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Indian Army rushes to aid Congo town hit by volcano eruption
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): After Mount Nyaragongo, an active volcano overlooking Congo's Goma town erupted, Indian Army on Saturday rushed to assist in evacuation of locals and other UN personnel in the affected region.
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People flee as Nyiragongo volcano erupts in eastern Congo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
North Kivu [Congo], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The civil defense forces of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are evacuating residents of Goma after the nearby Nyiragongo volcano started to erupt, North Kivu Governor, Lt. Gen. Ndima Kongba Constant said.
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'Hate has no place in America': President Biden to sign anti-Asian hate cr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has announced that he will sign the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act on Thursday, paving the way for the legislation to stop hate crimes against Asian Americans that have occurred since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pinarayi Vijayan: The first to continue as Kerala CM after full term
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday will take oath for a second consecutive term as chief minister of Kerala breaking the decades-old alternate shift of power between Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the state.
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US House passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 19 (ANI): The US House on Tuesday passed the legislation to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Won't support bipartisan deal for 9/11-style commission to probe January 6
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 19 (ANI): The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he will not support bipartisan legislation for the 9/11-style commission to probe the January 6 Capitol riot as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has "refused to negotiate in good faith" on the parameters of t
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Swearing-in of Pinarayi Vijayan govt on May 20, to have 21 member cabinet
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 17 (ANI): Communist Party of India Marxist (CPIM)'s acting state secretary and Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener A Vijayaraghavan on Monday said that the Kerala government will have a 21-member cabinet.
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Terror attacks in Afghanistan, Maldives threatening democracy, human right
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 15 (ANI): The deadly Kabul school blasts and the attempted 'terrorist attack' on former Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed points to an era of eroding adherence to democratic practices and slackening respect for human rights in South Asia, said a European think
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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeeping mission in DRC
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New York [US], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemned Monday's attack against a temporary position of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which resulted in the death of one Malawian blue helmet.
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Ram Karan Verma appointed as next Ambassador of India to Central African R
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New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Ram Karan Verma has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Central African Republic, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.
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In Imran Khan's Pakistan, military is the de facto ruler
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Imran Khan once targeted the armed forces for its anti-democratic political interventions when he was deeply involved in a lawyer's movement that aimed to end Pakistan's military dictatorship, but now his elected government is effectively run by ex-soldier
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Bolstering dialogue between India, EU will benefit international trade, in
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Virginia [US], May 8 (ANI): Ahead of the India-EU virtual summit on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Portugal PM Antonio Costa said that strengthening the dialogue between the world's two largest democratic spaces will boost mutual ties and benefit international trade and investmen
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