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IIFOMAS Symposium on Mine action concludes with renewed commitment to safe
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Symposium was organised on November 14, in New Delhi.
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Afghanistan: Landmine explosion claims lives of 2 children, injures 4
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Reports indicate that the landmine detonated, leading to the unfortunate deaths of two children and causing injuries to four individuals.
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Exicom Technologies' Communication Solutions Used in India-Africa Joint Mi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi/Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): The second edition of the AFINDEX-2023 (Africa-India Field Training Exercise), was recently held at Foreign Training Node, Aundh, Pune. The joint exercise, with over 100 participants was focused on Humanitarian Mine Action and Pea
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Nearly 70 countries still contaminated by mines, innocent people continue
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Marked annually on April 4, the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, draws awareness to why landmines are one of the most insidious and indiscriminate weapons of war
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2nd edition of India-Africa AFINDEX joint military exercise culminates in
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
AFINDEX-2023 was held from March 16 to 29, 2023. A total of 25 nations of the African continent with 124 participants and Indian troops from the Sikh, Maratha and Mahar Regiments participated in the multinational exercise, reported the Ministry of Defence press release.
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UN agencies say over 500 Iraqi children killed by explosive ordnance in 5
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Unexploded and abandoned explosive ordnance has killed 519 children in Iraq, mainly boys, over the past five years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said.
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UN provided food assistance to more than 9 million Afghans since Taliban t
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 18 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) had scaled up food assistance in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
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India expresses support for UN's mine action efforts, calls for joint acti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], April 8 (ANI): India on Thursday expressed support for the mine action efforts of the United Nations (UN) agencies, adding that the UN Mine Action Service's (UNMAS) mine action has remained pivotal to the safety and security of peacekeepers around the world.
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Inaugural edition of Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise underway
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 25 (ANI): The inaugural edition of Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between 17 African nations and Indian Army is being conducted in Pune under the overall supervision of Headquarters Southern Command.
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Suicide car bomb kills 10 at Somalia's UN Mine Offices
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu (Somalia), July 26 (ANI): At least 10 people were killed after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car outside the United Nations Mine Action Service offices in Mogadishu on Tuesday, a a Somali police official said.
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