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Workers in Pakistan's Punjab raise voice against bonded labour
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): Scores of brick kiln workers in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan's Punjab province, along with their families, took out a rally against bonded labour in the country on Monday, reported local media.
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Afghanistan's economy could shrink by 30 pc following Taliban takeover, sa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 20 (ANI): Afghanistan's gross domestic product could see a 30 per cent contraction following the Taliban takeover, International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest regional economic report, local media reported on Wednesday.
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As inflation continues to rise in Pakistan, lawyers boycott courts, hold r
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): Lawyers group boycotted courts in different towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and held rallies on Monday against spiralling prices of daily use commodities and petroleum products in the country, reported local media.
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Possible Afghan refugee crisis could cost Pakistan 500 million dollars ann
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that a possible refugee crisis in Afghanistan is likely to increase the burden of refugees on Pakistan and other countries and Islamabad will have to bear a burden of 500 million dollars annually, reported
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Russia registers 1,028 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 20 (ANI): The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 1,028 compared to 1,015 the day before. This is a new record high since the beginning of the pandemic, local media reported.
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Explosion in Afghanistan's Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 20 (ANI): Afghanistan's capital city Kabul was hit with an explosion on Wednesday morning, local media reported.
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Afghan delegation leaves for Moscow meeting; Political, economic issues ex
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 20 (ANI): An Afghan delegation led by the Deputy second Prime Minister of Islamic Emirate's government left Kabul to attend the Moscow meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday, said local media.
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Taliban pledges to reward suicide bombers' families with land
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): Sirajudin Haqqani, the Taliban's newly-announced government's acting minister of interior affairs met the families of the suicide bombers who conducted attacks in the past two decades in Afghanistan targeting foreign and the government troops, reported
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5 Hong Kong ex-students sentenced to nearly 5 years jail for 'rioting' in
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 19 (ANI): Five former students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been sentenced to nearly five years in prison following their conviction in rioting in 2019, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Members of Extended Troika on Afghanistan discuss common threats, humanita
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 19 (ANI): Members of the Extended Troika format on Afghanistan met in Moscow on Tuesday and discussed common threats and humanitarian assistance to Kabul, local media reported.
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Kabul residents face difficulties due to rising prices, weakening Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): Many Kabul residents are facing difficulties as the prices of goods have risen while the Afghani has weakened against the dollar, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Pompeo says, China targeted state governors in US to influence their polic
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Chinese Communist Party is engaged in aggressive influence and intelligence operations inside the US, targeting federal, state and local governments, reported local media.
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