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Time running out to prevent 'worst case scenario' arising in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 23 (ANI): As the major indicators for Afghanistan's security and development looking "negative or stagnant", the threats that lie following the withdraw of foreign troops from the country cannot be overstated, according to the top UN official.
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J-K govt appoints public prosecutors for expeditious trial of rape, POCSO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 23 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday appointed public prosecutors in the Fast Track Courts for conducting the expeditious trial of rape cases and the cases registered under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences, Act, 2
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Delhi court adjourns hearing for July 9 in INX Media money laundering case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the INX Media money laundering case against former finance minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti and others.
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COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Delta variant: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Current COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, but they still prevent severe disease and death, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19
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'If you raise temptation, young guys have nowhere to go', Imran Khan's tak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Barely two months after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments on sexual violence drew severe backlash, he again invited trouble by suggesting that avoiding "temptation in society" is the way to prevent sexual violence against women.
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Delhi police books 'drug lord' Sharafat Sheikh under PIT NDPS Act
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Delhi Police has booked alleged drug lord Sharafat Sheikh alias Md Ayub under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, 1988, a law under which preventive detention for a period of one year without bail
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MP to launch COVID-19 'Vaccination Mahaabhiyan' on International Yoga Day
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 20 (ANI): In an attempt to prevent severe COVID-19 situation and a possible third-wave, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that the state would start a 'Vaccination Mahaabhiyan', on the occasion of International Yo
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Delhi Police to form district, thana level committees to tackle COVID-19 t
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Keeping in view the likeliness of resurgence of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi Commissioner of Police, SN Shrivastava on Saturday announced the formation of district and thana (police station)-level committees for Public Health Care (PHC) Manag
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Punjab Chief Secy directs officials to ramp up COVID vaccination to thwart
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 19 (ANI): Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Saturday asked all the Deputy Commissioners to ramp up the ongoing vaccination drive for all the 18 plus eligible population to win the battle against the COVID-19 and prevent the much-anticipated third wave.
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US congressmen reintroduce Taiwan Defense Act
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 17 (ANI): Members of the United States Congress have reintroduced a bill known as the Taiwan Defense Act in both the Senate and House of Representatives in a bid to prevent a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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Delhi violence: Court orders release of student activists in UAPA case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Thursday ordered to release Pinjara Tod activists Natasha Narwal, Devangna Kalita and Jamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha who were granted bail by Delhi High Court on June 15 in connection with Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UA
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Harsh Varshan seeks cooperation of global community in development of TB v
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan sought cooperation from the global community in the development of a Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine during a virtual high-level event on 'Global Drive to Scale-up TB Prevention' organised by WHO Glo
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