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Children among dead, injured in Myanmar military airstrikes: Activists
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 31 (ANI): Children were among those killed and injured in airstrikes by Myanmar's military on an ethnic rebel-controlled area in the country's southeast, humanitarian aid groups said, as junta forces stepped up their offensive in the region.
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Archaeologists find oldest salt production site in UK, dating back 6,000 y
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London [UK], March 31 (ANI/Sputnik): A new archaeological discovery in the UK's North Yorkshire proved that neolithic people had been manufacturing salt in the region around 6,000 years ago, before the building of Stonehenge and over two thousand years earlier than previously thought, making
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Russia registers world's first COVID-19 vaccine for animals
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 31 (ANI): Russia has registered the world's first animal vaccine against Covid-19, said Konstantin Savenkov, the deputy head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) on Wednesday.
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China attempts to shift attention on Covid-19 origins after WHO releases r
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 31 (ANI): As the international community continues to raise the credibility and transparency of the report by the World Health Organization on Covid-19 origins, China on Wednesday sought to shift attention away from efforts inside its borders to trace the source of the
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3 Rafale fighter jets to land in India today
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], March 31 (ANI): Another batch of Rafale fighter jets have taken off on a non-stop flight to India with mid-air refuelling by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said the Indian Embassy in France on Wednesday.
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Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine 100 pc effective in 12-15 year olds: St
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], March 31 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine is extremely effective in adolescents between 12 to 15 years old, perhaps even more than in adults, the companies reported on Wednesday.
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Tedros extends condolences to kin of women medics killed in Afghanistan's
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 31 (ANI): World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday extended condolences to the kin of the polio vaccinators who were killed while on duty in Afghanistan.
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Five extra Rafale jets will be delivered by April-end: French Envoy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 30 (ANI): Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India on Tuesday said that five extra Rafale jets will be ferried to India by the end of April. This would be other than three Rafale which is arriving on Wednesday.
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Biden makes first judicial nominations including an Indian American
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Washington [US], March 30 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced his intent to nominate 10 individuals to serve as Federal Circuit and District Court judges, that includes an Indian American and one individual to serve as a Superior Court Judge for the District of Colum
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OCI cardholders no longer need to carry old passports for India
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New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): People of Indian origin and Indian diaspora having overseas citizens of India card are now not required to carry their old, expired passports for travel to India, as required earlier, the Embassy of India in Paris said on Tuesday.
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India, being major power, must be part of Afghan peace process: Envoy
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New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): Afghanistan Ambassador to India, Farid Mamundzay on Tuesday said that India, being a major power in the region, should be a part of the Afghan peace process at various forums as the country is suffering from international terrorism.
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EU may start lifting COVID-19 restrictions in Q2
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgiusm], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union may start easing the COVID-19 restrictions in the second quarter of 2021 based on the current vaccination and virus transmission dynamics, the European Commission stated in a report published on Tuesday.
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