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EU adopts humanitarian exemption to Afghanistan sanctions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 6 (ANI): As Afghanistan witnesses a severe financial and humanitarian crisis, European Union has amended its Afghanistan sanction regime to include a humanitarian exemption, local media reported.
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China reluctant to side with Russia in Ukraine crisis: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 6 (ANI): China is reluctant to side with Russia in the current Ukraine crisis so much so for economic reasons as the Chinese economy is already in a shaky spot, giving less incentive to Xi Jinping to tie his country's fortunes to Moscow's in the event of a military
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Pakistan: Urea crisis continues to loom over agri sector
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 6 (ANI): Pakistan has started the month of February with the lowest urea inventory in the last eight years, a mere 37,000 tonnes of stocks, local media reported.
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Biden playing proactive role in handling Ukraine crisis: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Having learnt lessons from the Afghanistan fiasco, US President Joe Biden is implementing an inclusive approach along with playing a proactive role in handling the Ukraine crisis.
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Sri Lankan Foreign Minister arrives in Delhi for three-day visit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris arrived in Delhi on Sunday for a three-day visit to India amid the ongoing economic crisis in the island nation.
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CRISPR-Cas9 can generate unexpected, heritable mutations, says study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Uppsala [Sweden], February 6 (ANI): CRISPR-Cas9 is the "genetic scissors," that creates new potential for curing diseases. But the treatments must be reliable. In a new study, researchers have discovered that the method can give rise to unforeseen changes in DNA that can be inherited by the
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Any escalation in Ukraine crisis would increase challenges for India, says
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Amid the build-up of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine, an expert in international relations has said that escalation in tensions between Russia and the Western countries will put pressure on Indian foreign policy priorities and New Delhi wi
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First group of US troops lands in Poland in response to Ukraine crisis: Re
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The first group of American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in Poland on Saturday following Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby's announcement about 1,700 additional troops from the United States to be sent to the country, Polish me
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China had chance to encourage Russia to de-escalate Ukraine crisis, says U
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): The US on Friday said China had a chance to encourage Russia to de-escalate tensions regarding the situation with Ukraine and that is what the world community expects from responsible world powers, reported Sputnik.
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Thousands of Afghans who flee to Turkey after Taliban takeover seek shelte
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August last year, thousands of people from the crisis-torn country have fled to Turkey looking for shelters to survive, said a media report.
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Macaulay Culkin set to develop 'Midlife Crisis' travel documentary with Li
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): Hollywood's favourite child actor Macaulay Culkin has joined forces with the production company Lightbox, to develop a new documentary titled 'Macaulay Culkin's Midlife Crisis', a travelogue about becoming middle-aged.
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Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Afghanistan is under deep humanitarian crisis and over 50 per cent of Afghan's are facing a "tsunami of hunger," the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported, citing numbers from UN World Food Programme.
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