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Janardan Dwivedi breaks ranks with Congress, welcomes abrogation of Articl
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): Breaking ranks with his party, senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi on Monday welcomed the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, saying a mistake of history has been corrected.
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'Bills placed, discussed, passed on the same day 33 times in Parliament'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Refuting Congress lawmakers' allegations of hurriedly pushing through bills, including scrapping of Article 370 through a resolution, the government sources say that introducing, discussing and passing a bill on the same day is not unprecedented, and has happe
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LS passes bill on Jallianwala Bagh trust, minister says govt not trying to
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday passed Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to do away with the automatic nomination of Congress president as trustee of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial trust.
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Traumatic brain injuries in veterans linked to higher suicide risk
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 2 (ANI): Military veterans with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more than twice as likely to die of suicide compared to veterans without such a diagnosis, reveals a study.
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First LS session will create history, keen to get 36 Bills passed: Pralhad
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday expressed optimism that the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha will create new record in terms of productivity and passage of Bills, and said the government was keen to get all 36 Bills introduced in th
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Rajya Sabha passes National Medical Commission Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 1 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Thursday approved the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019 by a voice vote with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan saying the Bill will go down in history as the biggest reform of the Narendra Modi government.
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Incredible feeling to be part of such history: Jason Roy on Ashes debut
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Ahead of his Ashes debut, England batsman Jason Roy said playing in the historic tournament is an 'incredible feeling'.
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Forced conversions are un-Islamic, says Imran Khan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has described the practice of forced conversions as un-Islamic and said that those who do so are unaware of the history of Islam.
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Former Aussie captains laud Ellyse Perry on creating history in T20Is
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Former Australia skippers Lisa Sthalekar and Alex Blackwell heaped praises on all-rounder Ellyse Perry for becoming first cricketer - male or female - to score 1000 runs and pick 100 wickets in T20Is.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020 to have Table Tennis mixed doubles
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): For the first time in the Olympic Games' history, men and women will compete together in a new Table Tennis mixed doubles event in Tokyo 2020.
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Chandrayaan-2 comes 11 years after Chandrayaan-1
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): India on Monday created history by successfully launching the country's second indigenous Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon, a feat which comes 11 years after the launch of Chandrayaan-1.
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India creates history as Chandrayaan 2 lifts off
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): India on Monday created history by successfully launching the country's second indigenous Chandrayaan II mission to the Moon, which injected the spacecraft into the Earth's orbit a week after its lift-off was aborted due to a technical
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