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India, US committed to work together in achieving ambitious climate and cl
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): India and the United States are firmly committed to work together in achieving ambitious climate and clean energy targets, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) has said.
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US Senate passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 23 (ANI): The Senate on Thursday (local time) passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill that aims to end violence specifically targeted at Asian communities in the United States.
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US to double public climate finance to developing countries by 2024
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): The United States has said it intends to double public climate finance to developing countries by 2024.
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UK declares China's crackdown on Uyghurs as 'genocide'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a "genocide", joining the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in condemning Beijing's actions against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region.
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China has far greater nuclear capacity than thought: Top US Commander
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States has only learned in the past week that China has developed a fast breeder capacity allowing it to make far more plutonium nuclear warheads than US assessments had previously thought possible, according to a top US Commander.
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US calls on Pakistan authorities to nab culprits behind attack on journali
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States on Thursday expressed grave concerns over the attack of Pakistan's leading journalist Absar Alam in Islamabad and called on local authorities to apprehend the culprits.
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UK PM extends support to Biden's emissions target commitment, calls it 'ga
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that President Joe Biden's announcement to commit the United States to a roughly 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is a "game-changer" for the world.
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US announces to cut greenhouse emissions in half by 2030
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): Laying out his vision for a greener economy, US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the United States would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 as part of the country's efforts to combat climate change.
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Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen: US rights com
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen as the government systematically enforced blasphemy and anti-Ahmadiyya laws, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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US senate confirms Indian American Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney Gene
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Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) confirmed Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States, making her the first Indian-American to serve in this role.
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US will continue to support people of Myanmar against military coup, says
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States will continue to support the people of Myanmar against the military coup, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
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China continues to detain Uyghurs, other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang: US ri
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The Chinese government has continued to detain Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang despite claiming to have released all detainees, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religiou
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