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India is proud of Sikhs' contribution for country, opposition attempting t
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): India is very proud of the contribution of Sikhs towards nation-building, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha on Monday while replying to the motion of thanks on President's address.
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Explosion kills 4, levels 7 houses in Brazil
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 8 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four people were killed and two others injured in an explosion in the Brazilian city of Natal, the capital of the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte, authorities reported on Sunday.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 231,000
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 978 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the death toll to 231,012, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday.
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Brazil's mining giant agrees to pay USD 7 billion for dam disaster
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's southeast state of Minas Gerais and mining giant Vale on Thursday signed an agreement that commits the company to pay nearly USD 7 billion in recompense for a dam disaster in 2019 that killed hundreds and polluted a vast region.
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Faced with expulsion, Trump quits Screen Actors Guild
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Florida [US], February 5 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump has resigned from the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) after its national leadership voted to consider expelling him over his role in inciting the January riots on the US Cap
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Parler terminates CEO John Matze
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): After the Capitol riot induced social media conflict buzzed up, American alt-tech microblogging and social networking service, Parler fired its CEO co-founder John Matze.
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Brazil to launch its first domestically designed observation satellite
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil is finalizing the details to launch the first Earth observation satellite designed, integrated, tested and operated by the country, said the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) on Wednesday.
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US charges member of Proud Boys for role in January 6 Capitol riot
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): A member of the nationalist organization Proud Boys has been charged in federal court for allegedly participating in the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, the Justice Department said.
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Delhi HC seeks prosecution response on bail plea of Jamia student Asif Iqb
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New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from prosecution on the bail plea of Jamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha in connection with the north-east Delhi violence case.
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600 firebombs, 16 grenades used during Tripoli riots
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters in Tripoli have used 16 grenades and 600 petrol bombs against police this week, the Lebanese Interior Ministry reported Sunday.
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Violence during 'tractor march' on Republic Day a conspiracy, says Hanuman
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 30 (ANI): Congress leader Hanumantha Rao on Friday that incidents in Delhi during the 'tractor march' by farmers on Republic Day "was a conspiracy to finish the protests".
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Second police officer dies by suicide after US Capitol riots
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Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): A second police officer who responded to the capitol riots in Washington on January 6, died by suicide, according to media reports citing the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Robert Contee's statement on Wednesday (local time).
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