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November 8, 2016 6:28 PM

Migrant crisis: Hungary's parliament rejects Orban anti-refugee bill

Hungary's Parliament has rejected an attempt by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to block the settlement of refugees. His ruling Fidesz party failed to attract the two extra opposition votes necessary for a two-thirds majority in Parliament. The bill had sought to rebuff an European Union-set quota ...

November 8, 2016 6:28 PM

Voting underway in United States to elect country's 45th President

Voting is underway in the United States to elect the country's 45th President. After months of campaigning and debates, Americans will decide the fate of Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump in the polls. <br/><br/>The first ballots were cast in Dixville No...

November 8, 2016 4:01 PM

32 Indian peacekeepers injured in explosion in Congo

In Congo, 32 Indian peacekeepers were injured in an explosion in the city of Goma today. The U.N. mission said, the blast hit the peacekeepers while they were out on a morning run in the western Goma neighbourhood of Keyshero. <br/><br/>About 18,000 uniformed U.N. personnel operate in Co...

November 8, 2016 2:26 PM

India & Canada to work together on different research & development fields

India and Canada will work together on different research and development fields. Announcing this at a joint press meet in New Delhi, Science and Technology minister Harsh Vardhan said, both the countries are working on agriculture research, industrial research and in bio-technology fields.<br/&g...

November 8, 2016 2:24 PM

32 Indian peacekeepers injured in Congo

In Congo, 32 Indian peacekeepers were injured in an explosion in the city of Goma today. <br/><br/>The U.N. mission said, the blast hit the peacekeepers while they were out on a morning run in the western Goma neighbourhood of Keyshero. <br/><br/>About 18,000 uniformed U.N. p...

November 8, 2016 2:15 PM

Japan ratifies Paris Agreement after the pact enters into force

Japan today ratified the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement to decrease emissions and prevent climate change, four days after the global pact officially entered into effect.<br/><br/>The agreement seeks to wean the world economy off fossil fuels in the second half of the century, limiti...

November 8, 2016 1:51 PM

Voting begins in United States to elect country's 45th President

The first ballots in the US Presidential polls were cast today, just after midnight, in Dixville Notch, a sleepy hamlet, in New Hampshire, traditionally the first in the nation to vote on Election Day. Voters also cast ballots early today in two other small New Hampshire communities, Hart's Loc...

November 8, 2016 1:09 PM

Clinton has 70 per cent chance of winning elections: Pollster

A top American pollster has said, Hillary Clinton has a 70 per cent chance of winning the White House race against her rival Donald Trump. <br/><br/>FiveThirtyEight website's Nate Silver, who accurately predicted the outcome of 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, said Clinton&#039...

November 8, 2016 1:09 PM

India slams UNSC for not sanctioning Masood Azhar

India has strongly criticised the Security Council for taking months to consider sanctioning leaders of groups it has itself designated as terror entities. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, in a reference to the technical hold on India's bid to get Jais...

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