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Cabinet Secretary chairs NCMC meeting to review flood situation in Maharas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): A meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), chaired by Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha was held on Thursday to review the prevailing flood situation in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat.
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New, serious attack: Venezuela on order over freezing of assets in US
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Caracas [Venzuela], Aug 7 (ANI): The Venezuelan government on Tuesday slammed the Donald Trump administration's move to freeze all its assets in the US, saying it is a "new and serious attack" and yet another series of "arbitrary measures of economic terrorism" against the Latin American cou
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CWC meeting on Aug 10 amid leadership crisis
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): As the party's leadership remains in limbo, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet on August 10 at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
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Congress' J-K policy planning group urges Centre not to take any precipi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir policy planning group of the Congress party on Friday expressed concern over "reports" emerging from Union Home Ministry and state government of Jammu and Kashmir which was creating an atmosphere of "panic and apprehension" and asked the
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Fuel prices hiked in cash-starved Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): The Pakistan government has hiked the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 5.15 per litre and Rs 5.65 per litre respectively, even as the country is facing a severe financial crunch.
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Federal Reserve cuts interest rate for first time since 2008 financial cri
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 1 (ANI): The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut down its interest rates -- for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis -- by a quarter percentage point in an attempt to ward off the possibility of an economic downturn.
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Cong general secretaries meeting today likely to take up leadership issue
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 31 (ANI): The issue of leadership crisis is likely to come up for discussion prominently among other things at the Congress' general secretaries meeting at the party headquarters here on Wednesday.
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Consider making law to regulate app-based taxi services like Ola, Uber: SC
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government to consider bringing a law to regulate app-based taxi service like Ola and Uber for the safety and security of the woman passengers.
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Rohingya Crisis: Japan offers to play mediator between Bangladesh and Myan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 31 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday offered to play a role of mediator between Bangladesh and Myanmar to ensure peaceful and smooth repatriation of Rohingya people to their place of origin in the Rakhine State.
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Russia declines invitation to international conference on Venezuela crisis
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 31 (ANI): Russia will not participate in the international conference on the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela slated to be held in Peru's capital city of Lima on August 6, it's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
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PoK: Protest erupts against Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], July 30 (ANI): Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to protest against the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower plant and construction of other dams in the region.
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SC refuses to entertain pleas on treatment of children suffering from AES
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain public interest litigations (PILs) pertaining to the treatment of children suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and asked the petitioners to approach the Patna High Court.
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