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Maharashtra Guv urges Naidu, Birla to form advisory for 'sanctity' of oath
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday urged Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to come up with an advisory to preserve the sanctity and dignity of the oath-taking process of the
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Ukrainian Parliament schedules local elections for October 25
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The Ukrainian Parliament voted on Wednesday to set the next local elections for October 25, as the initiative gained the support of 326 parliamentarians and passed the threshold of the required minimum of 226 votes.
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It's a perilous time for multilateralism: Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor discussed the relevance of multilateral institutions in modern times and the handling of the global pandemic at the global virtual platform, India Global Week, on Friday.
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Pakistan's failure to respect its international obligations, protect women
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan's failure to not only respect international obligations but also its incompetence to protect its women and girls is equivalent to the fact that the country should face global sanctions, a European Parliamentarian said in a report.
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UK lawmaker Douglas Ross resigns over Dominic Cummings' lockdown breach
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 26 (ANI): UK Parliamentarian Douglas Ross announced his resignation on Tuesday in connection with the scandal around coronavirus quarantine violation by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide, Dominic Cummings in March, Sputnik news agency reported.
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Europe should crackdown on China, says EU Parliamentarian
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 19 (ANI): Holding China responsible for the coronavirus outbreak and conducting unfair trade practices with those nations who come up with a demand of independent investigation, a European Parliamentarian, Tom Vandendriessche, has called for levying a 'corona tax' on
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MPs, journos questioning China over COVID-19 mishandling claim to be victi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], May 3 (ANI): Parliamentarians and journalists who have been questioning Beijing and its Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) mishandling of the coronavirus that has infected millions of lives across the globe and brought economies to a standstill, have claimed to be victims of a susp
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RJD organises symbolic protest in Bihar to bring back migrant labourers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 1 (ANI): Bihar RJD legislators and parliamentarians staged a symbolic protest here on International Labour Day to bring back stranded migrants.
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Corona pandemic: European Commission should question China over spreading
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI): The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Party have issued an open letter calling on the European Commission (EC) to investigate and explain the allegations that a recent report documenting how governments push disinformation about the coronavirus p
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Several MPs donate Rs 1 crore from MPLAD fund to fight COVID-19 after Spea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla appealed to MPs to send consent letters for contributing Rs 1 crore or more from their MPLAD funds to efforts to fight COVID-19, 35 parliamentarians have already done so, sources in the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on Sund
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Combatting COVID-19: SAD to donate one month's salary to Punjab CM Relief
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) parliamentarians and legislators on Monday announced to donate their one month salary to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to assist the Punjab government in its efforts to provide treatment and succour to COVID-19 patients as well a
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We are using retroviral drugs on some coronavirus patients, says Union Min
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): While addressing the parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan spoke about the steps taken by the Centre to contain coronavirus spread and said they are using retroviral drugs on some patients for the treatment.
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