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US President Biden calls Putin 'war criminal', Kremlin says 'such rhetoric
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): Amid escalating war between Russia and Ukraine, on Wednesday (local time) US President Joe Biden called President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal."
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Entrepreneur known as MBA Chaiwala says he is inspired by PM Modi's Vocal
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): If you want to do something different and have determination, it is always possible. This was made a reality by none other than the 22-year-old Prafull Billore, famous as MBA chai wala who belongs to Dhar village of Madhya Pradesh but currently resides in A
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Chinese national gets 9-year prison term in Ethiopia for smuggling telecom
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 16 (ANI): A court in Ethiopia has sentenced a Chinese national to nine years in jail for reportedly trying to smuggle highly censored communication gear into the country, local media reported citing the country's ministry of justice on Wednesday.
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Peshawar mosque attack lays bare intolerance against Shias in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): The Peshawar mosque attack is a reminder of how Pakistanis continue to be openly intolerant towards Shias in the country and there is still active support for groups that target their communities, local media reported.
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AAP likely to send cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Rajya Sabha
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to send former cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Rajya Sabha in the biennial elections from Punjab.
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Pakistan Broadcasters Association slams Imran Khan govt for oppressing med
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): Citing several actions taken by the Imran Khan government against media organizations, the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has criticized the government for "controlling editorial content, freedom of speech and depriving the citizens of Pakistan
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Chinese police detain Tibetan guides on unreasonable charges to restrict c
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 16 (ANI): A Tibetan tour guide, Pasang Norbu was detained by the Chinese police authorities on unreasonable charges in a bid to restrict locals from coming in contact with foreign visitors to the tightly controlled Himalayan region.
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Afghan authority claims foreign institutions presenting false statistics a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 16 (ANI): Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has claimed that certain foreign institutions were misleading the world by presenting false statistics about humanitarian aid and embezzling tens of millions of dollars in the name of Afgh
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Social organization achieves massive milestone of planting 10 million tree
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): Even before India announced its emission-neutrality aim at the CoP-26 summit held in Glasgow, the country at different points in history, has witnessed citizen-led environmental movements like 'Chipko' and government-led initiatives. Gro
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Uyghur farmer serving 8-year sentence for saving wife from forced abortion
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Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): A Uyghur farmer, sentenced to eight-year imprisonment for saving his wife from forced abortion, died in jail in 2020, said a media report citing another Uyghur in the know of the development and local police officials.
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Korean Air suspends routes to Russia until April
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 16 (ANI/Global Economic): Korean Air announced on the 15th that it will temporarily halt the operation of passenger flights to Moscow and Vladivostok and cargo planes that transit in Moscow until the end of April, considering concerns over operation disruptions at
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J-K: LeT (TRF) terrorist involved in killing of Khanmoh's Sarpanch neutral
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 16 (ANI): A terrorist, hailing from 'The Resistance Front (TRF)', a local offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba's, who was involved in the recent killing of Khanmoh's Sarpanch, was neutralized by Jammu and Kashmir police in an encounter in the Nowgam area of
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