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Afghan evacuees in Ukraine urgently departing from country: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], February 17 (ANI): Forty-four Afghans who were evacuated from their home country by Kiev in September 2021 have decided to leave the country amid the Russia-Ukraine tension, media reported citing Washington Post on Thursday.
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Farm distress rising in Pakistan due to tax policies to gain IMF loan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 17 (ANI): Farm distress is on the rise in Pakistan with various groups staging protests in multiple cities as the Imran Khan government has withdrawn all tax exemptions and imposed fresh taxes to fulfill International Monetary Fund's demand to receive the loan,
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94 killed in heavy rainfall, landslides in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], February 17 (ANI): At least 94 people were killed in the Brazilian town of Petropolis north of Rio de Janeiro due to heavy rainfalls and subsequent landslides, media reported on Thursday.
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Imran Khan government has leverage to contain inflation but flaws in its e
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): The Imran Khan government has considerable leverage to adjust policies that can contain inflation and reduce the yawning gap on the fiscal side, which is also a contributor to inflation but it is simply not engaging in even as rise in administered
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China issues list to build top-class universities
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 16 (ANI): China has issued a list of eligible universities for the second stage of its initiative to build top-class universities and academic disciplines, local media reported.
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Pakistan needs to double its efforts for women's empowerment as its gender
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): The Pakistan government needs to double its effort for women's empowerment as the country's ranking on gender equality remains to be poor, indicating deep-seated patriarchy in the society that ensures persistent structural discrimination, according to
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Police baton charge protesting university students in PoK
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], February 16 (ANI): Police resorted to baton charge at a university in the city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a bid to disperse a group of protesting students, a media report said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: Sikh hakeem injured in Peshawar attack
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): Two men, including a Sikh hakeem, were injured in a gun attack in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, local media reported.
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Pak fears reduced profit in CPEC project as top official alerts Islamabad
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): Pakistan government now fears that its profits from a CPEC project will be reduced, after the top official alerted Islamabad of hidden costs in the Saindak project, according to a media report.
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Chinese authorities detain nomadic Tibetans over politically sensitive mat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 16 (ANI): Chinese authorities in the country's Tibet Autonomous Region are detaining more nomadic Tibetans in Drago county and sending them to labour camps for having content deemed politically inappropriate on their cell phones, according to a media report.
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Hong Kong's hospitals run over-capacity as city struggles to contain COVID
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 16 (ANI): Hong Kong is currently struggling to curb the COVID-19 outbreak in the territory that has witnessed a surge in infections, according to a media report.
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Europe pledges USD 11 million to Afghanistan's educational sector
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI): Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said that European representatives pledged USD 11 million to the country's educational sector, local media reported.
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