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India abstains from vote on resolution extending investigation into Ukrain
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The resolution was, anyhow, adopted as 28 countries supported the draft Resolution, while 17 countries abstained including India and only 2 countries were against this. It is pertinent to mention that China is one of the countries which said no.
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India not going to end relations with Russia, hope it can use influence to
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In response to a question on the three countries being among the 32 nations that abstained in Thursday's UN General Assembly, Lu responded, "It's clear to us that the countries of Central Asia and India have had long, complex relations with Russia".
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Nepal's Communist Party lawmaker Dev Raj Ghimire elected as House Speaker
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
At least 100 votes were cast against him, while one lawmaker abstained. Just 138 votes were required for a win in the 275-strong lower house.
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Iran ousted from UN Women's Commission in 29-8 vote; India abstains
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In a vote of 29-8, some 16 countries, including India abstained from the vote. The eight nations who voted against were Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Russia and Zimbabwe.
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Tharoor applauds India's abstention of vote in UNSC on humanitarian concer
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday applauded India's abstention from the vote in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on a resolution that exempts humanitarian aid efforts from sanctions.
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Drew Barrymore reveals the reason for abstaining from sex since her divorc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Drew Barrymore has shared her thoughts on intimacy and revealed why she has abstained from sex since her divorce from ex-husband Will Kopelman in 2016.
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Lawyers abstain from work over arrest of an advocate by Delhi Police
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The lawyers at Delhi's District Court on Wednesday abstained from work over the arrest of an advocate for allegedly having a fake LLB degree. The lawyers claimed that the Delhi police arrested the lawyer despite the fact that the degree got verified by th
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Abstention at UNHRC in line with India's practice of not voting on country
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Justifying India's stand on abstaining from voting in UNHRC on atrocities of Uyghurs by China, India in its first comment said that the human rights of people in Xinjiang should be respected and the abstention of the vote at UNHRC is in line with India'
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'Intrinsic to our foreign policy, India prefers another approach to issue"
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): After India abstained on Thursday from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang, experts called this 'intrinsic' to foreign policy and that New Delhi would prefer another approach
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India abstains from voting in UNHRC over holding debate on rights situatio
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): India on Thursday abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang.
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India abstains from UN vote that condemns Russia's annexation of Ukrainian
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Friday that India is deeply disturbed by the recent turn of developments in Ukraine and stressed that dialogue is the only answer to settle differences and disputes after India abstained in
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Bajram Begaj elected as Albania's new president
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Tirana [Albania], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Albanian lawmakers elected Bajram Begaj, who held the post of the Chief of General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces (AAF), as the new president of Albania, with 78 votes in favor, four against and one abstained at a parliament session here on Saturday
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