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Brahmeshanandacharya Swami honoured with Global Peace Award in Dubai
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], September 24 (ANI): Recognising his contribution to promoting peace, unity and humanitarian cause to uplift society at the national and international level, Sadguru Brahmeshanandacharya Swami was honoured and conferred with the "Global Peace Award" by the Council for Universal P
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US providing USD 327 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): The US is providing USD 327 million in humanitarian aid for the people of Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Friday.
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Quad members sign guidelines to fight natural calamities
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): As part of a shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, Quad foreign ministers on Thursday signed guidelines on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the region which will augment the synergy to undertake humanitarian operations, es
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Quad leaders sign Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief partnership
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): United States on Friday hosted a ministerial meeting of the Quad grouping with India, Japan and Australia, the first such meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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Pushback against Afghan refugees continues as Iran deports over 7,000 migr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 23 (ANI): As Afghanistan continue to remain under the grip of a humanitarian crisis, more than 7,000 Afghan refugees have been deported by Iran in the past week, the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Thursday.
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Pakistan's rejection of Bangladeshi flood aid sparks row
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 21 (ANI): Pakistan's rejection of Bangladeshi aid amid devastating floods and heavy monsoons, has set off a heated debate in the cash-strapped country.
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7th world congress of religious leaders calls for confronting global conce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], September 21 (ANI): Seventh Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions was hosted by Kazakhstan where the eminent leaders called for confronting the global concerns of the post-pandemic world, such as climate change, poverty and hunger, organis
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US 'usurped' Afghanistan's USD 7 billion assets, claims Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 16 (ANI): Taliban have accused the United States of having usurped the Afghan assets after they announced to release USD 3.5 billion of frozen money of Afghanistan as humanitarian aid for the poverty-stricken country.
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Pakistan: Data reveals corruption in delivery of foreign aid to flood vict
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 15 (ANI): Amid the reeling crisis in Pakistan due to floods, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Julien Harneis on Wednesday said that out of USD 150 million in foreign assistance received by the South-Asian country, only USD 38.35 million amo
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Afghanistan to get GBP 24 million aid from UK amid ongoing humanitarian cr
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 15 (ANI): In order to help Afghanistan tackle the ongoing humanitarian crisis, UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has contributed an additional GBP 24 million towards UNICEF's USD 2 billion Humanitarian Action for Children appeal for Afgha
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Flood-ravaged Pakistan rejects Bangladesh's aid offer
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 15 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected Bangladesh's offer to supply humanitarian aid worth 14 million takas after the recent floods and heavy monsoons in the country dampened the hope of a quick revival from the economic crisis.
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US announces to release parts of frozen money of Afghanistan for humanitar
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday announced to release USD 3.5 billion of the total USD 7 billion frozen money of Afghanistan to the new "Afghan Fund" for humanitarian aid.
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