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Mahender Singh Kanya appointed Indian Ambassador to Syria
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Senior diplomat Mahender Singh Kanyal has been appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Syria, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Tuesday.
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Killings of rights activists rising in Afghanistan after peace talks began
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan has faced a "chilling" wave of killings of rights activists and media workers since the start of Kabul-Taliban peace talks in September, according to the UN assistance mission in the country (UNAMA).
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Russia records over 13,200 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia recorded 13,233 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest daily increase since October 10, and 17,627 recoveries, the federal response center said Tuesday.
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Oz PM apologises to former staffer allegedly raped in Parliament office
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], February 16 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday apologised to a former government staffer who alleged that she was raped by a colleague in Parliament House two years ago.
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Toolkit used by Greta Thunberg intended to target India, its interests: Fa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): The toolkit used by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg regarding the farmers' protest was part of an elaborate design that was under play since 2007 and involved several shady companies in the US, fake foreign experts and even ghost entities to target
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Pakistan hasn't done enough to be white-listed by FATF
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 15 (ANI): Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force's plenary meeting scheduled to be held later this month, many countries said that Pakistan has not done enough to be "white-listed" for terror-sponsoring which makes Islamabad's prospects of exiting the grey li
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Ajai Malhotra becomes first Indian chairperson of Advisory Committee at Hu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 15 (ANI): Ajai Malhotra has become the first Indian to be elected as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, said the Permanent Mission of India at United Nations, Geneva on Monday.
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Members of Tibetan community hold anti-China vigil in London
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 15 (ANI): A vigil was held in London last week outside the Chinese Embassy against the atrocities inflicted by Beijing on the people residing in the region.
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Pakistan's insistence on imposing Arabic will 'deteriorate achievement lev
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 15 (ANI): Despite nearly half of its population speaking the non-compulsory language Punjabi, Pakistan seems determined on forcing students to learn Arabic, which will not only deteriorate their achievement levels but also detach their roots from the local cult
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Foreign envoys to visit J-K this week
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): A group of diplomats from foreign missions will visit Kashmir on February 18 and Jammu on February 19.
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Israeli researchers say Pfizer's vaccine sharply reduces symptomatic Covid
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 15 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic coronavirus infections by more than 90 per cent in the real world, according to Israeli researchers.
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Russia registers 35 ceasefire violations in Syria over past day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered 35 ceasefire violations over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has registered 13 truce breaches, the Russian Defense Ministr
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