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Global Partners commit to step up the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): At the kick-off meeting of the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment, leaders, global health organizations, civil society groups and people affected by the diseases vowed collective action to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and acceler
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Pak faces flak after handcuffed picture of dead professor goes viral
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 22 (ANI): Pakistan has been facing strong criticism from members of civil society and human rights after handcuffed pictures of a dead professor went viral on social media.
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Afghanistan not on the verge of collapsing: Ghani
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said that Afghanistan is not on the verge of collapse, as it has "forces, resources, and the public, wealth" not to allow a collapse.
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Civil society members call for restoring democracy in Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Civil society members from Maldives have called for restoring democracy in the wake of ongoing political turmoil in the island nation. They have sought help from the international community to have free and fare presidential elections scheduled to be held on
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Amnesty to Pakistan: End alarming poll-linked crackdown
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 15 (ANI): New York-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International has appealed to authorities in Pakistan to end what it described as an alarming crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other civil society members in the run up to the
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Manipur: Peace rally organised ahead of Centre-Naga political talks
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Ukhrul [Manipur], June 2 (ANI): Ahead of the Centre-Naga talks, Tangkhul Civil Society organized a peace rally at Manipur's Ukhrul district on Saturday.
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Staqu unveils AI-powered smart glass
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 13 (ANI): In a bid to revolutionise personal security, artificial intelligence (AI) startup Staqu announced the launch of its AI-powered smart glass, capable of both, speech and image recognition, thereby enabling it to identify potential threats to the civil society,
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Amnesty International asks Maldives to release 'peaceful' protesters
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb 28 (ANI): Amnesty International has called on the authorities in the Maldives to immediately and unconditionally release the people "arbitrarily" detained under the State of Emergency (SOE) and halt attacks on "peaceful" protesters.
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Protest staged in Karachi over release of jailed activists
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 18 (ANI): Several political and civil society activists have staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to demand the release of all activists imprisoned in Pakistan's northern region.
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Civil Society Organisations expect increased spending in healthcare from U
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 27 (ANI): With the Union Budget scheduled to be presented on February 1, civil society organisations expect a significant increase in healthcare and education this year, from the last full-fledged budget of the Narendra Modi-led government.
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Global civil society groups tell Pakistan to reverse NGO ban
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec.16 (ANI): Condemning the Government of Pakistan's closure of over 20 international aid agencies "without any verifiable cause", a group of international civil society organisations have described the decision as part of a growing and worrying trend of shrinking space fo
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India is the most corrupt country in Asia: Forbes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): If the statistics furnished by the Transparency International (TI), an anti-corruption global civil society organisation, are anything to go by, India has a long way ahead to fulfil one of the many objectives as told by the current Indian government - de
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