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23 Nobel Laureates, global leaders urge UN in an open letter to make Rohi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 30 (ANI): 13 Nobel laureates along with 10 global leaders have urged members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to urgently put the Rohingya crisis on the list of the council's agenda and to call upon the UN secretary-general to visit Myanmar as a pri
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Govt. optimistic about GST implementation from next fiscal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the government is trying its best to implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1 next year, adding the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) B
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CSIR Technofest's golden win at IITF
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The pavilion of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has bagged a gold medal for the excellence in display in the category of 'Ministries and Departments' at the recently-concluded 36th India International Trade Fair (IITF).
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Hasina urges Awami League to elect a new leader
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 23 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the councillors of Awami League to elect a new leadership and relieve her from duty.
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UN is expected to proscribe JeM chief under 1267 sanctions regime: India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): With China extending its veto on India's move in the United Nations to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said they convey to the United Nations that it is expected
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Indian Navy, CLE and FDDI conduct maiden workshop at Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.29 (ANI): The Indian Navy and the Council for Leather Exports (CLE) and Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) took part in a maiden workshop on footwear under the aegis of Ministry of Commerce.
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CSIR needs to create ease of doing technology business platform: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) needs to create ease of doing technology business platform to bring in right stakeholders so that technologies can reach the beneficiaries.
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa set to table Women Protection Bill again
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Sept. 23 (ANI): Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, the advisor to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, has said that the province is still considering tabling the Women Protection Bill which was rejected by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII).
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Abdul Nawaz Bugti calls on UN to take notice of custodial killings by Paki
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 20 (ANI): Highlighting the issue of enforced disappearances and custodial killings by Pakistani Security Forces in Balochistan, Representative of the Baloch Republican Party at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Abdul Nawaz Bugti said that the worseni
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Pak TV channel fined over PM Sharif's daughter's complaint
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug. 28 (ANI): The Council of Complaints (COC) of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has imposed a fine of Rupees five lakhs on Pakistan's Channel 24 following a complaint lodged by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz Sh
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CII urges inclusion of jihad verses in Pak school curriculum
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug.7 (ANI): Expressing concern over excluding proposed jihad verses from the school curriculum, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), top religious advisory body, has demanded the Pakistan Government to include the said verses.
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Islamic body rejects Pak government's proposal to include Quran in sc
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 4 (ANI): The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has rejected the Pakistan government's proposal to include teachings of Quran in the schools syllabus up to tenth standard.
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