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20 killed, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 20 (ANI): At least 20 persons were killed, including cops on Monday after monsoon storms in Bangladesh unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded.
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Laos earns over 870m USD from agricultural exports in first half of 2022
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Laos earned more than 870 million U.S. dollars from the export of agricultural produce over the past six months of 2022, equalling 72.57 per cent of the target for the whole of 2022.
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Car worth Rs 100 mln for PoK President draws flak from activists
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Muzaffarabad [PoK], June 20 (ANI): Civil society groups and activists are severely criticizing the move by the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) government over the buying of a new luxurious car worth over Rs 100 million for President Barrister Sultan Mahmood.
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'Yoga for all', advises WHO Regional Director
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New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia said that yoga has helped hundreds of millions of people from various countries and cultures during the COVID-19 pandemic in staying healthy as well as highlighted that yoga is for all of h
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Kajal Aggarwal's Birthday Special: Top 5 movies of the 'Singham' actor
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 19 (ANI): Actor Kajal Aggarwal just turned 37 on Sunday. The South Indian actor is on cloud nine as she is embracing motherhood to the fullest since the birth of her son Neil Kitchlu on April 19. The diva has won millions of hearts with her acting skills an
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Domestic coal production goes up by 28 pc as of June 16, 2022
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New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): After a record-breaking coal production of 777 million tonnes (MT) in 2021-22, domestic coal production continues to witness an increasing trend in the current financial year as well.
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China mobilises retired cadres to stem future dissent
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], June 19 (ANI): In a move that smacks of totalitarianism in the Xi Jinping era, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is ensuring that the services of millions of retired communist cadres are utilised to meet the twin challenges of a stalling Chinese population and the possibilit
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'Friends' co-creator Marta Kauffman pledges USD 4 million endowment for Af
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Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman has pledged USD 4 million to establish an endowed professorship in African and African American Studies at Brandeis University, her alma mater.
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WFP says 7.4 million people food insecure in south Ethiopia amid severe dr
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Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Severe drought has caused 7.4 million people to be food insecure in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
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Hunger surges in Afghanistan as drought persists
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Kabul [Afghanistan] June 18 (ANI): The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has called for increased global support to stem spiralling hunger in Afghanistan as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises threatens millions.
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Jennifer Lopez raises USD 3.6 million at L.A. Dodgers Foundation Gala
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Los Angeles [US], June 18 (ANI): The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation celebrated its sixth Blue Diamond Gala on Thursday night with some of the major names in the world of Los Angeles sports stars and a headlining set from Jennifer Lopez. This has been the first time the annual event is held s
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Chinese undeclared blockade adversely affects Nepal's economy
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 18 (ANI): The undeclared blockade of land-locked Nepal is adversely affecting the country's economy as entrepreneurs are incurring losses of millions.
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