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'She ruled the world of music': Pak minister on Lata Mangeshkar's demise
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 6 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry expressed his condolences over the demise of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday and said she ruled the world of music.
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Russia confirms 177,282 new COVID-19 cases, 714 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 177,282 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 168,201 the day before, and 714 deaths, the federal response center said on Saturday.
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IMF's USD 1 bn tranches to Pakistan forces Islamabad to slap Rs 160 bn tax
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): The now-resumed International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme that revived Pakistan's stalled programme and cleared USD 1 billion tranches has forced the federal government to impose Pakistani Rs 160 billion tax on the country's salaried class by reducin
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China threat to US 'more brazen' than ever; trying to steal American innov
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): Stressing that threats posed by China in the United States is "more brazen" than ever before, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray said that China is trying to steal American innovation and technology than all other nations.
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Islamabad HC strikes down subsidised plots for judges, bureaucrats
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that the allotment of plots on subsidised rates to Pakistan's top judges, lawyers and bureaucrats was illegal and ordered the federal government's real estate entity to initiate housing schemes for the general p
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Pakistan: Sindh declares two islands 'protected forests' amid dispute with
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): Amid ownership dispute between provincial and federal governments, Sindh has declared two islands off the coast of Karachi as "protected forests", local media reported on Friday.
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Rahul Gandhi responds to MK Stalin's praise of his LS speech, says 'shared
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday lauded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech in Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's Address and said he has voiced "the long-standing arguments of Tamils in the Parliament, which rest on
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Beijing accuses US of generalizing concept of national security, malicious
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China, February 3 (ANI) China firmly opposes the United States' generalization of the concept of national security, its abuse of state power and its unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises in the absence of facts, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a
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Pakistan's FIA says Turkish-local firms' nexus led to last year's sugar cr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) inquiry, on Wednesday, unravelled the sugar crisis that had hit the country last year.
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Pakistan's trade deficit exceeds annual target in current fiscal year
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Pakistan's trade deficit widened to USD 28.8 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year more than the annual target set by the federal government further increasing the foreign borrowing requirement to bridge the yawning gap.
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Russia confirms 155,768 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 155,768 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 141,883 the day before, and 667 deaths, the federal response center said on Thursday.
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FBI says black college bomb threats being probed as hate crimes
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): US federal authorities are investigating the recent rash of bomb threats directed at more than a dozen Black colleges and universities as possible hate crimes, the FBI said in a statement.
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