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US must lead global response to climate crisis, says Biden
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 28 (ANI): After signing an executive order to halt new leases for oil and gas exploitation on federal land, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the world needs a unified response to the climate crisis and Washington must lead the climate response globally.
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Govt may increase customs duty on certain components in Union Budget 2021:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Narendra Modi led NDA government's eighth budget amid the Covid-19 pandemic and under the unprecedented economic crisis triggered by it. This time, the Central Government may increase the custo
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Greta Thunberg calls out three decades of 'blah, blah, blah' on climate ch
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], January 26 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on world leaders and organisations over the issue of climate change, environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Monday said that world leaders speak of an existential climate emergency and yet instead of taking action, they set
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Italian PM to announce his decision to resign today
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Genoa [Italy], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will announce his decision to resign today amid a political crisis in the country, the statement by the presidency of the council reads.
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Nepal political crisis: Police, protestors clash near PM residence
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 25 (ANI): Nepal Police had to use water cannons on civil society activists, who were protesting against the dissolution of Parliament near Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli residence at Baluwatar on Monday, leaving dozens injured.
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COVID-19 lockdown loneliness leads to depressive symptoms in adults: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has meant more time at home for everyone and people have turned to cooking, reading, among other activities to deal with the health crisis, which brings a fresh supply of stress every day.
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Coronavirus expected to kill over 6,00,000 people in US: Biden
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is expected to kill more than 600,000 people in the United States, President Joe Biden said on Friday.
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Central African Republic declares emergency for 15 days amid post-election
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangui [CAR], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The Central African Republic (CAR) has declared a state of emergency after rebel forces that refused to recognise the December presidential election results, attacked the country's capital of Bangui, presidential spokesman Albert Yaloke Mokpeme said.
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Concerned over precarious security situation in Central African Republic:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 22 (ANI): Expressing serious concerns over the "precarious" security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), India on Thursday called on all opposition groups in the African country to "cease hostilities" immediately and join the authorities in finding a peace
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Security situation in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray likely to cause human
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The security situation of civilians and internally displaced persons in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray regional state "risks becoming a humanitarian crisis," the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said late Monday in a report.
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Trump Administration plans to designate Houthis as terrorists, exacerbatin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 18 (ANI): In what could be the last act of President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on 10 January that the US Administration would designate Yemen's Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) as a terrorist organization.
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Study finds changing diets, not less physical activity, may best explain c
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 18 (ANI): Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of a traditional diet -- but not in total calories burned daily -- is reliably related to indigenous Amazonian children's body fat, according to a new study.
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