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Chinese Navy seeks to expand influence beyond immediate neighbourhood
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): A Chinese navy unit recently completed a far-ranging month-long training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, fuelling speculations that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is working on its broader ambitions by expanding its focus away from its immediate neighbou
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Localbol, A neighbourhood app helping communities during the time of distr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI/India PR Distribution): During the first quarter of 2021, the team at LocalBol had been busy building a platform for locals to reach out for sharing content, skills, thoughts, business propositions within their community (microcosms) in vernacular, video, voice
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Poor sleep may affect academic achievement for children in disinvested nei
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A new research has found that poor sleep health may disproportionately affect children of colour from families of low socioeconomic status and place them at risk for behaviour problems and lower academic performance.
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Poorer people less able to stay at home amid COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 28 (ANI): While the COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown have been introduced to obstruct the penetration of the contagious virus, a recent study that tracked data from millions of mobile phone users across the United States found, people living in deprived, less affluent
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Weight gain or loss not impacted by built environments: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): The findings of a new study led by the University of Washington suggest that people don't gain or lose weight because they live near a fast-food restaurant or supermarket. It found living in a more "walkable", dense neighbourhood likely only has a small impact
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US drawdown from Afghanistan puts CPEC projects at risk: Report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): There is a looming sense of fear in Pakistan that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will increase instability in its neighbourhood, and add security threats in the region while putting China's Belt and Road projects at risk, Nikkei Asia reports.
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Israeli military detects 4 rocket launches from Palestine's Gaza amid Jeru
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], May 10 (ANI): A total of four rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as violence near the border intensified over the impending eviction of dozens of Palestinians from East Jerusalem's neighbourhood.
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New study examines social network's relation to binge drinking among adult
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): For some people, social gatherings can be a time to imbibe. And for some, that can turn into a time to overindulge. But how do your neighbourhood and your social network affect binge drinking?
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Study reveals your neighbourhood may affect your brain health
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighbourhoods -- areas with higher poverty levels and fewer educational and employment opportunities--had more brain shrinkage on brain scans and showed a faster decline on cognitive tests than people
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Seychelles central to India's vision of security, growth for Indian Ocean
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and Seychelles share a vital partnership in the Indian Ocean neighbourhood and the country is central to India's vision of Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR).
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Myanmar's exiled envoy calls on China, neighbouring countries to coordinat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 2 (ANI): The exiled special envoy of Myanmar's disbanded Parliament, Dr Sasa has urged the country's global well-wishers to coordinate punitive measures against the military generals among themselves instead of awaiting action by the United Nations Security Council
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Kabul welcomes India-Pakistan peace overtures
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Afghanistan has welcomed recent peace overtures between India and Pakistan as Kabul believes that a peaceful neighbourhood will augur well for Afghanistan's stability and prosperity.
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