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US President Trump enforces new travel ban on 12 nations, sparks outcry
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
President Trump's new travel ban targets citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries, citing visa overstays and weak screening. The policy, criticized by rights groups, aims to block new visa applicants while allowing those with existing visas to enter, CNN reported.
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Southern Africa faces humanitarian crisis as millions exacerbated with hun
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Oxfam, an aid group, issued a dire warning, highlighting that more than 24 million people are affected, with experts fearing the situation could escalate into an "unimaginable humanitarian crisis."
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CBI registers case against Oxfam India for "violating provisions of foreig
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
CBI's FIR into the matter mentioned that "Though Oxfam India's FCRA registration is ceased, it planned to circumvent FCRA by routing funds through other routes. From the email found during the IT survey by the CBDT, it appears that Oxfam India is providing funds to the Centre for Policy R
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MHA recommends CBI inquiry against Oxfam India
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against Oxfam India for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, sources said on Thursday.
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FCRA licence of think tank Centre for Policy Research suspended
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Centre has suspended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of the public policy think tank Centre for Policy Research (CPR), sources said on Wednesday.
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China uses strict measures to counter financial inequality as global repor
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): China faces vast financial inequality and is using strict measures to counter it as a recent report has shed light on the rising wealth gap worldwide, said a report.
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40 new Indians enter billionaire club in 2021 while incomes of 84 per cent
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): During 2021, 40 new Indians became billionaires, taking the total count to 142, while 84 per cent of households in the country suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, according to an Oxfam report rel
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Wealth of 10 richest person doubled while incomes of 99 per cent people de
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The world's ten richest men more than doubled their fortunes from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion --at a rate of $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion a day-- during the first two years of a pandemic that has seen the incomes of 99 per cent of humanity fall an
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Jamia Millia Islamia, Indian Medical Association among 12,580 entities los
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia, Indian Medical Association, Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Foundation, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi College of Engineering and Oxfam India are among 5,789 entities whose Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licen
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Poorer nations expected to face $75 billion shortfall in climate finance:
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], Sep 20 (ANI): Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to 75 billion dollars short of fulfilling their long-standing pledge to mobilise 100 billion dollars each year from 2020 to 2025 to help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the dangerous effects of climate change and r
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Aid organization Oxfam condemns US embargo on Cuba
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], May 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The US embargo against Cuba affects the rights of women, adolescents and girls, Oxfam, a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on global poverty alleviation, said Tuesday.
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Covid vaccines create 9 new billionaires: People's Vaccine Alliance
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): At least nine people have become new billionaires since the beginning of Covid pandemic, thanks to the excessive profits pharmaceutical corporations with monopolies on Covid vaccines are making, the People's Vaccine Alliance said on Thursday ahead of a G20 le
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