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Betel leaf farmers in Lucknow incurring losses due to lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): Betel leaf farmers, here are incurring losses as they are unable to sell their products during the nationwide lockdown in wake of COVID-19.
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un makes 'first public appearance' in 20 days
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 2 (ANI): Contradicting speculations over his health condition, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his 'first public appearance' after 20 days of absence.
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Urns pile up at Lucknow's Baikunth Dham as lockdown affects funerary ritua
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Several lockers at Baikunth Dham in the city are brimming with the 'asthi' (ashes) as families of the deceased are unable to collect these for immersion in the holy river of Ganga due to the movement restriction imposed under the coronavirus i
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UN, Middle East and Europe -- MEA announced key strategic appointments to
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday announced four key appointments.
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TS Tirumurti is India's new Permanent Representative to UN
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): TS Tirumurti has been appointed the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (UN) at New York, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday.
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On this day: Aravinda de Silva became first player to score two unbeaten c
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): It was on this day in 1997, that the former Sri Lanka batsman Aravinda de Silva became the first player in the history of cricket to score two unbeaten centuries in the same Test.
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VMate launches 'Ghar Baithe Bano Lakhpati' initiative with Bharti to offer
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Trending short video app VMate has come up with a unique opportunity for its users to earn money by creating videos on the app even as they continue to stay at home due to the lockdown triggered by COVID-19 pandemic. Through the campaign, VMate is p
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Police turn messiahs in J&K amid Covid-19 outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 28 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir police along with the local NGOs are helping the needy by distributing face masks, food, hand santisers and other relief materials to those who are unable to move freely due to the Covid-19 lockdown in the Valley.
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UN urges Bangladesh to take in 500 Rohingyas stranded at sea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Bangladesh to "immediately allow" two boats with 500 Rohingya refugees onboard "to come ashore and receive necessary food, water and health care."
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3 IRS officers chargesheeted, stripped of charge for publishing unauthoris
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued the chargesheet to three senior IRS officers under Rule 14 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, for the violation of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and has divested them of their current responsibilities.
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Kim Jong-un is 'alive and well', says South Korea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 27 (ANI): Amid widespread speculations over the health and absence of North Korea's Kim Jong-un, South Korea has yet again refuted reports of the 36-year-old leader's poor health, saying he is "alive and well."
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UN to screen Earth Anthem penned by poet-diplomat Abhay K
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], April 26 (ANI): The United Nations, Department of Global Communications, Civil Society Unit along with DGC Civil Society Youth Representatives Steering Committee will host a youth-led live event to commemorate Earth Day on Monday (April 27) from 9 am-11 am (local t
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