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Johnson & Johnson trails shows vaccine effective even against variants
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], April 22 (ANI): Johnson & Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine protected against symptomatic and asymptomatic infection, and prevented hospitalization and death in all participants 28 days after vaccination, according to new clinical trial results published on Wedne
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US Senate Committee approves bill countering China threat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday (local time) passed sweeping legislation to push back on China on a number of issues, including human rights and its gross economic practices.
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Pak economy in bad shape no more a revelation due to poor performance in p
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 21 (ANI): Pakistan's economy is in bad shape is no more a revelation, as its project performance dropped to just 58 per cent in the duration of 2018-20, from 70 per cent in 2017-19 due to poor performance in the Public Sector Management (PSM) and water sectors.
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Nepal PM holds dialogue with rival leader from own party
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 21 (ANI): Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a dialogue with a major political rival from his own party, Madhav Kumar Nepal, breaking months of deadlock amid political uncertainty.
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India appointed external auditor of OPCW
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Conference of State Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, selected India's Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) as the External Auditor of the OPCW for the three-year term starting in 2021, the Ministry of E
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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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