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COP25: Support business efforts to tackle climate change, urges Guterres
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 12 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged business communities and civil society leaders to press governments into articulating policies that support private-sector efforts to address climate change.
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Infosys presented UN Global Climate Action Award at COP 25
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Digital services major Infosys is the first Indian corporate to have been presented the prestigious United Nations Global Climate Action Award in the 'climate neutral now' category at UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) held at Madrid in Spain.
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UN refuses to comment on India's Citizenship Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United Nations on Tuesday (local time) refused to comment on the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, stating that the only concern of the watchdog is to ensure that all governments peruse non-discriminatory laws.
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ADB to help private sector enhance corporate governance, anti-corruption i
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 10 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reiterated its commitment to strengthen engagement with the private sector to support good corporate governance and anti-corruption measures.
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Tropical storm makes landfall in northern Somalia
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], Dec 8 (ANI): The UN food agency has said that the northeastern parts of Somalia are experiencing extreme weather conditions since the past two days as a tropical storm made landfall in the eastern coast of Africa in the weekend.
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Indian junior women's hockey team wins three nations tournament
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Dec 8 (ANI): The Indian junior women's hockey team won the three-nations tournament on Sunday after finishing at the top of the points table.
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Indian Junior Women's hockey team defeats New Zealand by 4-1
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Dec 7 (ANI): The Indian Junior Women's hockey team on Saturday trounced New Zealand by 4-1 in the ongoing 3-Nations Tournament here.
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No substitute for professional competence: India calls for making UN peace
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 7 (ANI): India on Friday underscored the need for making the selection of United Nations peacekeepers more stringent and suggested a series of measures in this regard to make the process more effective.
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France, Germany, UK accuse Iran of developing nuclear-capable ballistic mi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], Dec 6 (ANI): European signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) have written to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, accusing Iran of developing "nuclear-capable ballistic missiles," which, they say, are "inconsistent" with a UN resolution
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Indian Junior Women's Hockey team play out draw against Australia
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Dec 5 (ANI): The Indian Junior Women's Hockey team played out a brilliant 1-1 draw against Australia in their second match of the 3 Nations Tournament here on Thursday.
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Sweden Queen participates in seminar on human trafficking
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 05 (ANI): Swedish Queen Silvia Renate Sommerlath, who is here on a state visit, has visited United Nations office in the national capital to attend a seminar on human trafficking in India and South Asia.
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Global cooperation is a necessity to tackle terrorism: NIA chief
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 05 (ANI): Global cooperation is a necessity to tackle terrorism and radicalisation and the nations should share their experiences in tackling the global menace, Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Yogesh Chander Modi said on Wednesday.
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