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  Mexico admits corruption in its drug regulatory agency

  World | October 16, 2021 7:52 IST

  Health 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 | November 13, 2019 15:32 IST

  India 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 | June 01, 2017 15:42 IST

  The 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 | July 14, 2015 18:31 IST

  New 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 | January 07, 2013 14:48 IST

  London, 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 | July 13, 2012 20:46 IST

  New 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

  January 04, 2012 17:38 IST

  Mumbai, 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 | August 15, 2011 17:04 IST

  Tokyo, 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 | March 27, 2011 21:52 IST

  Tokyo/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