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Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, 'world is watching' UN rel
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday.
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Iran's COVID-19 tally reaches nearly 6 million
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian health ministry reported on Monday 8,341 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 5,996,155.
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US charges Ukrainian, Russian national over ransomware attack, seizes USD
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): The US Justice Department has charged two foreign nationals over a recent ransomware attack on businesses and government entities in the United States and seized over six million dollars in ransom payments.
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UN Under-Secretary seeks 385 million USD to fund Myanmar humanitarian resp
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has urged the international community to fund the humanitarian response for Myanmar by providing 385 million dollars amid the deteriorating situation in the
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China floods: Close to 60 million people affected; 590 reported dead or mi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 8 (ANI): As many as 590 people died or went missing in China, from January to October this year, due to flood-related disasters which affected 58.9 million people in the country, China's Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said on Monday.
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T20 WC: India-Pakistan encounter becomes most viewed match in shortest for
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 8 (ANI): The match between India and Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup garnered a reach of 167 million* viewership, becoming the most viewed T20I match, surpassing the previous high-India-West Indies 2016 ICC World T20 semi-finals.
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Chinese fertilizer company demands USD 8 million from Sri Lankan authoriti
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 8 (ANI): Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co Ltd, the Chinese company involved in a controversy with Sri Lanka over imported fertilizer, has demanded USD 8 million from the Additional Director of the National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) of Sri Lanka for the loss and
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French automobile components manufacturer Plastic Omnium to start hydrogen
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 8 (ANI/Global Economic): French global automobile components manufacturer 'Plastic Omnium' has decided to invest USD 35 million (about 41 billion won) in Korea to build a hydrogen vehicle fuel tank plant.
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Singapore's DBS Bank post 31 percent rise in Q3 profits, LVB integration '
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Singapore, November 8 (ANI): Last week, DBS Bank, Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets, announced sterling Quarter 3 profits which beat analysts average forecast on Refinitiv by SGD 130 million. The Singapore-based lender reported a net profit of SGD 1.7 billion (USD 1.26 billion) for the
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UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 8 (ANI): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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Poor harvest projected to increase hungry North Korea's hardships
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], November 7 (ANI): A poor harvest in North Korea has triggered alarms that the dictator country may face a repeat of the devastating '1990 famine', which killed millions of its citizens.
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Pakistan TV serves Rs 100 mn defamation notice to Shoaib Akhtar over viola
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 7 (ANI): Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) has sent a Rs 100 million defamation notice to the country's former pacer Shoaib Akhtar on Sunday stating that the latter had resigned on air from PTV sports last month which is not only a violation of the clause b
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