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Imran Khan flouts COVID-19 guidelines, holds in-person meet days after tes
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 25 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan -- who tested positive for COVID-19 last week -- on Thursday flouted coronavirus protocols and held in-person meeting.
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Macron admits failures in vaccine rollout as Covid-19 cases surge in Franc
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Paris [France], March 25 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron has admitted failures in the country's vaccination campaign against COVID-19 and vowed to accelerate the rollout, days after the government was forced to impose new coronavirus restrictions to contain a surge of cases across th
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New Zealand passes bereavement leave law for miscarriages, stillbirths
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Aukland [New Zealand], March 25 (ANI): New Zealand's Parliament has unanimously approved legislation that would give couples -- who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth -- three days of paid leave, putting the country in the vanguard of those providing such benefits.
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Pakal Dul, Lower Kalnai projects fully compliant with Indus Water Treaty,
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New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): India has conveyed to Pakistan that Pakal Dul (1000 MW) and Lower Kalnai (48 MW) projects are fully compliant with the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty and provided technical data in support of its position at the meeting of Indus Commissioners of the
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Local authorities in Nepal re-introduce prohibitory orders as COVID-19 cas
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Kathmandu [Nepal], March 24 (ANI): Local bodies of various districts in Nepal have introduced prohibitory orders alerting the public not to conduct any social functions or mass gatherings keeping in mind the possible second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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Mauritius PM thanks India's support for providing COVID-19 vaccines
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Port Louis [Mauritius], March 24 (ANI): Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Wednesday expressed gratitude towards the government of India for providing COVID-19 vaccines to the country.
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Prince Harry joins Aspen Institute commission on misinformation
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Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Prince Harry will be joining the Aspen Institute’s six-month commission aimed at tackling misinformation.
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India will continue to engage with Bangladesh to conclude Teesta agreement
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New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): India will continue to engage with Bangladesh to conclude the Teesta agreement as soon as possible, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country starting Friday.
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Opposition parties call for confidence vote in Merkel Govt after Easter Sh
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Berlin [Germany], March 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Three opposition parties in Germany called for a vote of confidence in Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration on Wednesday after she admitted that a scrapped plan for a radical Easter shutdown was a mistake.
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Nobel Prize winners to be announced in Stockholm, Oslo in October
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Stockholm [Sweden], March 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Winners of this year's Nobel Prize will be announced in early October in Stockholm and Oslo, the Nobel Foundation said on Wednesday.
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Pfizer begins early stage trial for oral COVID-19 drug
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New York [US], March 24 (ANI): Pfizer has said that it has begun early-stage clinical trials of an investigational, oral antiviral drug for Covid-19.
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Six-week decline in global Covid-19 deaths has stalled: WHO
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): A six-week decline in global Covid-19 deaths has stalled, with cases continuing to rise for the fourth consecutive week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday, citing figures it had received on Sunday.
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