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US lawmakers agree on China investment curbs: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced an agreement on legislation that would allow the US government to cut off billions in American investments in China.
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Pakistan: Sindh accused of stealing Balochistan's water
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Blaming the Indus River System Authority (ISRA) for its failure in ensuring a fair distribution of water among Pakistan's provinces, lawmakers of Pakistan's Balochistan have accused Sindh province of stealing water share.
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Pakistan's impending deal with Tehreek-e-Taliban makes lawmakers furious
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan's ongoing negotiations with the terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is making young lawmakers in the country furious as Islamabad has already agreed to release hundreds of detained and convicted TTP members and withdraw court cases against
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Overwhelming commitment from UK lawmakers to recognise 'Kashmiri Hindu gen
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 9 (ANI): Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on Thursday said he received an overwhelming commitment from UK lawmakers to recognise the "Kashmiri Hindu genocide", during his visit to the British Parliament.
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Myanmar: Junta vows to enforce death sentences
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta announced on June 3, that it would execute four people whose appeals were rejected following grossly unjust closed-door trials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
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India hands over cargo of tuberculosis medicines to Zimbabwe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], June 8 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, on his visit to Zimbabwe on Wednesday, handed over a consignment of 288 boxes of medicines to treat tuberculosis (TB) to the Deputy Minister of Health and Family Welfare John Mangwiro.
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MoS Muraleedharan meets Zimbabwean lawmaker Jacob Francis Mudenda
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], June 8 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, on his recent visit to Zimbabwe as a part of his African nations tour, met the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Zimbabwe, advocate Jacob Francis Mudenda on Tuesday.
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Will carry out suicide attack if Imran Khan harmed: Pakistan lawmaker thre
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party lawmaker Attaullah has threatened Shehbaz Sharif government to carry out a suicide attack if even a "single hair strand" of party Chairman Imran Khan's head is harmed, adding that his partymen are ready to carry 'suicide att
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British PM Boris Johnson survives no-confidence vote with narrow margin
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], June 7 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday night survived a no-confidence vote, however a rebellion by 148 of his 359 Conservative Party lawmakers signifies that his job security remains in peril.
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Bajram Begaj elected as Albania's new president
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tirana [Albania], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Albanian lawmakers elected Bajram Begaj, who held the post of the Chief of General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces (AAF), as the new president of Albania, with 78 votes in favor, four against and one abstained at a parliament session here on Saturday
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Russian lawmaker foresees benefit from EU oil embargo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 4 (ANI): Amid surging energy prices, Russian lower house chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said on Saturday said Russia's economy may benefit from the EU oil embargo imposed as part of the sixth sanctions package, while the EU member countries are set to overpay about USD 268
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Pak lawmaker raises concern about regrouping of TTP
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): A prominent Pakistani lawmaker has raised concern about the regrouping of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) amid the ongoing negotiations between the Shehbaz Sharif government and the banned outfit.
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