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Odisha passes resolutions on Jagannath Heritage Corridor project
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 27 (ANI): The Odisha Assembly on Saturday unanimously passed three resolutions regarding the Jagannath Heritage Corridor project, informed the state government.
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New climate pledges 'far short' of meeting Paris Agreement goals: UN
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 27 (ANI): The planet is on "red alert" because governments are failing to meet their climate change goals, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.
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US Civil society groups, lawmakers press Biden to support India's TRIPS wa
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Hundreds of civil society groups in the US, along with several progressive lawmakers, are keeping up the pressure on the Biden administration to support India's TRIPS waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, reported Inside US Trade - an online news service.
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India to send second batch of medicines to Palestine as COVID-19 assistanc
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 27 (ANI): Noting the fact that pandemic's impact on the people of Gaza has been particularly severe due to fragile healthcare infrastructure, India on Saturday assured Palestine of providing the second batch of medicines and also facilitate an early supply of vaccines
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UN Security Council calls for cease-fires to speed up COVID-19 vaccinatio
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New York [US], February 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling on all member states to support a "sustained humanitarian pause" to local conflicts, in order to allow for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Unjustified, inaccurate conclusions: Saudi Arabia rejects US' report impli
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], February 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has categorically rejected the United States' report implicating Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman for approving the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling the assessment negative, false and unacceptable.
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UN calls for immediate release of 317 girls abducted from school in Nigeri
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday called for the immediate release of several hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in northwest Nigeria.
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India says UN panel's conclusion on VVIP chopper scam accused Michel are '
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): India on Friday rejected a United Nations panel's call to release Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the AugustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, on the grounds that the conclusions drawn by the panel are based on limited information and biased allegati
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Jordan Henderson undergoes surgery on groin injury
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], February 26 (ANI): Liverpool on Friday announced that Jordan Henderson has undergone an operation after suffering a groin injury during the club's Premier League clash against Everton. The captain was withdrawn after half an hour of the match on February 20 as he was unable t
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Positive step: UN Chief hopes India-Pak pact to provide opportunity for fu
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New York [US], February 26 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is encouraged by India and Pakistan's decision to strictly observe all agreements on a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and hopes that the "positive step" would "provide an opportunity for further di
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India offers 'Made in India' vaccines to all foreign diplomats and their f
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Envoys, UN workers and people working in intergovernmental agencies and their families may not have to worry about Covid-19 vaccines. The Indian government has offered India-made vaccine in a special Covid vaccine drive for diplomats in all locations
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North Korea's Kim appoints new Navy, Air Force Chiefs in 'generation shift
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for tougher discipline within the army and appointed new chiefs of the navy and the air force as he chaired an enlarged meeting of the central military commission, state media reported on Thursday.
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