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UK lawmakers approve post-Brexit partnership agreement with European Union
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Lawmakers in the UK House of Commons have voted in favor of implementing the country's future partnership agreement with the European Union in a vote on Wednesday.
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UK lawmakers vote in favour of month-long nationwide COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom's House of Commons have voted overwhelmingly to approve the government's plan to introduce a four-week nationwide lockdown in England in order to curb the coronavirus disease.
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Why India must exercise the Quad option
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): In the middle of the 19th century, British statesman Lord Palmerston famously said in the House of Commons: "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow
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Uyghur victims narrate about Chinese atrocities to House of Commons of Can
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 21 (ANI): The House of Commons of Canada on Monday discussed the human rights situation of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province by discussing the real-life threats witnessed by the Uyghurs, the minority Muslim community.
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Beijing faces criticism for human rights violations in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 21 (ANI): During a hearing before the House of Commons human-rights subcommittee, several experts called out China for human rights violation in Xinjiang where Beijing has locked up millions of Uyghurs.
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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh removed from House after calling Bloc MP a racist
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], June 18 (ANI): Speaker of the House of Commons ordered on Wednesday NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to leave the House for the remainder of the day after he Refused to apologise from Bloc Quebecois MP and Party House leader Alain Therrien after calling him a racist.
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British Sikh MP seeks inquiry in Margaret Thatcher govt's role in Operatio
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI): British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has called for an independent inquiry into the "involvement" of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher-led government in Operation Blue Star in 1984.
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Canada's House of Common approves $6.5 billion COVID-19 student benefit pa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], April 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Canada's House of Commons has approved the Trudeau government's proposed $6.5-billion Canada emergency student benefits (CESB) program in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Speaker of the House, Anthony Rota, said at the conclusio
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LS Speaker to lead Indian delegation to attend Commonwealth conference in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): An Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be attending the 25th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) scheduled to be held from January 5 to 11 in Canada's Ottawa.
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London: People protest against Johnson following his landslide victory
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 14 (ANI): Hundreds of people hit the streets on Friday in central London to protest against the United Kingdom's snap election result that saw Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party sweep to a landslide victory.
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UK elections 2019: Boris Johnson's Conservative Party secures majority
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 13 (ANI): Incumbent UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party on Friday secured a majority in the House of Commons, winning 329 seats so far in 2019 general elections, well ahead of Labour's 198 seats.
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British Speaker blocks new vote on Johnson's Brexit deal
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct 22 (ANI): Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow on Monday (local time) blocked the government's attempt to organise a new vote on the recently renegotiated Brexit deal in the British Parliament.
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