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Taliban harassing press at all levels: US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government is raising with Taliban officials whom it engages "at all levels" the growing number of reports that the Islamist movement (banned in Russia) is harassing the press following its occupation of the Afghan capital Kabul, State Departm
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Taliban open fire on people rallying in support of national flag in Nangar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Members of the Taliban opened fire on people rallying in support of the Afghan national flag in the eastern Nangarhar province, a local source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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Was told to leave sports and focus on studies, but I took it as a challeng
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with the Indian contingent headed for the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, beginning August 24. In an effort to boost the confidence of the para-athletes, he wished them luck and asked them to go ahead and e
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Switzerland begins evacuating diplomatic staff from Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has started to prepare for the evacuation of its diplomatic personnel from Afghanistan amid a deteriorating security situation in the capital, Kabul, spokesperson of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Elisa Raggi
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Indian mission in Kabul working overtime to handle sudden spurt of visa ap
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): The Indian embassy in Kabul is working overtime to issue visas to Afghan nationals heading out of the war-torn country, sources told ANI amid a sudden spike in applicants for visas to India.
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Blast strikes security patrol in Yemen's Aden, 2 killed
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): A huge blast struck a patrol of the newly-recruited security forces in the country's southern port city of Aden on Saturday, leaving two soldiers killed, a government official told Xinhua.
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India should talk to Afghanistan openly, transparently: Yashwant Sinha
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14, (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Saturday that the Indian delegation should talk to Taliban openly and transparently, not secretly or in closed doors after Taliban spokesperson Muhammad Suhail Shaheen told ANI that the Indian del
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Lawmaker says 'darkest day' in Plymouth since WWII after 6 killed in shoot
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Plymouth [UK] August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A mass shooting which left six people dead in Plymouth, southwest England, is the darkest hour in the city's history since the end of World War II, a member of parliament for Plymouth, Sutton Luke Pollard told new agencies.
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Bill Gates Offers USD 1.5 Billion For Joint Climate Projects With US Gov't
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Bill Gates will put up USD 1.5 billion in matching funds if Congress approves a public-private partnership program to develop technologies that combat climate change, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told the Wall Street Journal
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4,889 people registered for door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination, 1,317 vacci
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 12 (ANI): In a reply to a petition filed in Bombay High Court in the matter of door-to-door vaccination drive for bed-ridden people, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday informed the court through an affidavit that of the 4,889 people
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At least 8 survivors found at Mi-8 crash site in Russia's Far East
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eight survivors were found at the Mi-8 helicopter crash site in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Territory, the rest are still being looked for, a spokesman for the Vityaz Aero airline told Sputnik.
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No fixed criteria for language to be considered for inclusion in Eighth Sc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that there are no fixed criteria for any language to be considered for inclusion under Eighth Schedule and no time frame can be provided for the consideration of the demands for inclus
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