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Jal Shakti Ministry to display tableau showing water supply at altitude of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): The tableau of the Ministry of Jal Shakti at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday will depict the government's achievement of providing clean tap water to homes of people living in Ladakh at an altitude of more than 13,000 feet in harsh winters.
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Webinar questions Olympics committee decision to award winter games to Bei
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 25 (ANI): A webinar held in London on Monday by The Open Forum questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to award China to host the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 amid reports of genocide against the Uyghurs.
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Winter Olympics' sponsors keep low profile over Beijing's human rights abu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Sponsors and advertisers of Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 are keeping a low profile over human rights abuses in Xinjiang as firms face risks of missing global marketing opportunities in China, according to a media report.
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Beijing 2022 COVID-19 countermeasures adjusted even as cases of virus emer
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 25 (ANI): The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOCOG) and the Chinese authorities have adjusted the Games' COVID-19 rules, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive tests.
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US media driving a wedge between Beijing, Moscow on Ukraine issue: China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 25 (ANI): Accusing US media of making attempts to drive a wedge in Beijing-Moscow relations, China on Monday rejected a US media report which stated that China had asked Russia not to "invade" Ukraine during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
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Beijing Winter Olympic teams register 1st case of COVID-19
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Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): Beijing Winter Olympics reported the first case of COVID-19 among national team members that entered China on Sunday.
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China sees air pollution risk during Beijing Winter Olympics, authorities
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Bejing [China], January 24 (ANI): As China is all set to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the country's Ministry of Ecology and Environment has announced that it will take measures to restrict the operations of some air polluters, a media report said.
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Traditional dry fish Hogard in great demand in Kashmir's winter
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 24 (ANI): With the onset of the harsh winter season in Kashmir, the local traditional dry fish "Hogard" is in great demand in Kashmiri markets.
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Xi shows skill in carving out a likely third term
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 24 (ANI): 2022 is very important for China. Next month it hosts the Beijing Winter Olympics, while later is the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 20th Party Congress. The latter will shape the constitution of China's communist leadership and the country's policy prioritie
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China to look for greater dominance in 2022 post 'Grand Spectacle of Beiji
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): After the Winter Olympics' Grand Spectacle comes to a close in Beijing, in late February, multiple threats of conflict may arise in 2022 as China looks out for greater dominance in Taiwan, Soloman Islands, Lithuania, Greenland, Horn of Africa, reported Poli
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US' allies haven't danced to Washington's tune on Olympic boycott: Chinese
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): As the villages for the Beijing Winter Olympic opened for pre-Games trials on Sunday, a Chinese state media report slammed the US on the issue of the Olympic boycott being staged by several countries over human rights issues in China.
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Protestors in Turkey call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], January 24 (ANI): A few days before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, dozens of protestors took to the street in the capital city of Turkey, calling for the boycott of the mega sporting event over rights abuses in China.
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