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S Korea for high-level talks with North's delegation
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 5 (ANI): South Korea will seek to have high-level talks with the North Korean delegation, led by its ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam who will attend the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on February 9, the Unification Ministry said on Monday.
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N Korea invited to participate in Pyeongchang Paralympics
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 2 (ANI): The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Friday invited North Korea to participate in the next month's Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics.
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N Korean Olympic athletes reach South Korea
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Yangyang [South Korea], Feb 01 (ANI): North Korean Olympic athletes on Thursday reached South Korea for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Games.
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Olympic doping ban on 28 Russian athletes lifted
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb 1 (ANI): Lifetime Olympic ban for doping violations at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games on twenty-eight Russian athletes was lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport [Cas] on Thursday.
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Solar products on demand in Kashmir
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): In an endeavour to cope with the irregular electricity supply, people in the Kashmir Valley are now using solar panels and solar-powered lamps.
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Kashmir hosts water sports camp in winter
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The temperature is dipping in Srinagar and the cold wave is bone chilling but this has not stopped local authorities from organizing a water sports coaching camp at the Nehru Park Training Centre near the Dal Lake here.
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N. Korea 'calls off' joint Olympic event with South
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jan. 30 (ANI): North Korea has called off a joint cultural event with South Korea after the former expressed displeasure over the "biased" media reports about the upcoming show.
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Russia to field 30-35 athletes in Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 29 (ANI): Around 30 to 35 Russian Paralympians have been allowed to compete in the Winter Paralympic Games as "neutral athletes" in five sports disciplines, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said in a statement on Monday.
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Tourists enjoy snowfall at Gulmarg, steady business for sledge owners
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Gulmarg(Kashmir)[India], 27 January (ANI): Tourists both domestic and International are thronging the winter resort, Gulamrg which recently experienced its first snowfall.
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US Olympic men's hockey general manager dies unexpectedly
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): General manager of the U.S Olympic men's hockey team, Jim Johannson, passed away, just weeks before the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, USA Hockey announced.
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South's opposition protest against fielding unified team in Winter Games
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jan. 21 (ANI): South Korea's opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, protested against the decision of fielding a unified Korean ice hockey team in the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Sunday.
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Reasons to wear sunglasses in winter
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): If sunglasses keep your eyes safe from harmful rays in the summer months, then they are twice as much needed in winters.
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