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12.4 million people in Syria face food insecurity in 2021
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Food Program (WFP) said in a press release on Thursday that an additional 4.5 million Syrians have become food insecure over the past year, bringing the total number of people on the brink of hunger to a record 12.4 million.
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Blinken discusses advancing freedom of navigation in Indo-Pacific with Qua
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with his Australian, Indian and Japanese counterparts -- the Quad -- the necessity to promote freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a readout of the
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Facebook to debunk climate change myths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], February 18 (ANI): Facebook on Thursday (local time) announced it will add a new section to its platform to debunk common climate change myths as it expands its nascent battle against disinformation.
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Jaishankar to visit Maldives, Mauritius from Feb 20
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will undertake a visit to the Maldives on February 20-21 and Mauritius on February 22-23, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines can protect against coronavirus variant: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351, according to report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.
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'Too early to say', says Trump on running for President again in 2024
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Florida [US], February 18 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeatedly dodged questions about his political future, saying it's "too early to say" whether he will run for another Presidential term in 2024.
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Indian envoy calls on Madagascar PM Ntsay to review progress in bilateral
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], February 18 (ANI): Indian ambassador Abhay Kumar called on Christian Ntsay, Prime Minister of Madagascar on Thursday in the capital Antananarivo.
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Foreign Secretary Shringla meets Russian Foreign Minister, discusses ways
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 18 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed wide-ranging Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between the two countries and ways to further strengthen it.
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MoS MEA Muraleedharan says there's scope to diversify trade with Ethiopia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Wednesday said that while Indian investors have "invested strongly" in Ethiopia, there is a scope to expand and diversify bilateral trade.
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China recruits Uyghurs to spy on their own while abroad: Report
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Xinjiang [China], February 17 (ANI): China's crackdown on Uyghurs and other minorities have had devastating consequences within its borders. Reports have now emerged that members of the Uyghur community are being forced by Beijing authorities to spy on their own while abroad.
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India to host COVID workshop; 9 countries including Pakistan to participat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): India will host a workshop on "COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward" with participation from nine countries from the Middle East and Asia including Pakistan.
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Grassroot democracy, decentralisation remained focus of envoys' interactio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 17 (ANI): Foreign envoys of 24 countries held rounds of meetings with civil society groups and elected members in Kashmir.
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