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176 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya to Rwanda
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday it evacuated 176 vulnerable asylum seekers from Libya to Rwanda on a humanitarian flight.
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UN raises alarm over 'continuing' expulsions of asylum seekers from Libya
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled from Libya, raising concerns at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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15 EU countries to resettle 40,000 Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11 (ANI): Fifteen European Union (EU) countries on Thursday decided to resettle 40,000 Afghan refugees in order to prevent irregular immigration of these people.
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Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet discusses wide-ranging issues during W
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): The Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet met and discussed action plans for Tibet on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Winter Session of the Swiss Parliament, said Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
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Rajya Sabha members raise concern over pollution, seek stringent measures
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Rajya Sabha members cutting across the party lines on Friday expressed concern over rise in the air, water and land pollution in the country and called for stringent measures to deal with the problem that adversely affects human health.
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SC directs CAQM to examine applications seeking lifting of construction ba
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to examine various intervening applications seeking lifting of construction ban and relaxation on industrial restrictions within a week.
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Tripura likely to get international flights to Singapore, Chittagong, Dhak
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 10 (ANI): The Government of Tripura will soon approach the Ministry of Civil Aviation seeking direct international flight linkages between Agartala-Chittagong and Agartala-Singapore route, highly placed sources in the Civil Secretariat said.
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Manickam Tagore moves adjournment motion in LS over intrusion by Chinese m
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Friday moved an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss "the intrusion of Chinese military into the Indian Territory" seeking an "immediate action".
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Kerala government doctors continue protest, seek pay revision
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 10 (ANI): The members of Kerala Government Medical Officers' Association (KGMOA), who work in government hospitals under the Directorate of Health Services are continuing their protest for the third day over anomalies in their pay revision.
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Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala Govt moves SC against TN to not release huge quan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Kerala government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Tamil Nadu not to release a vast quantity of water in the wee hours from the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam.
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Rajya Sabha passes Bill on pharma institutes, research; seeks special stat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed 'The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill 2021' which seeks to accord the status of Institutions of National Importance to six more institutes in different states as well as set up
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Delhi court rejects suit to restore temples in Qutub Minar complex
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): A Delhi court has rejected a civil suit seeking the restoration of 27 Hindu and Jain temples in the Qutub Minar complex in Mehrauli filed by "Jain deity Tirthankara Lord Rishabh Dev, Lord Vishnu (Principal Deity, Temple Complex) and others by advocates H
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