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India's election at UNSC is recognition of PM Modi's global role: Ambassad
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New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): India's election as a non-permanent member at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a recognition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's global role and his strong engagement across countries, TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
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Turkey's Volkan Bozkir elected president of 75th UN General Assembly
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New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): The UN General Assembly on Wednesday elected Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir to be its president ahead of the 75th General Debate in September.
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US greets India's UNSC win, looks forward to strengthen strategic ties
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New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): The State Department congratulated New Delhi for securing a successful victory at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and said it looked forward to work on issues of international peace and security -- a natural extension of the US-India comprehensive gl
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India, Ireland, Mexico secure temporary seats on UN Security Council, Cana
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New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): With a comfortable victory of 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly, India on Wednesday was elected unopposed as a non-permanent member of the 15 member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2021-22 term.
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India secures UNSC seat, sails through with 184 out of 192 valid votes pol
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New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): India on Wednesday (local time) secured a comfortable victory in the United Nations Security Council elections to join the powerful 15-nation body as a non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term.
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Counting begins for UNSC non-permanent member seat, India set for comforta
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New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): Voting began on Wednesday morning (local time) for the five non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2021-22 term, one of which is assured for India with the unanimous backing of the Asian Pacific group.
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US Open to be played behind closed doors, announces New York Governor
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New York [USA], June 16 (ANI): US Open will be played from August 31 to September 13 behind closed doors, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday.
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Gov Andrew Cuomo fumes over disregard of social distancing norms in New Yo
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New York [USA], June 16 (ANI): As scores of New Yorkers are seen disregarding the COVID-19 social distancing norms, city governor Andrew M. Cuomo has threatened to shut down the city.
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United Nations Global Compact and Russell Reynolds Associates study identi
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New York [USA], June 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): The United Nations Global Compact today launched the "Leadership for the Decade of Action" report in collaboration with Russell Reynolds Associates, a leading leadership advisory and search firm.
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India's presence in UNSC will bring Indian ethos of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
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New York [US], June 13 (ANI): Ahead of June 17 elections to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), India has said that its presence in the world body will help to bring the ethos of 'Vasudev Kutumbakam' (the world is one family) to the world.
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COVID-19 may push millions of children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF
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New York/Geneva, June 12 (ANI): Millions of more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF
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LeBron James creates group to protect voting rights of African-Americans i
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New York [USA], June 11 (ANI): NBA legend LeBron James and a group of prominent black athletes and entertainers will be creating a new group to protect the voting rights of the African-Americans in the United States.
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