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More than a third of Pak population unable to get proper food due to pover
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): At least 37 per cent population of Pakistan is suffering from malnutrition, said chairperson of the women parliamentarian forum in the Balochistan Assembly Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi, adding that this ratio rises to nearly 50 per cent in Balochistan.
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President Kovind, PM Modi, parliamentarians pay tribute to BR Ambedkar on
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid floral tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar on his 65th death anniversary which is observed as "Mahaparinirvan Diwas".
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Suspended MPs should express remorse, says Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Suspended Rajya Sabha MPs should express remorse to get reinstated into the House, said Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi as the 12 parliamentarians began their sit-in protest against their suspension at the Gandhi statue inside the pa
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Lawmakers from Baltic states to visit Taiwan amid threats from China
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 25 (ANI): About 10 parliamentarians from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia will visit Taipei as part of a government-led forum in early December and meet top Taiwan top government officials, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said in a statement Wednesday.
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Australian MPs join global effort to stop Chinese official's bid to join I
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], November 24 (ANI): A group of Australian lawmakers have joined the international effort to stop a top Chinese official from joining the governing body of crime-fighting organisation Interpol, fearing it could endanger Beijing's critics.
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Equitable access to online learning, safe reopening of schools: Students u
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): On World Children's Day, students emphasized on the learning recovery from the loss of study during the COVID-19 pandemic and urged parliamentarians to reopen schools safely and take actions to bridge the digital divide.
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Pak Parliamentarian opposes speaker's decision not to issue production ord
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 18 (ANI): Member of Pakistan National Assembly Mohsin Dawar on Wednesday opposed the speaker's decision not to issue a production order for detained assembly member and Pashtun leader Ali Wazir in the joint session of Parliament.
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China must be stopped from misusing Interpol, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], November 16 (ANI): A Chinese official's application to join Interpol's governing body has raised alarm bells as activists fear that Beijing could use the crime-fighting organisation to silence its critics abroad.
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China's nominee to Interpol committee opposed by lawmakers from 20 countri
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Parliamentarians and activists from around the world have launched a global campaign to oppose the candidacy of Hu Binchen, a Deputy Director General at China's Ministry of Public Security, to the Interpol Executive Committee at its General Assembly sess
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Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid decides to part ways with Imran Khan-led PTI
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 15 (ANI): After Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) parliamentarians said that it has become difficult for partnership with Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to continue, the party on Sunday decided to part ways.
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Prospect of Chinese official vying for Interpol job raises alarm bells
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 15 (ANI): A top Chinese official's application to join Interpol's governing body has raised alarm bells as experts, parliamentarians from around the world and activists fear that Beijing could use the crime-fighting organisation to silence its critics abroad, includi
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'Not appropriate' for Varun Gandhi to speak against BJP's policies, says H
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Friday alleged that the party's parliamentarian Varun Gandhi has been speaking against the party's policies, adding that it is not appropriate for him to do so.
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