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UK hits new daily high with 55,892 coronavirus cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom saw 55,892 new coronavirus cases in the past day, breaking the record of 53,135 cases recorded Tuesday, according to data published Thursday by the Department of Health.
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India has capability to hit terror targets across LoC if need arises: Rajn
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): India has the capability to hit terrorist targets across the border if the need arises, Defence Minster Rajanth Singh has said and noted that Pakistan has been indulging in notorious actions along the border since its creation.
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No meaningful outcome of talks with China on LAC standoff, status quo rema
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Union Defence Minister on Wednesday said that no "meaningful solution" has come out of diplomatic and military level talks with China to resolve the standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and there is "status quo".
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India has sharp focus, anyone causing trouble on borders will not be spare
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said India is very focused on dealing with external threats to its security and "anyone who causes trouble will not be spared".
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Thousands march through Kathmandu against PM dissolving Parliament
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 30 (ANI): Protestors led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal of Nepal Communist Party's rival faction marched through the streets of the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday against the dissolution of Parliament.
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EU demands release of whistleblower of Wuhan virus
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 29 (ANI): The European Union External Action Service (EEAS) on Tuesday demanded that Beijing free citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and sentenced to four years of imprisonment.
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Afghan security chief warns Taliban may fight under another name after pea
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The director-general of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), Ahmad Zia Saraj warned on Tuesday that the Taliban movement was likely to continue its fight against the Kabul government using a new name even if the country achieves a
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Croatian PM says quake made centre of hardest-hit town unlivable
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Petrinja [Croatia], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The center of Petrinja, a Croatian town southeast of the capital, was rendered uninhabitable by a magnitude 6.3 quake that rocked the country on Tuesday, its prime minister said.
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Canada calls for transparency in trial of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy prote
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Ottowa [Canada], December 29 (ANI): Ottawa has voiced its concern over the judicial procedures performed by Beijing on 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists - also known as the Shenzen 12 -- who were detained in Shenzhen in August while attempting to flee to Taiwan as the Chinese Communist Pa
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hits Croatia
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Zagreb [Croatia], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked Croatia on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
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Students in Nepal perform vedic practice to mock government's 'unconstitut
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 28 (ANI): A pavilion was set at the front gate of the Nepal Sanskrit University, a pyre was prepared to light up various offerings. Priests clad in a "Pitambar" sat next to the pyre and blew the conch to start the Vedic prayers for the return of a good sense to Pr
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Afghanistan cannot achieve peace if Pak continues to meddle, says Australi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Peace and security will not come to Afghanistan until the issue of Pakistan's relentless disposition to meddle in Afghanistan's affairs is properly addressed, said Australian professor William Maley on Monday.
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