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Mike Pompeo urges UNSC to extend arms embargo against Iran
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 1 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) urged UN Security Council to extend the arms embargo on Iran which is scheduled to expire in October.
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Tremendous uncertainty remains on post-COVID-19 economic recovery - IMF Re
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (Sputnik/ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is unable to say with certainty how will the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic look like but the current rebound across the world is weaker than desired, IMF Research Director Gita Gopinath said.
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UN experts call for decisive measures against China for collective repress
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A group of independent experts have called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to "act with a sense of urgency" in taking decisive measures to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Tibet and Xinjiang province.
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This isn't Manmohan Singh's govt which Gandhi family used to remote contro
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 29 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that the Gandhi family is unable to understand that the current government is not that of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh which they used to remote control.
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CA students unable to appear for exams should be considered opt-out cases,
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): In a big relief for students pursuing chartered accountancy, the Supreme Court on Monday suggested the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to consider the students who are unable to appear for the exam to be considered an "opt-out case" even i
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Two staffers of human rights organisation killed in Kabul
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Two employees of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) were killed in an IED explosion on Saturday morning in PD12 of Kabul in the Pul-e-Charkhi area in the east of the city.
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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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Why unarmed soldiers were sent to face Chinese soldiers: Priyanka Gandhi a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the ongoing India-China standoff and asked 'why PM sent unarmed soldiers to face Chinese soldiers'.
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Kiara Advani pens down appreciation post for her 'girlfriends'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): As people have confined themselves indoors and avoiding social gatherings in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, actor Kiara Advani on Friday took to social media and wrote an appreciation post for her "girlfriends" as she is unable to meet them.
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Liverpool win Premier League title after 30 years
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 26 (ANI): Liverpool have won the Premier League 2019-20 season after a gap of 30 years. As Chelsea defeated Manchester City 2-1 on Friday at Stamford Bridge means Liverpool have an unassailable 23-point lead over City with seven games left in the competition.
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US Senate passes bill to sanction China over Hong Kong security law
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday (local time) passed a bill by unanimous consent that would impose sanctions on China for its decision to implement the controversial national security law on Hong Kong, which critics say will erode the city's democratic freedoms.
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No annual, other fee to be charged till school remains closed: J'khand gov
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 25 (ANI): Jharkhand School Education and Literacy Department has written a letter to the head of all private unaided accredited schools, ordering that no annual, transportation or any other kind of fee will be charged from parents till the school is closed.
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