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UN urges Bangladesh to take in 500 Rohingyas stranded at sea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Bangladesh to "immediately allow" two boats with 500 Rohingya refugees onboard "to come ashore and receive necessary food, water and health care."
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Combating COVID-19: India sends 2nd tranche of medical supplies to Banglad
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 26 (ANI): India on Sunday sent the second tranche of assistance containing one lakh hydroxychloroquine tablets and 50,000 surgical gloves under the Coronavirus Emergency Fund to Bangladesh.
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COVID-19: Indonesia to deploy 175000 security personnel to enforce travel
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 23 (ANI): Indonesia will deploy 175,000 military personnel, police and public order officers to enforce travel restrictions for the upcoming Eid holiday to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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PM Modi interacts with Indian envoys abroad, urges them to be alert to dev
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with Indian ambassadors and high commissioners abroad and urged them to remain alert to developments in global efforts against COVID-19 including breakthroughs to help the country's fight against the corona
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Ajay Kumar appointed India's High Commissioner to Uganda
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Ajay Kumar has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to Uganda, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka welcomes PM Modi's proposal of joint strategy to fight coronavir
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Sri Lankan acting High Commissioner to India Niluka Kadurugamuwa on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to chalk out a joint strategy to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
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India criticises UNHC for filing intervention application in Supreme Court
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday criticised the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) for filing intervention application in the Supreme Court over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that was enacted late last year.
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India asks UN rights body to develop better understanding before jumping t
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 28 (ANI): India on Thursday encouraged the United Nations' human rights body to develop a "better understanding and appreciation" of the freedoms and rights that are guaranteed and protected daily in a vibrant democracy like India before coming to any conclusions
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TN CM chairs inaugural session of Diplomatic Outreach Summit on Investment
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisami on Friday chaired the inaugural session of Diplomatic Outreach Summit on Economic and Investment Opportunities organised by the Ministry of External Affairs.
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Israel freezes ties with UN Rights Chief
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Feb 13 (ANI): Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (local time) announced that the country is freezing ties with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights after the OHCHR published a blacklist of companies cooperating with Jewish settlements in t
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Foreign envoys express satisfaction after Kashmir visit, say 'good to see
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): On a two-day trip to Jammu and Kashmir as part of a delegation of foreign envoys, Uganda's High Commissioner to India, Dinah Grace Akello, on Wednesday said it was good to see the situation getting normalised in Kashmir.
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Pak to hold 2-day international conference on Afghan refugees from Feb 17
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 9 (ANI): Ministers and senior officials from around 20 countries will participate in a two-day international conference on Afghan refugees being convened by the Pakistan government in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from
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