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2022: Another year of impressive strides for Indian hockey
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
From finishing third in their debut FIH Hockey Pro League 2021/22 season to clinching a historic Bronze at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to winning the inaugural edition of FIH Women's Nations Cup 2022, the Indian Women's Hockey Team made giant strides in 2022.
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European nations enact strict COVID-19 measures for travelers from China
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Due to an apparent surge in covid infections in China, the European nations have enacted stricter COVID-19 regulations for travelers arriving from China, NHK World reported.
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US President Biden offers condolences to PM Modi over his mother's demise
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Jill and I send our deepest and heartfelt condolences to Prime Minister @narendramodi on the loss of his mother, Heeraben Modi. Our prayers are with the Prime Minister and his family at this difficult time," Biden tweeted.
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World leaders need to act against Myanmar junta: UN Special Rapporteur on
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Andrews said, " The Myanmar junta's 33-year sentence of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi comes a week after a Security Council resolution demanded her release and that of more than 13,000 other political prisoners. They need more than words of condemnation from world leade
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Mumbai Customs destroys seized drugs worth Rs 538 cr
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai Customs, Zone-III today destroyed drugs weighing 140.57 kg at the incineration facility of Mumbai Waste Management Limited (MWML) located at Taloja in Navi Mumbai. The drugs seized are valued at Rs. 538 Crore in the international illicit market.
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20 million people to face acute hunger by end of March 2023 in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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Pakistan floods reminder that climate change will bring more disasters in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the United Nations' 2022 Year in Review report on Climate and Environment, in 2022, while some regions suffered from a lack of water, others were hit by severe floods.
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Nicosia thanks New Delhi for supporting UN's mandate on Cyprus issue
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Cyprus on Thursday thanked India for supporting the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), wherein Security Council expressed concern over unauthorized activities in the buffer zone separating Greek and Turkish communities in the northern and southern regions o
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G7 calls on Taliban to 'urgently reverse' women aid workers ban
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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Time-critical programmes' in Afghanistan suffer due to ban on women staff:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN agencies in a joint statement urged the Taliban to reverse the decision banning women from working in NGOs and barring them from attending schools and universities.
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"Work in the UN will go on...we will continue to lend our voice," Kamboj o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Work in the UN will go on even as we exit the Security Council as we have several important bodies which deal with critical issues where we will continue to lend our voice, Ruchira Kamboj said on Wednesday on how India will shape its roadmap in the year ahead at the United Nations.
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India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan women, and girls, as well as a ban on female employees of NGOs and international organizations from going to work with utmost "concern", India's Permanent Ambassador to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Wednesday, adding
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