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Largest opium producer Afghanistan, contributes 87 pc total global output
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], March 17 (ANI): With about 87 per cent of the global production, Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer despite a 9 billion dollar effort over a two-decade period by the United States to deter illegal production in the country, according to an analyst associated
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Biden to speak to China's Xi Jinping tomorrow, Russia-Ukraine crisis on ag
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): United States President Joe Biden will speak with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday, as part of the ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication between Washington and Beijing, the White House said.
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Holcim India and its two operating companies Ambuja Cements and ACC reach
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 17 (ANI/Mediawire): Holcim India and its two leading cement companies--Ambuja Cements and ACC had launched their first corporate campaign #ChangeTheStory on 31st January, highlighting the plastic removal efforts of the cement majors in the country.
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Pakistan rubs salt in America's wounds with new ambassador pick
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): Pakistan's appointment of Masood Khan as its new ambassador to Washington is less a diplomatic olive branch and more an effort symbolically to rub salt in America's wounds.
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Anil Vij lauds Centre's efforts of conducting nationwide COVID-19 vaccinat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], March 17 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anij Vij on Wednesday lauded the Centre's efforts in conducting the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme saying that under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi a planned vaccination is being run in a v
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Russia's Patriarch Kirill discusses situation in Ukraine with Pope Francis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia discussed with Pope Francis the situation in Ukraine and the humanitarian efforts of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, the Russian Orthodox Church said on Wednesday.
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International webinar held in Indonesia to raise awareness about China's h
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], March 16 (ANI): In an effort to raise awareness in Indonesia about China's human rights violations in Xinjiang and expose why some developing countries indebted to China turn a blind eye towards it, the Center for South-East Asian Studies (CSEAS) organized an internation
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UN report urges immediate intl effort to stem violence in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 16 (ANI): The international community must take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses - some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes aga
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Study finds large impact of controlling humidity on greenhouse gas emissio
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colorado [US], March 16 (ANI): According to an analysis done by scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Xerox PARC, greenhouse gas emissions from air conditioners are expected to climb as economic growth has driven efforts to control both temperature and humidity.
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Oil prices end below USD 100 per barrel on Russia-Ukraine diplomacy effort
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York, March 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices tumbled more than 6 per cent, adding to Monday's drop of more than 5 per cent, as both the New York- and London-traded benchmarks settled below the key USD 100 per barrel mark for the first time since the start of Russia's "special military operat
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Oil prices continue to tumble on Russia-Ukraine diplomacy efforts, surge i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices extended their tumble on Tuesday, falling more than 5 per cent for the second day in a row based on international efforts to mediate over the Russia-Ukraine conflict and on renewed COVID-19 measures implemented by China after an unexpected su
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Jaishankar says efforts being made to bring mortal remains of Indian stude
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): The Indian Embassy in Ukraine is diligently pursuing the repatriation of mortal remains of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudarm, a final year medical student of Kharkiv Medical University, who succumbed to injuries received when he had gone to fetch groceries fro
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