February 2025

Sydney, Feb 28 (IANS) A health alert has been issued over a local outbreak of measles in Australia's second-most populous state.Authorities in the state of Victoria on Thursday night said that an outbreak of measles has been identified in…
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Kinshasa, Feb 28 (IANS) Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), are investigating a new cluster of illnesses and community deaths in Equateur Province, where…
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India and the European Union have agreed to go ahead with a free trade agreement this year, which will be "the largest deal of this kind" in the world, European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen said on…
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Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) Amid Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's claim that the JD(U) and BJP leaders were preventing the entry of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant into state politics, Bihar Rural Work Minister Ashok…
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hosting the European Union (EU) College of Commissioners - a first in India-EU partnership - Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on Friday said that…
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A new World Bank report on Friday said that India needs to grow by 7.8 per cent on average over the next 22 years to achieve the country’s aspirations of reaching high-income status by 2047 -- a target that is…
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Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of tarnishing the image of the new…
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Pune, Feb 28 (IANS) The bounty reward in the arrest case of Dattatray Gade, the accused in the Pune bus rape matter, will be given to last informant, said Pune Police Commissioner on Friday, adding that they are also probing whether the…
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Ahmedabad, Feb 28 (IANS) In a significant stride toward justice for victims of sexual crimes, Gujarat's courts delivered a powerful message on February 25 by sentencing seven rapists to life imprisonment in a single day under the Protection…
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Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) A two-day synchronised vulture census has commenced in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, covering 106 locations across the three states.The survey aims to monitor vulture populations in seven protected areas where…
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