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US welcomes EU's announcement regarding cyber sanctions framework
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (ANI): The US on Thursday (local time) welcomed the announcement from the European Union's High Representative Josep Borrell regarding the body's first designations under its cyber sanctions framework.
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US expands scope of Iran metals sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (Xinhua/ANI): The United States on Thursday expanded the scope of Iran metals-related sanctions by identifying 22 specific materials, a move to constrain Iran's nuclear, military programs.
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Odisha CM sanctions ex-gratia to kin of journalists who succumbed to COVID
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned an ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakhs each to the families of two journalists who died due to COVID-19, according to the Chief Minister's Office.
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Sports Minister sanctions Rs 5 lakhs to financially distressed Wushu playe
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju, has sanctioned a sum of Rs 5 lakhs to Shiksha, a national Wushu champion from Haryana, who came under severe financial distress due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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EC reprimands J-K Guv GC Murmu over remarks on polls
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 28 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday imposed sanctions against Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu for his statements on the election timing in the Union Territory.
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American sanctions could prove devastating for Chinese Communist leaders,
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, [US], July 28 (ANI): A New York-based online paper, Vision Times, has made sensational claims about Communist Party of China's (CCP) ten trillion dollar escape project, which it says will be doomed following Washington's sanctions on CCP leaders.
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Sanctions on Iran in violation of international regulations, must be lifte
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 28 (ANI): Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, addressing a meeting of steel activists and petrochemical industries late on Monday, said that sanctions have been imposed on Iran in contravention of international law and regulations, and they must be lifted at once.
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Visa sanctions on some Chinese tech staffers supporting regimes committing
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Sunday (local time) said that visa restrictions have been imposed on certain employees of Chinese tech companies like Huawei as they provide material support to the governments involved in human rights abuses globall
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'Significant numbers' of ISIS terrorists in Kerala, Karnataka: UN report
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 26 (ANI): A UN report on terrorism has pointed to "significant numbers" of ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka, and warned that Al-Qaida in the Indian subcontinent, which has between 150-200 members Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistan, is reportedly planning a te
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Iranian nation won't succumb to pressure of sanctions by enemies: Hassan R
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 25 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the sanctions placed against Iran cannot bring the Iranian people to their knees. He was speaking in a meeting of the national headquarters set up in combating the coronavirus disease.
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Fear grips Beijing over possibility of Washington cutting off China's acce
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 24 (ANI): The United States' willingness to reduce or completely cut off China's access to the US dollar system -- Swift -- has sent a sense of uneasiness in Beijing about the potential ramifications of a financial war with Washington, the South China Morning Post repor
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J-K sanctions Rs 15 crore for additional setup in 3 medical colleges
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 23 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday sanctioned Rs 15 crore to set up additional testing laboratory and equipment for three medical colleges, for Personal protective equipment and other COVID containment efforts under State Disaste
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