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EU Parliament suggests sanctions regime against 'disinformation'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): A European Parliament special committee adopted a report on Tuesday that suggests countering disinformation and foreign interference with more sanctions.
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Human Rights Watch calls for foreign currency-related sanctions against My
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Myanmar's military will continue to collect massive revenues from natural gas and other extractive sectors unless new targeted sanctions block foreign currency payments supporting the junta's abusive rule on Tuesday.
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Ambassador T S Tirumurti presents a report on the Libyan Sanctions Committ
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 24 (ANI): India's permanent representative to the United Nations T S Tirumurti presented a report on the Libyan Sanctions Committee at the United Nations Security Council meeting on Libya on Monday.
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Ukrainian President authorizes sanctions against 24 Russian companies
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 22 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky approved a decree by Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions on a total of 24 Russian companies and on the Russian Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Yu
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China, Russia block US bid to sanction North Korea at UN
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 21 (ANI): China and Russia have put on hold a US effort at the United Nations to impose sanctions on five North Korea in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, media reports said.
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MOC sanctions call for assistance from development group shooter Naveen, a
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Mission Olympic Cell on Thrursday approved proposals worth Rs. 6.56 lakh from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme for two development group athletes, 20-year-old pistol shooter Naveen and 17-year-old recurve archer Ridh
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Disaster for Russia if it invades Ukraine, warns Biden
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said that Russia will be held accountable if it invades Ukraine amid rising tensions between the two countries.
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Biden 'not ready' to ease tariffs on Chinese imports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Despite calls from US businesses to relieve the duties, US President Joe Biden said that he's not ready to lift tariffs that have been imposed on Chinese imports, adding that his chief trade negotiator Katherine Tai is working on the issue.
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Lifting sanctions on China 'uncertain' says President Biden
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): President Joe Biden said that he's not ready to lift tariffs that have been imposed on Chinese imports, despite calls from US businesses to relieve the duties.
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Russia will be held accountable if it invades Ukraine, says Biden
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said that Russia will be held accountable if it invades Ukraine amid rising tensions between the two countries.
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Americans strongly oppose aid to Afghanistan, fear money landing in Taliba
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): A majority of American voters oppose providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, as they fear the money will end up in the pockets of the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism), according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll out on Wednesday.
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Employment of Afghan women dropped 16 pc in 2021 after Taliban takeover: U
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): Employment of Afghan women is estimated to have decreased by 16 per cent in the latter part of the year after the radical Islamist Taliban movement, an organization under UN sanctions over terrorist activities, swept to power, the International Labour O
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