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'Unsolved Mysteries' helmer Richard Ross is no more!
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Longtime TV writer-director-producer and guitarist with the popular L.A. band Dick and Jane Family Orchestra Richard Ross have passed away aged 70 of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles.
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Norwegian Refugee Council head urges the West to engage with Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Egeland, during an interview with TOLO News, talked about the Taliban's recent decision banning women from going to schools, universities and work.
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Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting Minister of Economy issued a letter barring women from working in international and national NGOs, a further violation of women's rights with the double blow of preventing the deli
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Himachal: Kangra authorities ban all trekking activities above 3,000 mts i
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kangra district authorities have banned all trekking activities above 3,000 meters and prior permission is to be obtained for low-altitude trekking routes too, according to an order on Thursday.
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Afghanistan among eight countries worst hit by hunger: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Afghanistan is among the eight countries worst hit by hunger. The number of people facing severe hunger in Afghanistan increased from 2.25 million people in 2019 to 6.6 million in 2022, Khaama Press reported.
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UN refugee agency seeks reversal of ban on women aid workers in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and girls. The most recent restrictions will force the UN Refugee Agency to temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children.
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G7 calls on Taliban to 'urgently reverse' women aid workers ban
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The G7 foreign ministers said Afghan women are central to humanitarian and basic needs operations. "Unless they participate in aid delivery in Afghanistan, NGOs will be unable to reach the country's most vulnerable people to provide food, medicine, winterization, and other materials and serv
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Time-critical programmes' in Afghanistan suffer due to ban on women staff:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The UN agencies in a joint statement urged the Taliban to reverse the decision banning women from working in NGOs and barring them from attending schools and universities.
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Blinken calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women working in NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Antony Blinken urged Taliban to reverse their decision of barring women from working in NGOs.
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Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green diagnosed with cancer
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Founding drummer of the alt-rock band Modest Mouse, Jeremiah Green has been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
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India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan women, and girls, as well as a ban on female employees of NGOs and international organizations from going to work with utmost "concern", India's Permanent Ambassador to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Wednesday, adding
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Afghanistan: A no women's land
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ever since the American forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, and the Taliban grasped power, the country gradually started to change into a prison for women.
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