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Growth in developing economies likely to halve in 2022, says World Bank re
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US)], July 14 (ANI): The growth in emerging and developing economies are expected to roughly halve to 3.4 per cent in 2022 in comparison to 6.6 per cent the previous year, as the spillover effects led by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has adversely affected these nations, the Wo
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Innovative new scheme benefits entrepreneurs to open a business in the UK
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 14 (ANI/PNN): Many Indian businesses have been excluded from expanding into the UK after the introduction of a new immigration system. Several visas popular with Indian nationals have been cancelled, and newly introduced visa routes aimed at poaching talent
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Important to address Sri Lanka conflict, protestors' grievances: UN Chief
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 14 (ANI): Amid the unrest in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that it is important to address the conflict and grievances of protestors.
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Severe drought displaces over 100,000 Somalis in June
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): An estimated 112,448 people have been displaced in June by a severe drought that is ravaging several parts of Somalia, a 231 per cent increase compared to May, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Wednesday.
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UN condemns recent attacks against civilians in Congo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bintou Keita has condemned the recent attacks attributed to rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the provinces of North Kivu and It
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Russia, Ukraine delegations start talks in Istanbul on grain blockade
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], July 13 (ANI): In a bid to break a months-long blockade of grain deliveries across the Black Sea, Russian and Ukrainian delegations on Wednesday met with United Nations and Turkish officials.
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Moradabad's philanthropist Arvind Goel explains the big picture of populat
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI/GPRC): In a few months, we will hit 8 billion global population for the first time in human history. And India's contribution to this explosion is a whopping 18 per cent. Notably, this year the United Nations' theme on World Population Day is - Resilient futu
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India supports UNSC resolutions giving extension for Syria cross-border ai
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 12 (ANI): India on Tuesday welcomed the adoption of the resolution by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on extending authorization of humanitarian assistance to Syria through the Bab-Al Hawa crossing.
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Muslims using most contraceptives: Owaisi on UP CM's 'population imbalance
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's 'population imbalance' remark, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said Muslims were the ones using most contraceptives.
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US steps up its game as China circles Pacific island nations
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], July 12 (ANI): The US has stepped up its game in the Pacific after Kiribati opted out of the Pacific Island Forum meeting in Suva, Fiji, and withdrew the country from the 18-member group.
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UN warns teen pregnancy costing economic progress in Uganda
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda), July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Child marriages and teenage pregnancies are costing Uganda's social economic progress and not conducive to the country's wealth creation and prosperity, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Uganda Country Representative Mary Otieno said Monday.
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China's Wang Yi holds talks with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi in J
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here on Monday with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi, with both sides promising to strengthen ties.
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