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Ariel Henry appointed new Prime Minister of Haiti
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], July 21 (ANI): Amid political turmoil caused by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, Ariel Henry on Tuesday was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Haiti.
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WB post-poll violence: NHRC's final report became public document due to j
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 21 (ANI): Days after the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of "disrespecting the court" and pursuing "political interests of the BJP" by leaking its report on alleged post-poll violence to the me
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Centre briefs floor leaders of political parties in Parliament on COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Centre gave a briefing to floor leaders of political parties in the two Houses of the Parliament on Tuesday evening to inform them of the trajectory of COVID-19 in the country and the public health response to the pandemic.
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SC reserves verdict on plea against political parties failing to declare c
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the plea seeking contempt action against those political parties which failed to declare and publicise criminal antecedents of their candidates in the 2020 Bihar State Assembly elections.
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Afghanistan Army chief Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai to visit India next week
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 20 (ANI): Amid the turmoil in Afghanistan following US troop withdrawal, Afghanistan Army Chief General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai is scheduled to visit India on July 27 and will meet senior political and military leadership, sources said.
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Angry politicians make angry voters, new study finds
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Politicians may have good reason to turn to angry rhetoric, according to research led by political scientists from Colorado-the strategy seems to work, at least in the short term.
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CPI-M demands govt to conduct 'presentation on COVID-19 and vaccination' i
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament, Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP and floor leader Elaram Kareem on Monday wrote a letter to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, demanding the government to conduct a "presentation on COVID an
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Centre to brief floor leaders of political parties on COVID situation on T
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Centre will brief opposition parties on the COVID-19 situation in the country and strategies being implemented to deal with it on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan: How America turned 'good war' into 'dumb war'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): It should come as no surprise that the US military intervention in Afghanistan has not yielded a political resolution to a decades-long conflict or that it has failed to retain the support of the American public according to a policy expert.
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Punjab CM accuses Centre of surveillance through spyware, says national se
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 19 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday condemned the alleged hacking of private phones of top political leaders, journalists, businessmen, scientists, constitutional authorities and others "as a shameful attack not just on indiv
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Row erupts after SP corporator proposes naming Mumbai garden after Tipu Su
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): A row erupted between political parties after the Samajwadi Party in Maharashtra proposed that the BMC name a garden in the Govandi area of Mumbai after Tipu Sultan.
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Punjab political crisis: State Youth Congress President calls meeting on M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 18 (ANI): Punjab Youth Congress President Brinder Singh Dhillon has called a key meeting on Monday in view of the rift between Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu.
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