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UN special envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq's Mosul
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], June 17 (ANI): Prominent Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who is the Special Envoy of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, visited Mosul in northern Iraq on Saturday less than a year after the city's liberation from three years of Islamic State (IS).
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Pakistan Sikh leader Charanjeet Singh's killer arrested
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): The alleged murderer of prominent Sikh rights activist Charanjit Singh was arrested in Peshawar on Thursday.
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Another secular Bangladeshi blogger killed
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 13 (ANI): A prominent, secular Bangladeshi blogger, Shahzahan Bachchu, was killed by some unknown attackers Monday evening.
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Plastic, a classic case of us turning everything into problem: Sadhguru
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Prominent spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Tuesday opined that the use of plastic is symbolic of the human tendency of turning everything into a problem.
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UAE activist jailed for 'insulting nation'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jun 2 (ANI): A prominent Emirati human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on social media, as per several local media reports.
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CredRight raises Rs.9 crore pre-Series A funding from YourNest, Accion
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Accion Venture Lab, the world's leading seed-stage investor, YourNest, an early stage venture capital fund and few prominent angels have jointly invested Rs. 9 crore in the Hyderabad-based fintech startup CredRight.
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Collaborative Governance set to take centre stage at 4th Smart Cities Indi
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI-NewsVoir): Today, authorities across the world are focused on evaluating and deploying new-age technologies to make cities smarter and better places to live in than ever before. The 4th Smart Cities India 2018 expo, taking place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, fr
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Book calling Tilak 'father of terrorism' is an insult: Pune Mayor
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Reacting to the incident where freedom fighter and prominent activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak, also known as Lokmanya Tilak, was mentioned as the "father of terrorism" in a Class 8 book, Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak said that it was an insult to the freedom fi
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WB panchayat polls: Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip?
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], May 13 (ANI): Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections, voters are claiming that they are deprived of the Centre's prominent schemes such as Ujjwala Yojana (gas connection) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (house) to name a few.
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As Karnataka campaigning reaches acme, PM Modi and Sonia woo voters
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] May 8 (ANI): Kannadigas on Tuesday witnessed India's two prominent political figures wooing them to win their trust in the upcoming assembly elections.
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Malala Yousafzai condemns murder attempt on Pak Interior Minister
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Prominent Pakistani educational activist and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday night condemned the assassination attack on Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.
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Russia's opposition leader detained at Moscow Protest
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 5 (ANI): Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained by police at a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday.
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