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Canada allots USD 80.93 billion budget toward pandemic recovery plan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government has allotted USD 80.93 billion (C$101.4 billion) over the next three years towards recovery from the economic devastation inflicted upon the country the coronavirus pandemic, the country's 2021 federal budget revealed.
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Pakistan: TLP supporters hold anti-govt protests, gherao interior minister
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rawalpindi, [Pakistan] April 19 (ANI): A large number of supporters of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protested outside Lal Haveli residence of Federal Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday in Rawalpindi city and raised slogans against him.
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Pakistan: PML-N criticises Imran Khan's cabinet reshuffle, says PM has "fa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Opposition party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan's decision to reshuffle the federal cabinet on Friday, saying it proves that the premier has "failed at his job."
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Pakistan bans radical Islamist party TLP, to move SC for its dissolution
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): After banning the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), under the country's anti-terrorism law, the federal government of Pakistan is now set to move to Supreme Court for dissolution of the radical Islamist party that caused violent protests this week follow
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196 people in Pakistan lost lives to violence in first quarter of 2021: Re
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Nearly 200 people in Pakistan have lost their lives in Pakistan due to violence in the first quarter of 2021 with 70 per cent of all fatalities reported in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
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FBI opens investigation into China every 10 hours, says director
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray told US Senate Intelligence Committee members on Wednesday (local time) that the agency is opening an investigation into various Chinese government actions every 10 hours.
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Putin to focus on support measures for post-COVID development in his annua
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin will focus on systematic measures to support post-pandemic development in his annual address to the Federal Assembly on April 21, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
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Pak parliamentary panel endorses jail for criticising armed forces; slamme
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): From Pakistani federal ministers to opposition leaders to the legal fraternity, people from across the divide have criticised the approval of a bill by the country's National Assembly's standing committee, which proposed up to two years imprisonment and
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Islamabad HC directs Pak govt to revitalise human rights commission after
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court has called on ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to revitalise the country's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), after activists and former NCHR workers accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of deliberately sabotaging t
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Mexico grants authorisation for emergency use of India's COVID-19 vaccine,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], April 7 (ANI): The Mexico Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risk (Cofepris) on Wednesday has granted authorization for the emergency use of India's first domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin.
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White House says US government won't issue 'vaccine passports'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] April 7, (ANI): The United States won't issue "vaccine passports", White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday.
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India extends NRs 42.95 million grant assistance to Nepal for new school b
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 6 (ANI): India has extended Nepali rupees 42.95 million (26.98 million INR) grant assistance to Nepal for a new building of a secondary school in Udayapur district, the Indian embassy said on Monday.
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