Search For "humanitarian"
SCO member states must fight terrorism together: Rajnath Singh during Defe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], August 24 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called upon Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states to unitedly fight terrorism and eliminate the menace in all its forms.
Read More
UN Official describes situation of Afghan women and girls as regressing
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths called out the Taliban for reopening girls' schools in a statement on Tuesday and said that the situation of Afghan women and girls is very regressing.
Read More
Nearly 100 people die in flash floods in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): Due to heavy rain and flash flooding in Afghanistan, 95 people were killed, hundreds of others injured and swept away thousands of homes in Afghanistan, according to authorities in the crisis-hit country.
Read More
European Union provides PKR 76 million to Pakistan as flood relief assista
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): The European Union is providing PKR 76 million to Pakistan to provide crucial humanitarian assistance to families affected by severe flooding, which has wreaked havoc across many parts of the country.
Read More
India delivers 32 tons of medical assistance to Afghanistan: MEA
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): India supplied the tenth batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan on Thursday consisting of 32 tons of essential medicines as a part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance.
Read More
Vietnam-India bilateral army Exercise Vinbax 2022 concludes at Chandimandi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): The Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise VINBAX 2022 concluded at Chandimandir with an impressive display of Multi Agency Humanitarian Assistance in Disaster Relief (HADR) demonstration and an equipment display showcasing the Make in India and Atmanirbhar
Read More
Afghan women raise concern over Taliban's new rule to limit entry in "ladi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Ever since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing in the country, which has apparently witnessed a downfall trend. Local women have expres
Read More
Needs in Afghanistan far outstrip humanitarian response: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): The Afghan people continue to stand in dire need of international assistance despite an ongoing humanitarian response of unprecedented scale and nature, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Thursday.
Read More
Taliban broke multiple pledges on human rights since taking over Afghanist
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said the Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women's rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago.
Read More
Allegations that Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with millions in cash may b
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): The allegations that former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his senior advisors fled aboard with millions in cash are unlikely to be true, according to a new report by the US government's oversight authority on Afghanistan.
Read More
US announces USD 89 million for demining assistance in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday announced to provide the USD 89 million of the Fiscal Year 2022 funding to the Ukrainian government to address urgent humanitarian challenges, according to the statement released by the State Department.
Read More
Overlapping food, debt crisis in Afghanistan can have devastating impacts:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the country is under a massive humanitarian crisis and is currently at the greatest risk of overlapping food and debt crises, a report by the World Bank stated recently.
Read More