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China raises 2018 defence budget by 8.1 percent
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 5 (ANI): China will raise its defence budget by 8.1 percent in 2018, up from last year's 7 percent, as the communist country looks to shore up its military preparedness, according to a budget report submitted to the national legislature on Monday.
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Two IS militants held for plotting Kabul mosque attack
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 4 (ANI): Two senior members of the Islamic State (IS) group have been arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives on Sunday, in connection with the last year's Kabul mosque attack, which claimed 50 lives.
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Indian Women's Hockey Team leaves for Korea
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 03 (ANI): After the historic Women's Asia Cup victory in November last year, the Indian Women's Hockey Team has set out for their first tour of the year.
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Para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar suspended for recording video of female swi
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangalore [India], March 1 (ANI): Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has suspended Para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar for three years after he was found recording video of female swimmers during an event in Jaipur last year.
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Foreign exchange earnings witness 9.9% jump in Jan '18
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 1 (ANI): India's foreign exchange earnings (FEEs) for the month of January 2018, saw a 9.9 percent growth compared to that of the same period last year.
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Government received taxes of Rs.1163386 Cr. up to January 2018
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): The Monthly account of the government of India up to February 2018 was compiled on Wednesday, which recorded a higher transfer of central taxes to the state governments as compared to the corresponding period the last year.
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Last year's US Open unlocked something in Anderson:Federer
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Feb 28 (ANI): New world number one Roger Federer believes that last year's US Open "unlocked" something in big-serving South African tennis star Kevin Anderson.
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Prosecutors demand 30-year jail term for ex-S Korean President
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 27 (ANI): Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year jail term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye regarding a massive corruption scandal that led to her removal from the post last year.
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FS Gokhale holds talks with Chinese foreign minister
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 24 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday amid continuing tensions in bilateral relations following last year's Doklam standoff.
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Opted out of CWG to avoid injury: Karmakar
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Top gymnast Dipa Karmakar has said that the decision to opt out of this year's Commonwealth Games was taken to avoid any further risk to a knee injury that she had suffered last year.
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NBCC Q3 profit after tax up by 29 pct
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): NBCC (India) Ltd, the state-owned Navratna Enterprise under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, on Tuesday reported a 29.40 percent consolidated increase in Profit After Tax (PAT) at Rs 73.98 crore for the third quarter ended December 2017 as compared
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Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov pleads guilty to terror charges
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Feb 13 (ANI): An Uzbek asylum seeker who confessed to wanting to mow down "infidels" in last year's Stockholm truck attack that killed five people has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges as his trial opened.
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