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Skin-to-skin contact: SC reserves order against Bombay HC verdict
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on appeals against the controversial Bombay High Court judgment that held that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protectio
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Living at high altitudes may lower chance of deadly stroke: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): A new study has found that people who live at higher altitudes have a lower risk of stroke and stroke-related death. This protective effect is strongest at between 2,000 and 3,500 meters.
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EU helps deliver 32 tonnes of UNICEF humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): The first aircraft carrying UNICEF lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) Airbridge, the UN agency said.
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New Zealand's Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill passes into law
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], September 30 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand's new counter-terror law passed its third reading at the parliament Thursday, giving enforcement agencies greater power to protect the country from terrorist activities.
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Biden administration to issue new memo to terminate Trump-era 'Remain in M
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will issue a new memorandum to terminate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols program after a Texas judge ordered the federal government to reinstate the rule, which required asylum-seekin
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Sexual abuses against children surging in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): Incidents of sexual abuse against children are surging in Pakistan with the child protection organisation Sahil stating that the abuse has increased by two children per day in comparison with last year's January-June report, local media said.
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India integrated climate protection into its national development, industr
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New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): India has taken many bold steps on clean energy, energy efficiency afforestation and bio-diversity, said Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi, adding that New Delhi's has integrated climate protection into its national development
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NHRC advisory to Centre, states for protection of rights of persons engage
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New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued an advisory to the Centre, States and UTs for protecting the rights of persons engaged in manual scavenging or hazardous cleaning.
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India successfully carrying out world's biggest vaccination programme, say
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Highlighting India's strategic steps taken for jobs and social protection in the situation created by COVID-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India is successfully carrying out the world's biggest free vaccination programme
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BigCat Paws Wildlife Conservation Society releases Save tiger documentary
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI/Heylin Spark): Tiger, being the national animal of India needs to be protected. These habitats must be preserved for the current and future generations.
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One dead, 12 injured as 5.8 magnitude quake hits Greece's Crete
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], September 28 (ANI/Xinhua): A state of emergency was declared on Monday in the Heraklion region of the Greek island of Crete after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the area earlier in the day left one person dead, 12 injured and hundreds without shelter, Greece's Climat
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Researchers find double benefit of climate protection through both limitin
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 27 (ANI): Increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might lead to about 25 per cent more people put at risk by tropical cyclones, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found.
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