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Fighting coronavirus 'a crisis and big test' for China, says Xi Jinping
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 24 (ANI): President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the coronavirus epidemic was China's most serious public health crisis and called for efforts to help overcome the "largest public emergency" and learn from "obvious shortcomings exposed" in its response, so it could impro
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UN warns Africa's ongoing locust crisis could become 'major humanitarian p
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], Feb 12 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that the ongoing locust crisis in eastern Africa could become a major humanitarian plague.
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UP: Govt school in Agra develops rainwater harvesting system to save water
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): In a bid to combat the menace of water crises and save the precious resource, a school in Ambedkar Nagar has installed a rainwater harvesting system.
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Venezuelan govt, opposition agree to initiate 'permanent peace dialogue'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], July 12 (ANI): After three days of intense talks, the Venezuelan government and the opposition on Thursday agreed to engage in a "permanent peace dialogue".
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TN: Madurai South Assembly constituency facing 'severe water crises'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 8 (ANI): Locals in Madurai South Assembly constituency have been facing 'severe water crises' in their region.
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Amid financial crisis, Pak PM urges citizens to declare assets, pay taxes
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 10 (ANI): At a time when Pakistan is grappling to overcome severe financial crises, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged his countrymen to declare their assets and pay off taxes by June 30.
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This is double whammy: Cong attacks BJP on unemployment rise, US ending sp
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 1 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre over issues of unemployment and the US' decision to end its preferential trade treatment to India, saying it is a double whammy and urged the government to take steps to tackle the crise
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Gandhi family protects Congress in all crises: Karnataka minister DK Shiva
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 28 (ANI): Karnataka Minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Tuesday expressed dismay over Congress' performance in the Lok Sabha elections and also asserted that the Gandhi family has protected the party in times of crisis.
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Algeria: Army chief proposes independent body to oversee polls
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 21 (ANI): Underlining that the ensuing presidential election will prevent Algeria from "falling into the trap of a constitutional void", the Army chief Lieutenant General Gaid Salah on Monday proposed the formation of an "independent body" to organise and oversee the
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Despite security issue, N Korea should be given food: South Korea
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 17 (ANI): Asserting that humanitarian issue should be separated from a security issue, South Korea on Friday said North Korea, which is facing severe drought, should be provided food-aid despite its recent missile launches.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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Absence of bond market is fuelling banking crises: CAG
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 23 (ANI): In the wake of the crisis ensuing in the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi opined that that absence of a bond market is the reason behind the current banking c
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