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Baloch activist urges UN Secy-Gen to take notice of humanitarian crisis in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], Feb 16 (ANI): Khalil Baloch, chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Sunday urged the visiting United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take immediate notice of the humanitarian crisis in Balochistan.
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Punjab to screen passengers from Japan, South Korea for coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Amid a heightening scare over coronavirus crisis, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday said the passengers travelling to the north Indian state from Japan and South Korea will also be scanned for the virus in add
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US landed India into crisis by taking it off developing countries' list: S
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): The Shiv Sena has said that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) taking India off the developing country list ahead of President Donald Trump's visit has landed India into a crisis.
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Delhi's Sadar Bazar Chinese toy market down by 40 percent amid novel coron
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): With the scare of the Novel coronavirus in China, following which the Indian government has put a ban on the import of Chinese items to the country, the wholesale toy market in the national capital's Sadar Bazar is facing a huge crisis.
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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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Coronavirus crisis: Xi tours Beijing, vows to win war against the epidemic
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 10 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday appeared before the public for the first time since the coronavirus epidemic started and said the government would prevent large-scale layoffs amid the outbreak.
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CAA won't have any effect on Assam, Northeast region, says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not have any effect on the people of Assam and North-East region.
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Coronavirus set to dampen China's economic growth: Fitch
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 7 (ANI): The ongoing coronavirus outbreak will dampen economic growth in China this year but the scale of the impact remains uncertain and will depend on the duration and intensity of the health crisis, Fitch Ratings has said.
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2019 worst year for global air freight demand since 2009: IATA
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 5 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year 2019 data for global air freight markets on Wednesday showing that demand measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) fell by 3.3 per cent compared to 2018 while capacity (AFTK) rose by 2
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Uddhav Thackeray opens up about split with BJP, prospects of future allian
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that splitting with their decades-old ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a hurtful decision and Shiv Sena had stood like a mountain for BJP during the time of crisis.
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UK prepone planned ban of new gasoline, diesel cars by 5 years
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 5 (ANI): The United Kingdom has decided to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars beyond 2030, five years earlier than the planned date, to deal with the climate crisis and help cut the country's carbon emissions to "net zero" by 2050.
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Coronavirus: 11,093 people screened at Mumbai airport till Feb 3
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): As the coronavirus crisis continues to spread across the world, as many as 11,093 people have been screened at the Mumbai International Airport till February 3.
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