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US sanctions 2 State-owned Myanmar businesses
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): The United States has imposed sanctions on two state-owned Burmese companies in an attempt to deprive Myanmar's military leaders of a major source of income, the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Wednesday.
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Blinken, Kerry to attend Leaders' Climate Summit alongside Biden, Harris
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will join President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other US cabinet secretaries and private sector and civil society leaders at the Leaders' Summit on Cli
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Indians travelling to Nepal by air on Indian passport don't require NOC
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 21 (ANI): Indian nationals travelling to Nepal by air route on an Indian passport (with clear immigration stamp) do not require No Objection Certificate ( NOC) with effect from April 22 up to June 19 to travel to third countries.
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Queen Elizabeth II thanks public for 'Support and Kindness' on 95th birthd
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 21 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II marked her 95th birthday on Wednesday in a low-key fashion at Windsor Castle, just days after the funeral of Prince Philip, her husband of 73 years and thanked the public for their "support and kindness" as she mourns his death.
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World records 5,236,922 new Covid cases over past seven days, WHO calls it
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A record-setting 5,236,922 new COVID-19 cases were registered over the past seven days globally, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) data published on Tuesday.
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China dismisses 'Crimes Against Humanity' report on Uyghurs as lies, false
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): While condemnation over China's crackdowns over Uyghurs continues to mount, Beijing dismissed crimes against humanity report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang province as "lies and false information".
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Media watchdog calls China as biggest jailer of journalists
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 21 (ANI): China continues to take internet censorship, surveillance and propaganda to unprecedented levels making it one of the world's worst countries for journalists and the 'biggest jailer' of scribes, according to a latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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China brought enormous force to border without provocation: Jaishankar
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): China brought enormous force to the border, apparently referring to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), without provocation, said Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Monday.
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Jaishankar slams 'Vaccine Maitri' critics, calls them 'short-sighted'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): While defending India's decision to export Covid-19 vaccines to other countries at a time when the cases are surging in the country, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Monday said that those questioning New Delhi's decision to export shots are
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Women scribes slam Pak PM Imran Khan for linking rape with dress code
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Women journalists across Pakistan have slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan for his remarks that women's dress code is the real reason or motive for rape.
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UK human 'challenge trial' launches to study COVID-19 reinfection
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 19 (ANI): A year-long trial launched Monday to study how the immune system reacts in people contracting coronavirus for the second time.
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Germany's Greens pick Annalena Baerbock as candidate for Chancellor
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): German green political party Alliance-90/The Greens has chosen its co-leader Annalena Baerbock as its candidate for German chancellor in the upcoming elections, Robert Habeck, the party's second co-leader, said on Monday.
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