force that will provide recommendations on military strategy to the Department of Defense (DoD) to counter growing challenges posed by Beijing.
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PM Modi speaks to Trudeau, assures support to Canada's vaccination efforts
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and assured that India will do its best to support Canada's COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
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EAM Jaishankar greets Iran on eve of Islamic Revolution anniversary
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday greeted his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the eve of the Islamic Revolution's anniversary.
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SAD meets Punjab Governor, urges to restore law and order situation
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 9 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday requested Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore to direct the state government to countermand the election at all places where nomination papers of opposition candidates had been rejected and asked him to
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Appreciate solidarity shown by world leaders on loss of lives in U'khand,
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday appreciated the solidarity expressed by his counterparts and various world leaders on the loss of lives caused by a glacier burst in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
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US conducts joint Guam drill with Australia, Japan to counter China
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 8 (ANI): Amid China's growing belligerence, the United States is conducting a joint exercise with Australia and Japan on Guam, an island territory in Micronesia, to conduct disaster relief operations, as well as to conduct large force employment and combat air forces trai
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