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Celebration in Nepal after Supreme Court reinstates House of Representativ
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 23 (ANI): After the Supreme Court of Nepal on Tuesday reinstated the House of Representatives, the lower house of the country's Parliament, student leaders and cadres of Nepal Communist Party (NCP)'s rival faction chanted slogans hailing the verdict.
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UK PM faces backlash for 'journalists abuse people' remark
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sparked criticism after telling children on Tuesday that journalists "are always abusing people," with a Labour lawmaker urging him to apologize and the head of the National Union of Journalists saying that such rema
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Macron favours appointing of UN Special Envoy for climate change
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday spoke in favor of appointing a UN special envoy for climate security to coordinate efforts against climate change.
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India at UNSC calls on countries to fulfill pre-2020 climate change commit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): India on Tuesday at the UN Security Council called for countries to fulfill their pre-2020 commitments on climate change adding that the idea of climate action should not be to move the climate ambition goalpost to 2050.
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EU demands China allow 'meaningful access' to rights observers to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 23 (ANI): The European Union has demanded that China allow independent rights observers "meaningful access" into the Xinjiang province to probe abuses, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
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US honours Indian activist Anjali Bharadwaj for her work on combating corr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday honoured Indian social activist Anjali Bhardwaj with the International Anti-corruption Champions Award.
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'Very optimistic' of meeting target to lift COVID lockdown but nothing can
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that he is "very optimistic" about meeting the government's target of fully lifting the COVID-19 legal limits on social contact by June 21, but admitted that nothing can be guaranteed.
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Nepal Supreme Court overturns caretaker PM Oli's House dissolution
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 23 (ANI): Nepal Supreme Court on Tuesday has reinstated the House of Representatives and has directed the government to summon a session of the country's Lower House of the Parliament within 13 days.
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India, Bangladesh to heighten diplomatic engagements in run-up to PM Modi'
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New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The tempo of diplomatic engagement between India and Bangladesh is rising ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the neighbouring country which is expected to take place in the last week of March.
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G7 'firmly condemns' Myanmar coup, use of force against protestors
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 23 (ANI): The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven most developed countries on Tuesday 'firmly condemned' the deadly use of force by Myanmar's military against people protesting a coup.
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Japan PM appoints 'Loneliness' minister to cabinet
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Japan has appointed its first Minister for Loneliness this month after the country's suicide rate increased for the first time in 11 years during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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UK unemployment rate up to 5.1 pc in Q4 of 2020
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI): The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1 per cent in the three months to December last year, while the number of workers on payroll has fallen by 726,000 since the COVID-19 pandemic began in February 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Tuesd
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