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Twitter announces new features, allows users to charge for tweets with Sup
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 28 (ANI): American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter recently announced a couple of huge upcoming updates, which include the ability to create and join groups based around specific interests and a feature for users to charge their followers for ad
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Myanmar junta use snipers to fire on pro-democracy protesters, several dea
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 28 (ANI): Several people were killed and more than 50 pro-democracy protesters have been arrested by the Myanmar military junta on Sunday as thousands took to the streets for a second general strike against the regime.
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Myanmar junta removes its UN Ambassador after he delivers anti-coup speech
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military has fired the country's United Nations Ambassador after he appealed to the UN General Assembly for international help to overturn the coup.
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Couple adopts Galapagos Giant Tortoise at Nehru zoo in Hyderabad
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 28 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based couple along with family members has adopted the 121-year-old Galapagos Giant Tortoise at the Nehru Zoological Park.
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Myanmar transporting 'unknown' goods from China via unregistered flights,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 27 (ANI): Unregistered flights from China have been landing every night in Myanmar carrying unknown goods and personnel from China, for over a week now, despite a ban on international flights by the Myanmar military, which took over the country in a recent coup,
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Keyboard warriors should get a bloody life: Finch's wife hits back at trol
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 27 (ANI): Aaron Finch's wife Amy has fired back at online trolls who targeted the couple following Australia skipper dearth of runs in recent games.
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Restoring peace must be priority of stakeholders in Myanmar: India at UNGA
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 27 (ANI): India on Friday said that restoring democratic order should be the priority of all stakeholders in Myanmar and called on the international community to lend its "constructive support" to the people of Southeast Asian nation at the critical juncture.
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Congress leaders meet Telangana Governor, demand 'court monitored CBI prob
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 26 (ANI): Congress leaders led by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Uttam Kumar Reddy met Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday and demanded a fair probe into the murders of advocates Gattu Vaman Rao and PV Nagamani, who wer
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UK further sanctions Myanmar military figures for role in coup
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 25 (ANI): The United Kingdom, on Thursday, sanctioned another six military top-ranking officers of the Myanmar army, including Commander in Chief General Min Aung Hlaing, for human rights violations following the February 1 coup against President Win Myint and State Cou
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Japan mulls halting new assistance projects to Myanmar following military
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): The Japanese government is considering halting new assistance projects to Myanmar, where a military coup d'etat has taken place, Sputnik reported citing sources.
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Facebook bans Myanmar junta from its platforms weeks after coup
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Facebook on Thursday announced its decision to ban the Myanmar military and military-controlled state media from using its platforms following the coup to dislodge the civilian government.
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China spreads its tentacles with arms exports
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 25 (ANI): Imagery from 1 February's Myanmar coup brought a reminder of the success that China's arms exports have had in many parts of the world. Pictures from the coup showed Chinese-built WMA301 6x6 assault guns on Myanmar streets, for instance. Indeed, China is current
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