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Genetic architecture underlying alcohol and tobacco dependence revealed by
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], July 20 (ANI): Have you ever questioned why some people can smoke cigarettes for a year before quitting simply, but others develop a lifelong addiction? Why are some people unable to stop consuming alcohol while others can do without it? A person's hereditary propensity
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US-EU joint Task Force on European Energy Security holds virtual meet
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): The US-EU joint Task Force on European Energy Security met virtually on Wednesday (local time), said the White House in a press release.
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US-backed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework must help India reduce economic
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): Though India has joined the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) alongside 11 Asian nations and the US to counter China's economic dominance in the region, this new framework needs to create the confidence that this multilateral economic cooperation could als
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PM Modi lauds success of cooperatives in Gujarat, says self-reliance solut
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 28 (ANI): Noting that self-reliance is the solution to several difficulties facing the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that cooperatives were a very good model of self-dependence and this has been experienced very successfully in G
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South Korean Prez Yoon to reduce reliance on Chinese imports
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 22 (ANI): South Korea under the leadership of the newly elected President Yoon Suk-yeol is all set to diversify the country's imports, reduce its dependence on China and forge closer ties with a range of economies in the Indo-Pacific.
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Germany pushes towards energy independence from Russia
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The German government's new plan seeks to encourage all segments of society to use energy more efficiently in order to reduce the country's dependence on Russian fossil fuels by next winter.
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Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways inaugurates New V
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI/PNN): The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India introduced a notification in 2021 to prohibit unfit and old vehicles to ply on roads, as a step towards reducing carbon footprint and pollution and improving road safety. Sensing an opportun
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UK struggling to counter Chinese inroads into its nuclear infrastructure:
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 28 (ANI): As the United Kingdom realize its growing dependence on Bejing for the development of new nuclear power projects, the country has recently begun to mull preventive actions to save the strategic sector from getting into Chinese hands, said a media report.
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EU chief praises solar alliance, says Ukraine war stark reminder of Europe
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Addressing the roundtable at the headquarters of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday praised India's energy independence goals while saying that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a "stark rem
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UK Minister backs coal mine opening to cut energy dependence on Russia: Re
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, is supporting plans to launch the first coal mine in the United Kingdom in decades, aiming to curtail the dependence on Russian energy supplies, the Telegraph newspaper reporte
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Chinese high-cost loans prime culprit for Lankan economic woes
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's current economic crisis does not seem to slow down due to its major dependence on Chinese loans as well as its inability to repay debt amid a state of emergency and intense protests in the island nation.
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Pakistan, Sri Lanka crises lessons for countries to not fall for China's d
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 12 (ANI): The over-dependence on China for economic development could be a miserable option for any country, and the latest examples of it, are Pakistan and Sri Lanka which have been facing a dire financial crisis at present, according to reports.
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