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EU demands China allow 'meaningful access' to rights observers to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 23 (ANI): The European Union has demanded that China allow independent rights observers "meaningful access" into the Xinjiang province to probe abuses, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
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UK urged to pressure Pakistan to hold those responsible for forced convers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): Underlining that Pakistan government narrative and policies have consistently been anti-Hindu, the World Sindhi Congress, an NGO, urged the United Kingdom to pressure Islamabad to hold all parties and community members accountable for forced conversions an
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Amit Shah hails Gujarat municipal poll results, says BJP won 85 pc of seat
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 23 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday hailed the results of municipal corporation elections in Gujarat, saying the BJP won around 85 per cent of the seats it contested and that party continues on its "development journey" under the leader
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Former India spinner Bishan Singh Bedi 'doing fine' after bypass surgery
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Former India skipper Bishan Singh Bedi has undergone successful bypass surgery and is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon.
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Research finds college students with ADHD are likely to experience signifi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], February 23 (ANI): A new research confirms that students with ADHD face consequential challenges in succeeding and completing college and predicts ways academic success can be improved.
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George Clooney to executive produce Ohio State abuse scandal docu-series
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): American actor George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures are partnering with Sports Illustrated Studios to produce a docu-series about sports journalist Jon Wertheim's cover story. The series will detail the decades-long abuse scandal in the at
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States/UTs roll out Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0, over 29,000 chil
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The States/Union Territories (UTs) have rolled out the first phase of Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 to cover children and pregnant women who missed the routine immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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India commences supply of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa under COVAX facility
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): India on Tuesday commenced the supply of 'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccines to Africa under the COVAX facility.
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Human rights agenda continues to face severe challenges, most of all from
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Noting that terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind and India is at the forefront of the fight against it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there is a need for clear realisation in bodies dealing wi
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G7 'firmly condemns' Myanmar coup, use of force against protestors
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 23 (ANI): The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven most developed countries on Tuesday 'firmly condemned' the deadly use of force by Myanmar's military against people protesting a coup.
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Varavara Rao gets bail in Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to P Varavara Rao on medical grounds in connection with a 2016 case of arson at an iron ore mine in Maharashtra's Surjagarh.
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UK unemployment rate up to 5.1 pc in Q4 of 2020
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI): The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1 per cent in the three months to December last year, while the number of workers on payroll has fallen by 726,000 since the COVID-19 pandemic began in February 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Tuesd
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