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Ban on single-use plastic kicks in; Check the banned items and how much yo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): In yet another significant step to reduce the menace of plastic pollution, the Centre has issued guidelines to states asking them to ban the use of select single-use plastics effective from July 1, 2022.
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Wrestler Deepak Punia to join Bajrang Punia in US training camp
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Tokyo Olympian wrestler Deepak Punia will join Indian star wrestler and Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia for training at the Michigan University in the United States ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
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Study: New flood maps explain the risk American homeowners face
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Georgia [United States], June 30 (ANI): A new research from the University of Georgia has outlined a simplified, cost-effective method for developing flood maps that reflects the uncertainty in flood predictions.
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UN decries surge in tribal violence in South Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating communal violence in South Sudan which it said has left several people dead and others injured.
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2.2 million people in US live without access to running water, basic plumb
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Obtaining running water at home is a struggle for many people in the United States, and those who lack clean water overwhelmingly come from communities of colour, non-profit DigDeep said in a report on Tuesday.
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Iran should drop demands that go beyond JCPOA: US Deputy Envoy to UN
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States believes Iran should drop demands that go beyond the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action if it wants to the revive the 2016 nuclear deal, Deputy Permanent Representative Richard Mills said on Thursday.
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Medical racism shapes US healthcare: media
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The medical racism in the United States has resulted in ethnic minorities' distrust of the US health system and affected the groups' overall well-being and health, Iran's Press TV reported.
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China asks 'empire of secret stealing' US to cease malicious cyber activit
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 30 (ANI): China on Thursday said that the United States is worthy of the name of the "empire of wiretapping" and "empire of secret stealing" and asked the country to immediately stop the stop its malicious cyber activities.
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Ghanaian FM calls for urgent attention to root out insecurity in West Afri
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Urgent attention is required to root out insecurity in West Africa, Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said Wednesday.
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Five killed, nine injured in Nigerian highway incident
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five persons were killed and nine others injured when a bus suddenly caught fire Wednesday along the Lagos-Ibadan highway linking three states in Nigeria's southwest region, the traffic police said.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to release assessment report of
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will release the assessment report of the States and Union Territories under 'Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP), 2020' in the presence of Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal today.
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Russia 'most significant and direct threat' to allies' security: NATO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], June 29 (ANI): The NATO leaders have termed Russia as "the most significant and direct threat" to the security of the alliance member states, said the final declaration released on Wednesday after the Madrid summit.
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