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HC issues notice to Centre on awarding contracts to pvt firm on nomination
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Central government and others on a plea seeking to quash contracts granted allegedly on nomination basis by the Administrator of Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund, working under the Department of
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UN experts raise concerns over scourge of enforced disappearances and tort
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights obligations by initiating prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into suc
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Govt approves USOF scheme for providing mobile coverage in Arunachal, Assa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the provision of a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) scheme for providing mobile coverage in Arunachal Pradesh and two districts of Assam, namely Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, under the Comprehensive Telecom
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Tehran has full right to reduce JCPOA commitments as Europe fails to compl
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Genoa [Italy], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): As European signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) fail to comply with their obligations, Tehran is in its full right to reduce commitments, but is still ready to resume full compliance if Europe and the United States do so, Ira
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India conveys strong concern to Pakistan on Nagrota terror attack
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): The Pakistan Charge d'Affaires (Cd'A) was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and a strong protest was lodged at the attempted terror attack in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.
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Will EU push China to respect human rights obligations? asks EU Parliament
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 17 (ANI): Members of the European Parliament (MEP) have condemned coercive labour programmes in Tibet and called the European Union (EU) to act against China for the human rights abuses in Xinjiang province and compel Beijing to respect its international obligati
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FATF needs to take hard look at Pakistan to ensure it comply with terror-r
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) needs to take a hard and objective look at Pakistan's attempts to leverage "nuisance value" to ensure that the country fully complies with terror financing and money laundering obligations before it can be de-list
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Any attempt by India to enforce tax demand would be violation of country's
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): After it won a long-pending arbitration case against India's income tax (IT) department, Vodafone Group said that any attempt by India to enforce tax demand would be a violation of India's international law obligations.
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CAG pulls up Dassault, MBDA for not fulfilling offset obligations in Rafal
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), September 23 (ANI): In a significant development, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) pulled up French firms, Dassault Aviation and MBDA, for not fulfilling their offset obligations in the Rs 60,000 crore Rafale aircraft deal to transfer high-end technology to Defenc
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India says Pakistan has not fulfilled obligations related to ICJ judgment
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): India said on Thursday that Pakistan has not been able to fulfil its obligations on implementation of ICJ judgment in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case and has not yet addressed core issues including provision of all documents and unimpeded access.
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China ready to take conciliatory steps to de-escalate tensions at LAC: FM
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 11 (ANI): China is ready to take "conciliatory steps" in order to avoid new violations of the obligations on India-Chinese border, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday, a day after holding a crucial meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar ove
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India calls on UN for comprehensive action to counter threats to children
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 10 (ANI): India on Thursday called on United Nations member states to demonstrate the greater political will to hold the perpetrators of terrorism and their collaborators, as well as their sponsors, to account in order to fulfil Council's child protection obligations
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