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Tokyo Olympics: Missing Uganda weightlifter spotted
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old Ugandan weightlifter, who went missing on Friday has been spotted at JR Nagoya Station, about 200 kilometers from Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture where he was originally staying.
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Arogya World wins Google AI for Social Good Support
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Today, Arogya World, a global health nonprofit, announced that it has been selected for the coveted 2021 Google AI for Social Good Program. Google experts reviewed over 150 projects from 17 countries from Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda scraps controversial social media tax
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda on Thursday scrapped the controversial social media tax in the 2021/2022 financial year budget.
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Uganda suspends mass COVID-19 vaccination amid shortage of vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official said on Tuesday.
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Ugandan minister wounded, daughter, driver killed in assassination bid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], June 2 (ANI): Daughter of Katumba Wamala, Uganda's Minister of Works and transport was killed in an alleged "targeted drive-by shooting" which left the former top general wounded.
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Ugandan President sworn in for new term
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday to serve for the sixth five-year term in office.
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Police arrest six African nationals in Pune with drugs worth Rs 67 lakhs
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): The Pune city police on Thursday arrested six African nationals from Tanzania and Uganda, and recovered drugs worth Rs 67 lakhs from their possession.
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Uganda International: Indian shuttlers Varun, Malvika clinch gold medals
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur and Malvika Bansod produced thrilling performances to emerge champions at the 2021 Uganda International in Kampala.
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8 killed in Uganda mudslides
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], Feburary 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed and three others injured on Thursday in mudslides caused by heavy downpours in the western Ugandan district of Buhweju, police said.
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13.35 kg heroin, 1 kg cocaine seized from 5 drug traffickers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Delhi Zonal Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday said that a total of 13.35 kg heroin and 1 kg cocaine has been seized and 5 traffickers of an international drug syndicate have been arrested in an ongoing investigation.
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9.8 kg heroin recovered at Delhi airport, 2 Ugandan nationals apprehend
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Delhi Airport Customs on Sunday apprehended two Ugandan nationals and recovered 9.8 kilograms of heroin from their possession.
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US concerned by reported voting irregularities in Uganda, calls for invest
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The US State Department has expressed concerns over protests and alleged election irregularities in Uganda, where long-time leader Yoweri Museveni was re-elected earlier this month.
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