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States demand GST compensation for another 5 years
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Several states and UTs including Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Delhi on Thursday urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to extend GST compensation cess window to states, which is expiring in June 2022, for another five years.
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UP Assembly polls: All political parties want elections to be conducted on
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 30 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra said on Thursday that political parties in Uttar Pradesh met the poll panel and urged that assembly elections should be held on time following all COVID-19 protocols.
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Telangana Governor urges people to take 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 30 (ANI): Telangana Governor Tamilisai Sounderrajan has congratulated the state on achieving 100 per cent first dose vaccination and urged people to take the second doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Mumbai reports 2,510 new COVID cases; Maharashtra minister Aditya Thackera
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 29 (ANI): Mumbai reported 2,510 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours, informed the state health bulletin.
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EC meets political parties in UP; leaders urge poll panel not to delay As
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 29 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) team on Tuesday met all the major political parties in Uttar Pradesh where many of them urged the ECI to not postpone or delay the 2022 Assembly elections in the State, amid concerns over the new Omic
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COVID-19: Panneerselvam urges Stalin to take 'appropriate action' to curb
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 29 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Coordinator and former deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Wednesday urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to take "appropriate action" to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of
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Seoul opposes Tokyo's bid to include mine known for forced labor on UNESCO
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The South Korean Foreign Ministry urged Tokyo on Tuesday to stop pressing for the inclusion of the closed Sado mine, associated with the forced labor of Koreans, as part of Japan's industrial heritage and on the UNESCO World Heritage List, pledging me
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Afghanistan: Shia community urges Taliban to formalize sect, protect citiz
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Shias, who have faced persecution in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, urged the Taliban to formalize their sect and protect their citizenship rights in the framework of an inclusive government.
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Pakistan spymaster wants no coverage in media
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Pakistan's spymaster Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum has urged authorities not to release to media organisations photographs and video footage of him at official meetings.
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France tightens COVID-19 measures but no curfew for New Year's Eve
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): France's Prime Minister Jean Castex and Health Minister Olivier Veran announced a series of new measures on Monday to curb the spread of COVID-19 during the New Year festivities and urged their countrymen to respect the preventive measures during the
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Reporters Without Borders urges China to release ailing Chinese COVID-19 j
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 28 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday urged Beijing to release Zhang Zhan, one of the first of China's "citizen journalists" who was jailed for coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID: Delhi Gym Association urges L-G, Delhi govt to reconsider closure o
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Delhi Gym Association has written a letter to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regarding Graded Response Action Plan for COVID-19 wherein the gymnasiums are asked to be closed in the yellow zone with 0.5 per cent p
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