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Index of Economic Freedom: India leapfrogs 13 places to 130
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Adding another feather to its cap, India jumped 13 places to achieve the 130th spot in this year's Index of Economic Freedom published by the Heritage Foundation, an American think-tank.
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Google Doodle marks Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay's 115th birth anniversary
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Google on Tuesday dedicated its quirky and creative doodle to mark the 115th birth anniversary of India's social reformer and freedom fighter Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.
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This man cycle in Punjab urging people to remember freedom fighter
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Rajiv Joshi, a resident of Punjab's Mandi Gobindgarh, has embarked an extraordinary cycle yatra from Mandi Gobindgarh-Khatkar Kalan, urging people to remember the brave hearts who lost their lives for the nation.
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Sukhdev's kin demand to declare him 'National Martyr'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar 23 (ANI): Hero of India's freedom struggle Sukhdev Thapar's relatives have demanded the government to declared him a 'National Martyr'.
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Sri Lanka opposition submits no-confidence motion against PM
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 22 (ANI): The Sri Lankan opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, accusing him of financial mismanagement and failing to tackle anti-Muslim riots in central Kandy district, earlier this month.
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Pashtuns labelled as 'terrorists' by Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 19 (ANI): Prominent Pashtun human rights activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi said that the Pashtun community was being labelled as 'terrorists' by the Pakistan military forces.
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Hadiya thanks SC for giving her 'freedom' to choose
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram, (Kerela) [India], Mar. 12 (ANI): Pleased with Supreme Court's verdict, Hadiya on Monday thanked the apex court for giving her the "freedom" to live with her husband as a Muslim.
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Saudi ladies mark Women's Day with jog in Jeddah
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 10 (ANI): A group of women recently took to the streets of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for a jogging session on the occasion of International Women's Day, in an activity where they did not always have the freedom and privilege to do so.
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Engagement with pacific powers is for freedom of navigation: Army chief
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 07 (ANI): The coming together of United States, Australia, Japan and India is not an alliance, but an engagement for the sake of freedom of navigation, said army chief General Bipin Rawat here on Tuesday.
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'Dalai Lama free to carry out religious activities in India'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): An official government spokesperson on Friday clarified that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been "accorded all freedom to carry out his religious activities in India."
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Baloch pro-freedom groups to work unitedly
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], Feb 24 (ANI): Pro-freedom groups in Pakistan's Balochistan have agreed upon united and joint efforts.
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India ranks 81st in global corruption index
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Feb 23 (ANI): India has been ranked 81st on the global corruption perception index 2017, in terms of graft and press freedom in the Asia-Pacific region, as per a report released by Transparency International (TI).
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