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Students think it's 'normal' to use performance enhancing d
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 25 (ANI): A European study has revealed that the majority of university students believe it is the social norm to use drugs like Ritalin to enhance academic performance - despite very few having used stimulants themselves.
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Marine Le Pen's aides under investigation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 23(ANI): The chief staff of French leader Marine Le Pen was put under formal investigation after a day of questioning over the alleged misuse of European Union(EU) funds to pay parliamentary assistants.
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Angela Merkel symbol of hospitality for those in need of protection: UN ch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], Feb. 18 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed the important role Germany has played at a number of multilateral institutions including the European Union and the United Nations, saying that the country and Chancellor Angela Merkel had been a symbol
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Air pollution alarm: EU issues 'final warnings' to five countrie
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.] Feb. 16 (ANI): Following failure in addressing recurring breaches of air pollution limits for nitrogen dioxide, the European Union has issued "final warnings" to Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Britain in the matter.
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China using new counter-terrorism policy to repress Tibetans, Uyghurs: Eur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Feb.15 (ANI): In an in-depth discussion about the adverse effects China's counter-terrorism policy on minority groups such as Tibetans and Uyghurs, leaders of the European Parliament (EP) have said that they are well aware of the fact that Beijing is primarily using
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Trump's change of tone towards Japan boosts global stock markets
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 14 (ANI): Along with the European Commission raising its growth forecasts for the eurozone, U.S. President Donald Trump's somewhat soothing tone recently towards Japan and China, has managed to send global stock markets to new heights.
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Recent poll suggests Theresa May might face public backlash over hard Brex
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 12(ANI): According to a poll, a clear majority of the British public opposes UK Prime Minister Theresa May's uncompromising Brexit negotiating position and is not prepared for the country to crash out of the European Union (EU) if the former could not negotiate a reaso
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A 'new, positive and constructive' partnership with the European
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.4 (ANI): The British Government on 2 February published its plan for 'a new, positive and constructive' partnership in the mutual interest of the UK and the EU, with a White Paper presented to Parliament.
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UK Parliament votes in favour of starting Brexit process
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.], Feb. 2 (ANI): Members of the United Kingdom Parliament voted in favour of allowing the government to begin the process of Brexit, clearing a major hurdle for the course of Britain leaving the European Union.
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EU demands China to release political prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jan. 29 (ANI): The European Union (EU) has demanded China to investigate a harrowing account of torture by a detained lawyer and release several political prisoners.
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European Court orders Switzerland to compensate deported ex- LTTE member t
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Strasbourg [France], Jan. 28 (ANI): The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Switzerland to pay EUR 30,000 to a Sri Lankan Tamil national who was deported from Switzerland and subsequently arrested and allegedly beaten in Colombo.
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NEC co-founds new industry group to improve interoperability for smart cit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 27 (ANI): NEC Corporation announced today that NEC Laboratories Europe is one of the five members of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) who have initiated a new ETSI Industry Specification Group on Context Information Management (ISG CIM), toge
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