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France demands free entry of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Xinj
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 22 (ANI): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has demanded free entry of international independent observers and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to China's western province of Xinjiang, home to about one million Uighurs.
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Maharashtra: Bus delayed, commuters block railway track
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Palghar (Maharashtra) [India], July 22 (ANI): The daily commuters waiting for the state transport bus staged a protest at Nalasopara railway station on Wednesday after the bus fails to arrive on time for their commute.
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Bengaluru: South Western Railway operates first long-haul goods train
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 21 (ANI): The South Western Railway on Tuesday operated a long-haul goods train for the first time in the Bengaluru division.
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Increase in coal production helped lower power price: Western Coalfields L
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 21 (ANI): Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) has increased the production of coal to 57.6 million tonnes in fiscal year 2019-20 and provided it cheaply to government and private thermal power stations in Central, West and South India. The move has helped ther
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US sanctions additional 11 Chinese firms over human rights violations in X
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) announced sanctions against a new group of 11 Chinese companies for their alleged involvement in human rights violations in China's western province of Xinjiang, home to about 1 million Uighurs Muslims.
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California wildfires prompt mandatory evacuations
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Los Angeles [USA], July 21 (ANI): Several wildfires burning in the western US state of California on Monday spread across vast acres of land, prompting local authorities to immediately issue mandatory evacuations.
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Kandivali Station Superintendent suspended in truck-train side collision c
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 21 (ANI): Kandivali Station Superintendent, pointsman, traffic inspector, and Kandivali Station Superintendent have been suspended in the truck-train side collision case in Mumbai, said the Western Railway.
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Bandra Terminus-Amritsar train stopped after side collision with a truck,
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 20 (ANI): The Paschim Express (Bandra Terminus-Amritsar) on Monday was halted for about 45 minutes after a collision with a truck while on the Kandivali-Borivali line, Western Railway said.
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Western Railways suffers loss of Rs 1,784 crores due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], July 20 (ANI): The COVID-19 crisis has caused the loss of earnings to the tune of Rs 1,784 crores to the Western Railways.
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Western Railway transports over 79,000 tonnes of essentials in 408 special
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): The Western Railway (WR) said on Sunday that its parcel special trains transported essential commodities weighing more than 79,000 tonnes from March 23 to July 18.
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China sends medical experts to Xinjiang after sudden spike in covid cases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 19 (ANI): China has sent a team of medical experts to Urumqi, capital of the western province of Xinjiang, in a bid to contain the latest outbreak after a spike in coronavirus infections, as per South China Morning Post reports.
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France: Fire destroys centuries-old organ at Nantes cathedral
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Nantes [France], July 18 (Sputnik/ANI): A violent blaze has completely destroyed an almost 400-year-old organ in the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in the western French city of Nantes, media said on Saturday.
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