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Security law puts Hong Kong pastors at risk of being extradited to China:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 24 (ANI): With China pushing ahead with the implementation of the national security law on Hong Kong, pastors including pro-democracy activists and religious leaders face a risk of being extradited to mainland China for trial, according to a US-based Christian watchdog.
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No data to prove a person once infected with coronavirus has immunity to C
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 30 (Sputnik/ANI): There is no reliable evidence that a person who previously contracted any infection of the coronavirus family has immunity for COVID-19, said Anna Popova, head of Russia's public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, on Saturday.
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Over 9.1 million COVID-19 tests conducted in Russia since the start of out
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 26 (ANI): More than 9.1 million tests to detect COVID-19 have been conducted in Russia since the start of the outbreak, the country's public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Tuesday.
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Trump fires State Department official Steve Linick
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): US State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was ousted on Friday evening, becoming the latest government watchdog to be removed from his post by the Donald Trump administration.
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Pakistan removes thousands of names from terror watch list: Report
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 21 (ANI): Pakistan has removed thousands of names from its terrorist watch list in what the country says is an effort to meet its obligations ahead of a new round of assessments by a global anti-money-laundering watchdog.
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Congress must act as watchdog to protect poor during lockdown: Rahul Gandh
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked fellow party members to act as a 'watchdog' to ensure that the interests of the poor and vulnerable section of the society are protected during the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the coun
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FATF to evaluate Pakistan's actions on curbing terror financing
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 15 (ANI): Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global terror financing watchdog, will this week evaluate whether Pakistan has taken sufficient steps and implemented its plan of action to fight the global menace.
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Apple fined 25 million euros for slowing down iPhones in France
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 7 (ANI): France's consumer watchdog, Directorate-General for Competition, Consumption and the Suppression of Fraud (DGCCRF), has fined Apple 25 million euros for intentionally slowing down iPhones in the region.
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Legislature should act as a watchdog on financial accountability of execut
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday that legislatures should act as a watchdog on the financial accountability of the executive.
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UN refuses to comment on India's Citizenship Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United Nations on Tuesday (local time) refused to comment on the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, stating that the only concern of the watchdog is to ensure that all governments peruse non-discriminatory laws.
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US' concern over prevailing terror hubs in Pakistan worrisome: Report
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Nov 16 (ANI): A European think-tank has said that despite several restrictions and warnings by global watchdogs, the United States's concern over prevailing terror hubs in Pakistan is portraying a grim picture of the security situation in the region.
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FATF blues looms on Pak as group finds deficiencies in terror combating me
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 8 (ANI): The danger for Pakistan of remaining in Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey-list is not yet over as the anti-terror financing watchdog in its latest report has found serious deficiencies in the country's measures and frameworks to curb money launderin
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