For future reference , this worked for me ( I could not use additional query parameter due to project requirements) :
HttpWebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.CreateHttp(url);
if (request.Headers == null)
{
request.Headers = new WebHeaderCollection();
}
request.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.IfModifiedSince] = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString();
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