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2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: UN agency
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The average global temperature in 2022 was about 1.15 [1.02 to 1.27] °C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels. 2022 is the 8th consecutive year (2015-2022) that annual global temperatures have reached at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels, according to all datasets compile
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China irked by Turkey's public criticism of Beijing over mistreatment of U
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
At a press briefing on December 29, 2022 Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu stated, "Our defending the rights of the Turkic Uyghurs in the international arena disturbs China. But this is a humanitarian issue".
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Ban on Afghan women from working by Taliban paralyzes NGO work in Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After the Taliban issued a decree banning Afghan women from working in NGOs, several international humanitarian organizations have claimed that their regular operations are disabled in the country due to harsh impositions on women, Khaama Press reported.
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Barring Afghan women from work will interrupt humanitarian aid to Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to Griffiths, humanitarian aid organisations working under the United Nations, need the support of women employees to continue delivering life-saving services to the Afghan people.
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UN asks Taliban to lift bans on female education, work for aid agencies
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Last month, the Taliban imposed a restriction on female higher education and a ban on women from working in humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Human rights experts described these two measures as a major blow to vulnerable communities, women, children, and the entire country.
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Afghanistan recognized as most insecure country in the world, yet again: R
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghanistan has been declared the most insecure country in the world as the country is under a grip of a reeling humanitarian crisis, Khaama Press reported citing a report by the International Institute for Peace and Economics (IEP) on Tuesday.
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United Sikhs appeals for support to take on challenges in the New Year
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], January 2 (ANI/PNN): United Sikhs, a global humanitarian support organization, has appealed to the people to extend support in every possible way so that the mission continues in the New Year too.
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Taliban's impositions on women can continue in 2023
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghanistan is suffering from unemployment, hunger, poverty, security, and gender-based restrictions after the Taliban's takeover and this can continue in 2023
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More than 6.6 mn people face severe hunger crisis in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Crisis in Afghanistan does not seem to die down as several people are under the grip of hunger and lack of basic amenities in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the Afghan land in August last year, TOLO news reported.
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20 million people to face acute hunger by end of March 2023 in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report highlighted the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan for the coming year as about 20 million people are at risk of facing acute hunger by the end of March 2023, TOLO news reported.
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Afghanistan among eight countries worst hit by hunger: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghanistan is among the eight countries worst hit by hunger. The number of people facing severe hunger in Afghanistan increased from 2.25 million people in 2019 to 6.6 million in 2022, Khaama Press reported.
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G7 calls on Taliban to 'urgently reverse' women aid workers ban
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The G7 foreign ministers said Afghan women are central to humanitarian and basic needs operations. "Unless they participate in aid delivery in Afghanistan, NGOs will be unable to reach the country's most vulnerable people to provide food, medicine, winterization, and other materials and serv
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