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Indian NGO asks UN to add more provisions, budget for people with disabili
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
They organised a side event during the ongoing 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council with a theme titled "Impact of Covid-19 on Disabled in India" in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Samarthanam raises awareness about impact of post-Covid on persons with di
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The first and second waves of COVID19 had adversely affected globally to persons with disabilities. Thousands of persons with disabilities lost their lives due to infection of COVID19, starvation, and hunger, without medication and treatment, rehabilitation services and got secondary complic
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US: Memorial Council celebrates 103rd Birth Anniversary of Bangabandhu in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
At the Taj Mahal Party Center in Jamaica, New York, a celebration programme was held to mark the 103rd birthday of "father of the Nation" Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and the 52nd anniversary of the country's independence on Tuesday.
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EU condemns large-scale, gender-based discrimination by Taliban in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As gender-based discrimination continues to remain prevalent in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, the European Union (EU) in an official statement has said that the decision of the organisation to deny education to females and work at NGOs has hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid in
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In Putin and Russia, Jinping sees counterweight to American, NATO influenc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"I think you've seen over the years that these two countries are growing close together. I wouldn't go so far to call it an alliance. ... (it's) a marriage of convenience, because that's what I think it is. In President Putin and Russia, President Xi sees a counterweight to American influenc
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Activists raise concerns over human rights situation in PoK, Gilgit Baltis
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Organised by the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) at John Knox Center, the participants including intellectuals and researchers discussed about radicalism, exploitation of resources, enforced disappearances and other issues concerning the region.
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US has significant concerns about China's behaviour: White House
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"In some cases, we have significant concerns about China's behaviour, particularly their coercive and aggressive behaviour for instance in the South China Sea in pursuing false maritime claims, concerns about intellectual theft and some trade practices," Kirby said in response to a question
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China's developmental projects impacts climate, environment: Experts
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, organised by the Organisation for Poverty Alleviation and Development and European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), experts highlighted the construction of highways, buildings and dams in Gilgit B
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Indian Minorities Foundation launched to counter "false narrative against
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A non-government organization titled 'Indian Minorities Foundation' (IMF) was founded on Tuesday with the aim of bringing people of different minority communities together on a common platform with a mission to inculcate the spirit of communal harmony and participate as One Nation One Family
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Pakistan: Religious scholar shot dead in 'targeted attack' in Karachi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The cleric was gunned down by unidentified men riding pillion on a motorcycle in the locality's Block-9.
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Senior Nephrologists and Experts came together to address rising chronic k
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New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Integrated Health and Wellbeing Council (IHW Council), in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited and Apollo Hospitals, organised a unique 'Kidney Health Summit 2023' to address the rising epidemic of chronic kidney diseases in
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Delhi to host International Conference on Blended Learning Ecosystem for H
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture, and World Bank today jointly announced the first International Conference on 'Blended Learning Ecosys
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