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Mexico admits corruption in its drug regulatory agency
World | Oct 16, 2021, 07:52 AM ISTHealth Secy Jorge Alcocer said “there was corruption” among a group of employees of the Federal Commission on Medical Risks who held up import permits for precursor chemicals needed to make medicines.
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India pledges to contribute $5 million in 2020 to UN Palestine refugee agency
World | Nov 13, 2019, 03:32 PM ISTIndia has pledged to contribute USD 5 million in 2020 to the UN Palestine refugee agency, even as it voiced concern over the agency's "dire" financial situation due to the funding gaps that risk its core services to the refugees in the fields of education and health.
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Japan launches its own GPS satellite to enhance navigation precision
World | Jun 01, 2017, 03:42 PM ISTThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today launched the latest version of the H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashim Island Space centre in Kagoshima
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IPL betting, laundering case: ED conducts multiple searches
India | Jul 14, 2015, 06:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Searches were today conducted in several cities including Mumbai, Nagpur, Bhopal and the national capital as part of Enforcement Directorate's probe in the multi-crore betting and money laundering case in the Indian Premier
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Harry Styles was not suitable for Cara Delevingne: Agency
Hollywood | Jan 07, 2013, 02:48 PM ISTLondon, Jan 7: Bosses at a modelling didn't think catwalk star Cara Delevingne should be dating a boyband member Harry Styles.Her career is being handeled by Sarah Doukas, the boss of top London model agency
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Lokpal in present form does not address our concerns: CBI
India | Jul 13, 2012, 08:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 13: The Lokpal Bill in its present form “seriously compromises” CBI's autonomy of investigation and does not address its concerns, the agency told a Parliamentary panel today.The CBI also contended that multiplicty
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Sebi Launches India's First KYC Registration Agency
Jan 04, 2012, 05:38 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 4: Capital markets regulator Sebi said it is talking to other regulators to adopt its uniform know-your-customer (KYC) requirements as also the single-point agency or platform that was launched here today.“We are informally
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Japan Cabinet OKs New Nuclear Safety Agency
World | Aug 15, 2011, 05:04 PM ISTTokyo, Aug 15: Japan's Cabinet has approved a plan to expand the main nuclear regulatory agency and move it to the environment ministry from the trade ministry where it has been criticized as being too
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Workers Evacuated From Japan's N-Plant Amid Radiation Fears
World | Mar 27, 2011, 09:52 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 27: Workers were evacuated from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant today after radiation levels surged 10 million times higher than usual, dealing a major blow to efforts to avoid a meltdown of the