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Show big heart, slash taxes on fuel: Maha Deputy CM urges Centre
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said the Centre should show a "big heart" and reduce taxes on fuel to provide relief to common citizens who are reeling under high prices of petrol and diesel.
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British lawmakers urge UK govt to act tough against China on rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): A group of British lawmakers have urged the Boris Johnson government to take tough action against China over its treatment of the Uyghur community in Xinjiang province.
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Afghanistan concerned over Taliban Shuras operating in Quetta, Peshawar an
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Afghanistan has once again urged Pakistan to end its support to the Taliban who are hell-bent to destroy the gains made by Afghanistan in the last one decade. Taliban fighters are capturing the main centres of various rural districts of Afghanistan and hav
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Delhi HC backs Uniform Civil Code, urges centre to take necessary steps
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Delhi high court has backed the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) observing that there is the need for a Code - 'common to all' in the country and had asked the central government to take the necessary steps in this matter. "In modern Indian society, wh
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Maha minister asks Centre for COVID-19 vaccines, after MoS Pawar's 'don't
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI): Maharashtra cabinet minister and NCP chief Nawab Malik on Friday urged the Centre to not let the state's COVID-19 vaccination drive stop due to a paucity of vaccines.
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Media key stakeholder in creating enabling environment for COVID-appropria
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Acknowledging the media as an important stakeholder in creating an enabling environment for vaccination by busting myths, fears, and apprehensions surrounding COVID-19 vaccination, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry informed that more than
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US considers urgent visas for vulnerable Afghan women after troop pull out
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 8 (ANI): Human and Women rights activists have asked the Biden administration to provide up to 2,000 visas specifically for vulnerable women and women's advocates who are at risk after the US troops pull out from Afghanistan.
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UN must recognise 1971 Bangladesh genocide by Pakistan forces: Exiled Kash
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 8 (ANI): Exiled Kashmiri leader Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has urged the United Nations and other international institutions to recognise Pakistan's genocide during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence and called Islamabad to apologise for the war crime.
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Taiwan vows to defends it sovereignty as Xi pledges reunification
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], July 8 (ANI): Vowing to defend its sovereignty, Taiwan urged China to stop military coercion and political oppression against the island.
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IMF calls for urgent action to address worsening 'two-track' recovery amid
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): As Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors are set to gather later this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday called for urgent action to address a worsening "two-track" recovery.
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SCBA urges CJI to resume physical hearing of SC
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Keeping in view the fact that the current Covid situation is normal, and there is a dip in cases in Delhi, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has once again written a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana and requested
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China urges US to review Chinese students' visa application denied under T
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): China has lodged stern representations to the United States over the rejection of visa applications from Chinese students, under rules of former President Donald Trump's administration.
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