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Dharamshala: Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile approves three women as cabinet m
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 13 (ANI): Tibetan lawmakers on Tuesday approved the appointment of three Kalons (Ministers) out of seven Kalons in the first session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. All three approved cabinet ministers are women.
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Ukrainian lawmakers dismiss parliament speaker
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], October 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday voted to dismiss parliament speaker Dmytro Razumkov, said the parliament press service.
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Chief Minister of Pak's Balochistan refuses to resign despite demands by s
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Tuesday said that he would not resign despite demands by some BAP lawmakers to leave office by 5pm on Wednesday.
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Facebook products 'harm' children, stoke division, weaken democracy: Whist
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US] October 6 (ANI): Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen on Tuesday (local time) argued at a Senate hearing that Congress needs to require more transparency from the social networking giant.
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Fumio Kishida approved as Japan's next Prime Minister
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 4 (ANI): Japanese lawmakers on Monday voted to approve Fumio Kishida, as the new prime minister, NHK World reported.
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US in talks to use Russian bases for Afghan operations, Pentagon informs l
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley told lawmakers in a classified briefing that the Biden administration is in talks about using Russian bases in Central Asia to conduct counterterrorism missions again
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US lawmakers call for probe into Pak role in Taliban win in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): A bill was introduced in the US Senate calling for a probe into Pakistan's support to the Taliban for the 2021 offensive that toppled the Afghan government and Taliban's attack in the Panjshir Valley.
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Desecration of Chinese flag on internet outlawed in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 29 (ANI): Lawmakers in Hong Kong have passed a bill that outlaws the desecration of the Chinese national flag and national emblem on the internet.
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Nepal Opposition continues to obstruct House proceedings
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 27 (ANI): Nepal's main Opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) continued to obstruct the proceedings of the House of Representatives (HoR) raising dissatisfaction over allowing expelled lawmakers to take part in the mee
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Russian delegation to participate in PACE autumn session remotely
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian delegation intends to participate in the upcoming autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) remotely, lawmakers could refuse to travel to Strasbourg because of the discriminatory proposal to restrict t
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US lawmakers walk out of classified Afghanistan briefing
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): Multiple Republican and Democratic lawmakers angrily stormed out of a classified briefing with members of the Biden administration on Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after their questions went unanswered.
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US lawmakers push for harder line on Pakistan over its 'duplicitous' role
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): The US lawmakers on Tuesday, who were hearing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on post-Afghan withdrawal from Kabul pushed for a harder line on Pakistan given its "duplicitous' role in the war-plagued country.
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