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Sports Ministry invites applications for National Sports Awards 2021
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New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has invited nominations and applications of eligible athletes, coaches, universities, and entities for the National Sports Awards 2021.
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Myanmar's military regime reorganises committees to implement projects rel
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 20 (ANI): In a move that shows closeness of Myanmar's military regime with China, Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) on Tuesday reorganized three crucial committees to move ahead with plans to implement giant infrastructure projects that are a key part of China's Belt and R
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Sports Ministry approaches UK Govt for allowing Sania Mirza's son on tour
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New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Wednesday approached the UK Government, through the Ministry of External Affairs of Government of India, to grant a visa to the two-year-old son of tennis player Sania Mirza, so that she can take the toddler with he
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Myanmar: Local offical shot dead after bombings in Yangon
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 19 (ANI): Two bombs exploded on Wednesday morning near a ward administrator's office in downtown Yangon, injuring two security officers.
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COVID-19: Sports Ministry approves Rs 2.5 lakh assistance for former power
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New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has approved an amount of Rs 2,50,000 for international powerlifting coach Joseph James under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay's National welfare for the Sportspersons.
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US, UK, Canada announce more sanctions on Myanmar
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London/Toronto [UK/Canada], May 18 (ANI): The United States, Britain and Canada on Monday announced additional sanctions on Myanmar's military in the latest punitive move following the continued oppression of citizens protesting February's coup.
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Myanmar junta
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Washington DC [US], May 17 (ANI): The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on Myanmar's administrative body and high-ranking officials in the latest punitive move following the country's military coup on February 1.
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Myanmar UN envoy urges international community to cut Tatmadaw's finance f
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New York [US], May 17 (ANI): Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun has urged the international community to cut off financial flows to the country's military Tatmadaw.
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Political prisoners in Myanmar subjected to inhumane treatment by military
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Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): A Japanese freelance journalist, who spent nearly four weeks in a Myanmar prison before returning to Japan on Friday, said that political prisoners imprisoned by the military are being subjected to inhumane conditions.
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Noted Myanmar anti-coup activist dies after being set ablaze by unidentifi
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 16 (ANI): Amid human rights violations in military-ruled Myanmar, a noted Myanmarese poet, philanthropist and veteran politician died after he was set ablaze by an unidentified man. This is being seen as another act perpetrated by the junta's security forces in the c
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Myanmar military govt announces reopening of schools from June 1, but teac
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 15 (ANI): Myanmar's military government announced it will reopen public schools on June 1 but many teachers and students opposed to the coup might refuse to return.
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Japanese scribe detained in Myanmar released, set to return home: Foreign
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Tokyo [Japan] May 14 (ANI): Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday announced that Japanese scribe Yuki Kitazumi, detained in Myanmar last month over allegedly discrediting the country's military junta, has been released and is set to return home.
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