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Kumaraswamy urges Congress to give its second preferential vote to JD(S) i
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 9 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, former state chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday urged the Congress to give its second preferential votes to JDS, if it really wanted to defeat the Bha
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Mamata Banerjee flays Centre for spoiling communal harmony in country
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lashed out at the Centre for spoiling the communal harmony in the country and urged communities to maintain peace in the larger interest of the common people.
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Human rights body urges Pakistan govt to address sense of deprivation in G
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government to address the "constitutional, political and economic deprivation" of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), media reported on Thursday.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urges Dr Yusuf Merchant to spread the
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI/ATK): In the virtual presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Over 40,000 kgs of illicit drugs and narcotic substances were destroyed in over 13 centres all over India to mark the Drug Destruction Day on June 8.
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H D Kumaraswamy urges Congress to support JD(S) in Rajya Sabha polls
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 9 (ANI): Ahead of Rajya Sabha elections, JD(S) leader and former state Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy urged the Congress to support JD(S), which he said has "more votes".
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Maharashtra BJP leader asks CM Yogi to include Marathi as optional languag
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Kripashankar Singh on Wednesday urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to include Marathi as an optional language for students of Secondary and Higher Secondary in the state.
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Risk of Monkeypox emergence in non-endemic countries 'real': Tedros
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 9 (ANI): Amid a surge in Monkeypox infections, director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged affected countries to identify all cases and contacts to control the outbreak in an address on Wednesday.
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Pakistan requests Iran to increase electricity export amid severe power cr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Minister of Development and Planning Ahsan Iqbal requested Iran to increase Iran's electricity exports to the Pakistani province of Balochistan, The Express Tribune reported citing an Iran News Agency.
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Gopakumar Sudhakaran appointed Deputy Chief Arbiter for Chess Olympiad, fi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gopakumar Sudhakaran's love for chess began after he was crowned under-12 Kerala champion. In 1996, the 15-year-old took over the pairing in a local tournament in his hometown after his arbiter father was assigned some urgent work.
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UNICEF appeals for funding to avert child deaths in East Africa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday appealed for urgent funding to help avert an "explosion of child deaths" which it said is looming in East Africa if the world does not act immediately.
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India Midfielder Anirudh Thapa urges teammates to put in full efforts in m
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thapa who was part of the Indian team at the AFC Asian Cup 2019, suggested that the current team has improved a lot in terms of the quality of players since their previous appearance in the continental showpiece and believes they can make the cut to the competition again.
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Sri Lankan PM urges citizens to use gas, fuel sparingly amid worsening cri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 7 (ANI): The next three weeks for Sri Lanka would be tough as the nation is facing a severe economic crisis, said Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday while urging citizens to use fuel and gas sparingly.
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