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Afghan President Ghani, Abdullah Abdullah meet US Defence Secretary
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on Friday met with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III at the Pentagon.
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Pak should be held accountable for hosting 'dreaded, listed' terrorists: I
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan should be held "accountable for aiding and abetting terrorism", India on Tuesday said Islamabad continues to provide pensions to dreaded and listed terrorists and hosts them on its territory as its state policy.
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Vindictive action against rules: TMC targets Centre on 'penalty proceeding
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 22 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday slammed the Centre for its decision to hold a major "penalty proceedings'' against former Chief Secretary of West Bengal Alapan Bandopadhyay, who is presently serving as the advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Ban
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US sanctions 16 people, 5 state security entities from Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Treasury Department has designated 16 persons and five entities from Belarus, including the State Security Committee (KGB) and the press secretary of the Belarusian president, as part of a new sanctions package after the Ryanair incident in M
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DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad, who monitored oxygen supply during Covid crisi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), who monitored the supply of medical oxygen across the country under very challenging circumstances during the second wave of COVID-19, passed away o
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Detailed report on fake COVID test reports during Kumbh Mela expected in f
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Kumbh Mela held in April this year witnessed thousands of devotees taking a dip in the river to mark the "Shahi snan" thereby flouting COVID-19 norms. Upon being questioned on fake COVID reports issued by private labs during Kumbh Mela, the Joint Heal
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Ethanol distillation capacities likely to be doubled by 2025, says Centre
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): It is likely that ethanol distillation capacities in the country would be more than doubled by 2025 and India would be able to achieve 20 per cent blending target, said Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary of the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD).
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Former TMC leader Vinay Mishra sends legal notice to BJP's Suvendu Adhikar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): Former TMC leader Vinay Mishra on Tuesday served a legal notice to the Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, demanding to delete his June 11 "false" tweet, in which he said that Mishra renounced Indian citizenship but was
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COVID-19 pandemic originated from lab leak in China's Wuhan, insists Pompe
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated his firm belief that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak out a laboratory in China's Wuhan.
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WHO's Covid-19 origin probe 'highly deficient', says Blinken
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization's first phase of study on the origins of COVID-19 pandemic is "highly deficient", said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) and added that leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) countries will insist China
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NHRC seeks report from Centre, Odisha over freedom fighter's widow deprive
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Union Home Secretary and the Chief Secretary of Odisha over a petiton claiming denial and deprivation of bare human rights to Meera Devi, an ailing octogenaria
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Dehradun: BJP Mahila Morcha leader, three held in land grabbing case
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 14 (ANI): Dehradun's Clement Town Police on Sunday arrested the state secretary of BJP Mahila Morcha, Reena Goyal, her two sons, and her colleague for allegedly grabbing the property of an elderly couple after their death.
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