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Pakistan High Commission issues 495 visas to Sikh pilgrims to attend annua
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], June 17 (ANI): The Pakistan High Commission has issued 495 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to attend the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh scheduled to be from June 21 to June 30 in Pakistan.
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Afghanistan facing 'the darkest moments' in a generation
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): The UN rights chief has raised concerns about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, stating that its people are experiencing some of "the darkest moments" in a generation.
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UN rights chief not to seek second term after criticism over China visit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding her recent China visit, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has decided not to seek another term after the present term was marred by criticism of her response to Beijing's alleged rights vi
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'Afghanistan has been forgotten': UN envoy on arrival in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (ANI): UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements has called on the Taliban to discuss the plight of Afghan refugees and their return to the soil as many of them flee the war-torn nation when it seized power in Afghanistan last year.
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Kolkata: Depressed policeman shoots self
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): A policeman in West Bengal killed himself after firing at a woman biker outside Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata on Friday.
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India-Bangladesh cross-border bus service flagged off from Agartala
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tripura [India], June 10 (ANI): India and Bangladesh cross-border bus service, a popular means of travel between the two neighbours, was flagged off from Agartala, Tripura on Friday with the aim of boosting tourism and people-to-people ties.
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge global community to consider asylum applica
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community to respond positively to their asylum applications.
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India-Bangladesh bus service resumes after two years
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 10 (ANI): The cross-border bus service between Bangladesh and India resumed on Friday, two years after its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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India, Ghana hold consultations on UN, multilateral issues in Accra
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], June 10 (ANI): India and Ghana held consultations on UN and Multilateral issues level in Accra on June 9 and discussed issues on the agenda of the UNSC, including on West Africa and Sahel region, and other issues related to counter-terrorism and UN Peacekeeping.
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Rights groups call for sacking of Bachelet after sham China visit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 9 (ANI): As many as 230 human rights advocacy groups have called for the immediate resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights after she "whitewashed" the Chinese government's human rights atrocities during her recent visit to China.
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Big NHS clinical trial being launched in India for new COVID drugs: Britis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis on Monday said a big National Health Service (NHS) clinical trial is being launched in India for new drugs related to Covid.
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Fourth round of India-UK free trade talks to take place next week: British
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Monday said that the next round of the India-UK free trade talks will take place next week and both Prime Ministers have asked the negotiators that it will be done by Diwali.
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