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Amid border tensions, India, China hold consultations on UNSC agenda
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): India and China on Tuesday held bilateral consultations on issues on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council amid the military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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UN terms Myanmar military against use of disproportionate force against pr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], February 9 (ANI): The United Nations' top official in Myanmar Ola Almgren on Tuesday warned the military that the use of disproportionate force against demonstrators is "unacceptable" amid reports of people injured in anti-coup protests across the country.
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Nepal caretaker PM urges poll panel to expedite preparations for elections
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 9 (ANI): With growing rage against the dissolution of the lower house of Nepal Parliament, caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli met Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday, urging him to expedite preparations for the elections slated for April 30 and May 10 this
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US to become participant in COVAX high-level council
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): The United States will switch from observer to participant in the Facilitation Council of the COVAX vaccine distribution tool, said Colin McIff, a senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday.
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Minsk collected USD 375,000 from anti-govt protesters for damage
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Minsk authorities have collected about $375,000 from participants of anti-government unauthorized rallies for damage caused by their actions to the city, Vladimir Kukharev, the mayor of the Belarusian capital, said on Tuesday.
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Six arrested in UK for modern slavery offences
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 9 (ANI): Six people aged between 30 and 55 were arrested on Tuesday for modern slavery offences following a pre-planned operation in London and Essex to target an eastern European organised crime group trafficking people from Poland, the Metropolitan Police said.
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1 in 3 COVID-19 patients put on ventilator experience 'extensive' PTSD sym
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 9 (ANI): Around 1 in 3 (35 per cent) of Covid-19 patients put on a ventilator experience "extensive symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" after treatment, shows results of new research in the UK.
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Trump banned from readmission to Screen Actors' Guild
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], February 9 (ANI): Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has voted to permanently bar former President Donald Trump from readmittance to the union after he resigned last week.
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Sovereign, united Afghanistan essential to South Asian prosperity: Preside
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 9 (ANI): Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a terror-free region, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, on Tuesday, said that a sovereign and united Afghanistan is essential to South Asia's prosperity.
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