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Food insecurity hits thousands military families in US: report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): As many as 160,000 active-duty U.S. military servicemen have trouble feeding their families, Xinhua reported citing a report of a US-based news agency.
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South Sudan could miss COVID-19 vaccination target amid insecurity, floodi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): South Sudan might not attain the target of vaccinating at least 2.5 million by the end of 2021 amid prevailing insecurity and flooding in the rural areas, health officials said on Monday.
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3 million across Myanmar in need of humanitarian aid, warns UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 15 (ANI) Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday.
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UN warns food insecurity to worsen in Somalia by May 2022
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Food insecurity is likely to worsen significantly through May 2022 in Somalia, with many households experiencing widening food consumption gaps and erosion of their coping capacity, the United Nations relief agency warned on Sunday.
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Over 84 million people displaced from their homes owing to violence, insec
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI): As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new data released on Thursday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
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Long-term displacement remains unresolved in Myanmar: Top UN official
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): Highlighting the deteriorating situation in Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator has said there are now more than 3 million people in the country who need life-saving humanitarian aid because of growing conflict and insecurity, COVID-19 and a failing
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Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, 'world is watching' UN rel
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday.
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55 per cent of Afghan population face food insecurity: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): Nearly 55 per cent of the Afghan population are estimated to be in a crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next year, a UN agency report has revealed.
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Senior UN Human Rights official to visit Mali from Nov 1-6
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris will pay a six-day working visit to Mali starting November 1 to address the human rights situation in the Western African nation and the whole Sahel region, dogged by insecurity, the O
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22.8 million Afghan people will face acute hunger: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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Study: Job insecurity feelings in employees can be reduced by active liste
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): Researchers at Penn State, MacEwan University, and University of Central Florida collaborated on a new study that examined how managers' active listening relates to their employees' sense of job insecurity during difficult times within companies.
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TS Tirumurti expresses India's support to Haiti at UNSC amid crisis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US] October 5 (ANI): Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (UN) TS Tirumurti during the United Nations Security Council briefing on Haiti expressed India's support to the nation, which is facing stalled elections, a surge in kidnappings and rampant insecurity.<
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