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COVID-19: States, UTs directed to hold mop-up rounds for vaccinating healt
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): In order to give another chance for vaccination to the majority of Health Care Workers (HCWs), the Union Health Ministry has advised states and Union territories to organise mop-up rounds for those who couldn't get covered in the first round of COVID-19 v
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UN calls for Human Rights commission's visit to Xinjiang camps amid report
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 5 (ANI): United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Thursday called for a visit of High Commissioner's for Human Rights to the Muslim-majority Chinese region of Xinjiang, after a British media house report alleging systematic rape in so-called re-education camps
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World's largest opinion survey on climate change: Majority call for wide-r
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 27 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme's 'Peoples' Climate Vote' reflects views of over half the world's population after results processed by Oxford University. According to the outcomes of the survey, 64 per cent of participants believe that climate chang
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Italian PM Giuseppe Conte officially steps down
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Genoa [Italy], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has officially stepped down in order to try to form a government with wider support, and the consultations with the parties with a view to finding a new parliamentary majority will start on Wednesday afternoon, ac
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Trump's Senate impeachment trial will start week of Feb 8: Chuck Schumer
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial will begin during the week of February 8, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer announced.
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SC dismisses petitions seeking review of 2018 verdict upholding Aadhaar sc
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court has dismissed petitions seeking a review of the court's 2018 majority verdict upholding the Aadhaar scheme.
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Motherson Sumi subsidiary acquires majority stake in Turkey's Plast Met Gr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [The Netherlands], January 18 (ANI): Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems Group BV (SMRPBV) on Monday announced the acquisition of a majority stake in two Turkey-based makers of moulded parts, sub-assemblies for mirrors and lighting systems.
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Puducherry: Opposition parties claim Narayanasamy govt has lost majority
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], January 18 (ANI): Opposition parties including BJP, AIADMK and N R Congress on Monday claimed that the Congress-led government in the Union Territory has lost its majority.
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Teens with anxiety, depression may benefit from peer confidants at school
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 18 (ANI): Three-quarters of parents in a new national poll think peers better understand teen challenges including depression and anxiety, compared to teachers or counsellors in the school. The majority also agree that peer support leaders at school would encourage m
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Rwandan health insurance to cover COVID-19 treatment costs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kigali [Rwanda], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Rwanda's current health insurance policies will cover a majority of costs related to COVID-19 treatment, as part of the efforts to reduce the mortality of the disease in the country, an official said Saturday.
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Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer says Trump impeachment trial can "beg
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): After US House impeached President Donald Trump for his role in inciting last week's deadly riot at Capitol, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that a trial can "begin immediately" if the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agrees.
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Won't agree to reconvene Senate early for Trump's impeachment trial, says
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear that he will not reconvene the upper house of the United States Congress before January 19, which indicates that the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will likely continue into President-elect
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