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Japan govt approves energy plan, seeks to double ratio of renewables in de
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government on Friday approved its latest energy plan, which sets out a road map for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, local media reported Friday.
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Durga Puja violence: Bangladesh police arrest prime suspect from Cox's Baz
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 22 (ANI): Bangladesh police have arrested Iqbal Hossain, the main suspect responsible for keeping the Quran at a Durga Puja venue in Comilla, from Cox's Bazar on Thursday night, reported local media.
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Afghanistan: Torkham gate opens for travellers with visas
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 22 (ANI): Torkham gate on Afghanistan-Pakistan border has been opened for travellers with visas and stickers, reported the local media on Thursday.
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Not paid for four months, hundreds of teachers in Afghanistan's Herat call
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): Hundreds of teachers in the western province of Herat gathered and called on the Taliban to pay their salaries, as they have not been paid for over four months, local media reported on Thursday.
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Pakistan Opposition alliance PDM announces country-wide protests against i
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Thursday announced nationwide protests tomorrow against the Imran Khan-led government over the rising inflation, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Protest held against closure of Pak-Iran border in Turbat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): A protest was held on Wednesday by businessmen including transporters against the closure of the Pak-Iran border in Turbat city of Kech district in Pakistan's Balochistan province, local media reported.
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4 killed, 47 injured in gas explosion in China's Liaoning
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 21 (ANI): At least four people were killed and 47 were injured in a gas explosion in a restaurant in Shenyang city of China's Liaoning Province, local media reported on Thursday.
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As protest turns violent in Kabul, Taliban beat up journalists, women
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): A group of women staged a protest in Kabul on Thursday demanding that schools be opened for girls, but the protest grew violent and the Taliban beat up the protesters who included women and journalists, local media reported.
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Five Pakistani soldiers killed in attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): At least five Pakistani soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, local media reported.
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NATO to convene meeting on Afghanistan in Brussels
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 21 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the organisation is planning to convene a summit of defense ministers of the state members in which Afghanistan will be discussed, local media reported on Thursday.
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Women and civil society activists protest in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): Dozens of women and civil society activists protested on Thursday in Kabul over economic problems and the closed schools for girls, local media reported.
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1 killed, 33 injured in gas explosion in China's Liaoning
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Shenyang [China], October 21 (ANI): At least one person was killed and 33 were injured in a gas explosion in a restaurant in Shenyang city of China's Liaoning Province, local media reported on Thursday.
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