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South Africa's ex-president Zuma refuses to serve 15-month prison sentence
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, on Sunday announced his refusal to serve his 15-months prison sentence.
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South African court to reconsider former president Jacob Zuma's conviction
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], July 4 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa's Constitutional Court agreed to review former President Jacob Zuma's 15-month sentence at a new hearing later this month, Jeune Afrique reported.
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South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months imprisonment
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], June 30 (ANI): South Africa's top court on Tuesday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma was in contempt of court and handed him a sentence of 15 months imprisonment for defying court orders to appear before a corruption investigation spanning nine years of his ter
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2 Chinese nationals arrested in Pak's Karachi for illegal stay
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Two Chinese nationals were arrested from Pakistan's Jacob Lines area in Karachi for staying in the country despite the expiry of their 30-day business visas, officials from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Friday.
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Officials promote Delhi zoo as bird sighting area after spotting migratory
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): In an interesting development, the Delhi Zoo has taken the initiative to promote the zoo as a birding sighting location.
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Thrissur student designs 'masks with mics' to ease communication amid COVI
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], May 23 (ANI): As wearing a mask to combat COVID-19 has proven to be a difficult task when it comes to communicating with others, a first-year B Tech student - Kevin Jacob from Thrissur Government Engineering College has come up with an innovative solution by design
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Norway announces USD 2.4 mln aid towards COVID relief in India
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 28 (ANI): Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide on Wednesday announced a contribution of USD 2.4 million to India to help it tackle the COVID-19 crisis.
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World Athletics Relays Silesia 21: Indian athletes to miss out due to Covi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Indian women's 4 x 100m and men's 4 x 400m relay teams are left stranded at home as the new Covid-19 driven travel bans are put in place by various countries.
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Stress test finds cracks in resistance of harmful hospital bugs
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): A team of researchers identified critical factors that enable dangerous bacteria to spread disease by surviving on surfaces in hospitals and kitchens.
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South African Athletics C'ships: Caster Semenya wins 5000m race but misses
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa], April 15 (ANI): South Africa's middle-distance runner Caster Semenya recorded a personal best timing in winning the women's 5,000m at the South African Athletics Championships on Thursday but she nearly missed the Tokyo Olympics spot.
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Minneapolis Mayor declares curfew, state of emergency after police killing
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Minneapolis [US], April 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a briefing on Monday, declared a state of emergency and a curfew from at 7 p.m. (00:00 GMT) on Monday until 6 a.m. after the fatal incident with Daunte Wright led to violence the previous night.
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Ravindra and Duffy named in NZ squad for Test series against England
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Auckland [New Zealand], April 8 (ANI): Wellington Firebirds 21-year-old all-rounder Rachin Ravindra and Otago Volts swing-bowler Jacob Duffy have earned their maiden call-ups to the New Zealand Test squad for the upcoming tour of England.
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