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Stalin urges Centre to allow Tamil Nadu govt to ship essentials to Sri Lan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 16 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday urged the Central government to allow the state government to ship essential commodities from Thoothukudi port to the Sri Lankan Tamils as the island country is going through an unprecedented econo
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Tajikistan President wants increase in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 10 (ANI): Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has met with the EU special representative for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson and emphasized the need for an increase in humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan, Afghan media reported citing Tajikistan President's of
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UN expresses concern over economic situation of Afghan people
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 6 (ANI): Expressing concern over the abject economic situation of the Afghan people post-Taliban came to power, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said that millions of people in the country are facing economic challenges.
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US announces additional humanitarian aid of USD 204 million for Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) announced an additional USD 204 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, bringing the total donated since its withdrawal in August last year to USD 720 million.
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UK pledges USD 374 million to Afghanistan in humanitarian aid
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 30 (ANI): The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged USD 374 million towards the provision of food grains and other humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
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US to accept up to 100,000 Ukraine war refugees
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): The United States on Thursday announced that it is to accept up to 100,000 refugees fleeing from Ukraine and provide an extra USD 1 billion in humanitarian aid to those impacted by the war.
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India sends fifth consignment of 2,000 MT of wheat to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], March 23 (ANI): The fifth consignment of 2,000 metric tonnes of wheat has been dispatched for Afghanistan on Wednesday out of the 50,000 MT of wheat, which is to be sent to Afghanistan as Humanitarian aid.
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Zelenskyy's office launches humanitarian aid website to assist people affe
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 23 (ANI): With United Nations confirming that more than 3.3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office has launched a humanitarian aid website helping to find out how to and whom to address the aid.
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India, Australia re-commit to humanitarian aid for Afghans
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart have reiterated their firm commitment to provide humanitarian aid for Afghans.
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Desperate Afghans wait for aid as lack of coordination reduce its effectiv
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): Lack of coordination in the distribution of humanitarian aid is adversely reducing effectiveness in Afghanistan.
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Security Council votes to boost UN priorities in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): The Security Council has renewed the mandate of the UN special political mission in the country, with a focus on priorities, ranging from coordinating humanitarian aid delivery to human rights monitoring and facilitating dialogue.
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Afghan authority claims foreign institutions presenting false statistics a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 16 (ANI): Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has claimed that certain foreign institutions were misleading the world by presenting false statistics about humanitarian aid and embezzling tens of millions of dollars in the name of Afgh
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