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US Supreme Court dismisses third challenge to Obama's Affordable Care Act
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): The US Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed another challenge to the Affordable Care Act introduced under former President Barack Obama's administration, marking the third time that the law has survived challenges from Republican-led states and the former Trump
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Passage of contentious bills on poll reforms in Pak will jeopardise future
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): With Pakistan recently passing two more controversial bills on electoral reforms in haste without any consultation with the opposition, the very holding of elections might be jeopardised should the federal government continue on this path, says a local me
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Rory McIlroy advocates banning of green-reading books on PGA Tour
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], June 17 (ANI): Golfer Rory McIlroy feels green-reading books should be banned for the "greater good of the game".
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Kerala's village offices to be made 'smart', land resurveying to go digita
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 17 (ANI): A digital resurvey will be launched in Kerala to speed up the land surveying process, Kerala Revenue Minister K Rajan said on Thursday, adding that plans are afoot to convert village offices to smart offices with a complete digitisation
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Zambia's first president Kaunda dies at 97
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], June 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Zambia's first President Kenneth Kaunda has died, according to the Zambian government on Thursday.
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LS Speaker urges MPs to share details of significant COVID-19 relief work
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla has written to members of the House to share their "stellar work" and experiences while providing relief to people during the recent surge in COVID-19 cases so that best practices can be developed national level to deal with such s
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Pak National Assembly remains in turmoil as government, opposition still a
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): All hectic efforts to restore normalcy to the Pakistan National Assembly (NA) by Speaker Asad Qaiser proved futile as treasury members again interrupted the budget speech of the Leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif through sloganeering for a third cons
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'Did not have any meeting with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar', says new LJP chief
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 17 (ANI): Newly-elected Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) national president Pashupati Kumar Paras on Thursday scotched all rumours about him meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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UN alarmed by recent Myanmar violence, calls for accountability
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], June 17 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday said it was alarmed by the latest wave of violence in Myanmar in the wake of the February 1 military coup and called for all those responsible, including senior commanders, to be held accountable for violations.
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Study links stress during pandemic with poor sleep
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): The findings of a study on hundreds of twins led by Washington State University researchers suggest that stress, anxiety and depression during the first few weeks of the pandemic were associated with less and lower quality sleep.
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Order was misused, says Kerala Revenue Minister on illegal tree felling
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 17 (ANI): Defending the controversial order issued by the Revenue Department of Kerala during the Left Democratic Front's (LDF) tenure that resulted in large scale felling of protected trees in districts across the state, state Revenue Minister K
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Punjab Ekta Party MLAs announce merger with Congress
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 17 (ANI): Three MLAs of the Punjab Ekta Party on Thursday announced the party's merger with the Congress Party ahead of the state assembly elections set to take place next year.
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