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Pakistan: Students stage protest in Islamabad against in-person exams
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Students on Saturday staged a protest at Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange against the federal government's decision to hold in-person exams of classes 10 and 12 from June 23, despite surge in COVID-19 in the country.
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Congress terms Centre's order to recall Bengal chief secy as 'lethal blow
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): After the central government recalled West Bengal Chief Secretary from the State, Congress on Saturday termed the Centre's action as a "lethal blow" to federalism said that the decision has shocked the conscience of the entire nation.
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Chinese firms, including Huawei, barred from using national security looph
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): In a bid to check Chinese threat, the United States has come up with a new bill directing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to bar firms from Beijing including Huawei from allegedly using national security loophole.
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Russia logs 9,289 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 9,289 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from the 9,252 the day before, with the total number reaching 5,053,748, the federal response center said on Saturday.
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Leading Pakistan economists doubtful over country's 3.94 pc GDP rate
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan's leading economists have expressed their doubts over the provisional estimate of 3.94 per cent GDP growth rate in the country and said it negates Imran Khan-led government's own estimate of 2.9 pc GDP growth approved by the federal cabinet last mont
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Better choice of contraceptives can prevent breast cancer: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (also known as Ecole Polytechnique federale de Lausanne- EPFL) led a new study into the distinct biological effects of different progestins on the breast that found contraceptive-related breas
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US Aviation Administration tells airlines to use extreme caution when flyi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday advised airlines to exercise "extreme caution" while flying over Belarus following the incident with grounding of a Ryanair jet in Minsk.
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Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata for skipping meeting with PM Modi, says dark
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], May 28 (ANI): As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on cyclone Yaas, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday termed the event as a dark day in India's long-standing ethos of coo
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Somalia leaders sign agreement to hold parliamentary elections within 60 d
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 27 (ANI): Somalia's federal government and leaders of most of its entities announced an agreement on Thursday to hold the long-delayed national elections, heading off a crisis that had threatened widespread political violence.
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Pakistan's housing societies facing litigation due to disputes, corrupt pr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Almost all Pakistan's housing societies working under the cover of federal ministries and government departments are facing an enormous amount of litigation in Islamabad High Court (IHC), reported Dawn.
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Pak Cabinet clears special CPEC business visa regime for Chinese investors
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved a special China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) business visa to facilitate Chinese investors in the country.
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Pakistan to start COVID-19 vaccine registration for citizens aged 19, abov
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Amid the deadly third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan's Federal Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Minister Asad Umar announced on Wednesday that the country will start the registration of persons aged 19 and above for vaccination agains
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