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US House pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 2 (ANI): Scores of US House of Representatives on Thursday (local time) paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary.
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US passes Bill requiring firms to disclose connection with forced labour i
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 1 (ANI): Lawmakers from the Lower House of the United States Congress have passed legislation that would require US-listed companies to disclose if their supply chains are connected to forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.
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US House approves bill to ban imports from China's Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would effectively ban imports from China's Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region due to the suspected use of state-sponsored forced labour there.
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Yoshihide Suga elected as Japan prime minister
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 16 (ANI): Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected Japan's prime minister by the powerful House of Representatives on Wednesday.
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Trump downplaying COVID-19 is historic national tragedy: Pelosi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's downplaying the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is a historic national tragedy, said the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, here on Wednesday (local time).
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US House of Representatives passes Bill to fund Postal Service, Senate str
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to provide USD 25 billion in support to the US Postal Service and block policy changes that could affect mail-in balloting during the November 3 presidential election.
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US House to proceed with Saturday vote on Postal Service Bill: Pelosi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Saturday on a bill to provide multi-billion financial support to the Postal Service and deter it from any operational changes ahead of the November presidential election despite the Postmaster General's
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UN experts write to China on Panchen Lama, reincarnation rules, ICT welcom
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 5 (ANI): Five UN human rights experts and expert bodies have raised concerns with the Chinese government about Tibet's "disappeared" Panchen Lama and Beijing's reincarnation rules, citing fears about Chinese interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama.
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US House votes to repeal Trump administration's travel bans
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 23 (ANI): The United States House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday (local time) aimed at repealing the Trump administration's travel bans.
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US House votes to remove Confederate statues from Capitol
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 23 (ANI): The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday (local time) approved legislation that called for removing Confederate statues from the Capitol.
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US House set to vote on reversing Trump's 'Muslim ban'
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 22 (ANI): The lower house of the United States Congress, the House of Representatives is set to vote today (July 22) on a piece of legislation which reverses President Donald Trump's controversial order banning entry to immigrants from mostly Muslim-majority
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US House of Representatives passes $740B bill to scrap Confederate names f
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 22 (ANI): The Democrat-led lower House of Representatives of the United States Congress on July 21 passed a $740 billion funding bill, with a provision requiring the names of Confederate soldiers and leaders be stripped from American military bases.
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