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Harsh winter awaits displaced families in Ukraine, Afghanistan: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that for many of the world's forcibly displaced, this coming winter will be far more challenging than in recent years. Many displaced families will have no option but to choose between food and warmth as they struggle to heat their shelters, source warm cl
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Afghanistan: Economic crisis forces family in Balkh province to sell child
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A family in Afghanistan attempted to sell their child due to extreme poverty, Tolo news reported on Saturday. The two-year-old child was saved from getting sold after some locals in the province assisted the family.
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China's quest to increase coal output undermines its efforts to tackle glo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In 2021, Xi made a point in the UN General Assembly and said that China would not build a new coal plant but assist other countries to switch to low-carbon and green energy, IFFRAS reported. China witnessed an unprecedented power crisis in 2021, affecting businesses, industry, and the overal
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Lanka envoy meets Doval, discuss bilateral ties
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Milind Moragoda on Saturday met with the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and reviewed relations between India and Sri Lanka. Since the beginning of the year, India has extended aid worth USD 3.8 billion, including lines of credit, a currency swap
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Navy conducts 'Prasthan', an offshore security exercise off Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the Navy, various crisis situations such as attacks by terrorists, bomb threats, fire, blow out and medical evacuations were simulated during the exercise.
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"When World is going through crisis; India achieving new milestones...": P
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Emphasizing that India has become a focal point for implementing new ideas and undertaking development at a rapid pace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the country is achieving new milestones in several sectors and scripting history as the world is witnessing a crisis.
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21 hours daily load-shedding in Gilgit-Baltistan's Skardu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's Skardu town witnessed a severe power crisis for up to 21 hours, causing problems for all businesses.
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People of Afghanistan under world's most severe hunger crisis: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the hunger crisis is affecting 22.8 million people in Afghanistan which is equivalent to more than half of the population, as a result of extended drought, conflict, and political instability.
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Afghanistan: Faryab residents complain of economic hardships, unemployment
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The residents of Balcharagh district of northwestern Faryab province complained of unemployment and asked the authorities to address the problems of people.
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Residents of Maidan Wardan province in Afghanistan receive aid from UN
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As Afghans continue to suffer under the Taliban's atrocious regime, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has provided cash assistance to 1,350 families in Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan.
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Tata Motors posts 30pc growth in revenue during Sept qtr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The company said Tata Motors' commercial vehicle business registered a 15 per cent growth in sales over Q2 FY22. For India business, domestic wholesales were at 93,651 vehicles, a surge of 19 per cent year-on-year. However, exports were at 6,771 vehicles, lower by 22 per cent affected by fin
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UN mission warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Since June, the HNP has been responding to the Government's request for UN-backed multi-sector support for Sri Lanka's debt and food and medicine shortages. "Governments and donor agencies have helped the humanitarian community reach over 1 million of the country's most vulnerable people wit
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