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Social media platforms are 'killing people' with vaccine misinformation, s
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Friday criticized social media platforms like Facebook for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines, as his administration has blamed them for stalling U.S. vaccine rates.
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COVID-19: Sri Lanka approves Chinese Sinovac vaccine for emergency use
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka has approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19.
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Karnataka govt releases dates for Diploma, Degree exams
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 17 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwathnarayan on Friday, who is also the minister for higher education, announced the schedule of examinations of Diploma and Degree courses. This was decided in a meeting with higher officials of the departmen
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Patnaik announces Rs 453cr COVID assistance to women SHGs under Mission Sh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 17 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced the COVID assistance package of Rs 453.50 crore for self-help groups under Mission Shakti.
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TMC destroyed democratic fabric in West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 17 (ANI): Taking a dig at the TMC-led government in West Bengal, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that the state government has destroyed the democratic fabric in the state.
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Sri Lanka recieves over 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines donated by US
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Friday received over 1.5 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States.
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UK coronavirus daily cases pass 50,000 for first time since January
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain has recorded more than 50,000 new daily coronavirus cases, the highest number since mid-January, according to official data released Friday.
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Myanmar political crisis risks damaging entire generation of children, war
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 17 (ANI): Due to the ongoing political crisis, children's rights in Myanmar are facing an onslaught that risks leaving an entire generation damaged, the UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) has warned.
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BJP worker injured in J-K's Kupwara in accidental fire by his own guards
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 17 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was injured in an accidental fire by his own security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday, the police said.
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US: Chinese national gets prison for plotting to export American military
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): A Chinese national has been sentenced to three years and six months in US federal prison for trying to illegally export US military boat engines to China, the Justice Department said on Friday.
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1,338 students passed out from IIT Guwahati amid pandemic in 2021
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): As many as 1,338 students received their degrees in various disciplines during the 23rd Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati on Friday.
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UN condoles Indian journalist's death in Afghanistan, calls for investigat
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday extended condolences to the family of Indian photo-journalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Kandahar, and stressed that the Afghan authorities must investigate this and all killing of reporters.
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