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'UAE stands with Lebanon' campaign concludes after collecting around AED19
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Theyab bin Mohamed pointed to the great interest shown by President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in supporting the people of Lebanon, as he ordered the launch of the campaign in early October last year, which continued until 6th January, collecting nearly AED190 million and up to 6,000 tonne
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UN says 370,000 people displaced by escalation in Syria
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has estimated that since the escalation of hostilities in Syria, at least 370,000 men, women and children, boys and girls have been displaced, including 100,000 who left their homes more than once.
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Lok Sabha polls: SC declines petition for voting facilities to 18,000 resi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday declined a plea seeking voting arrangements for about 18,000 people displaced internally due to the ethnic clash in Manipur for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Over 26,000 people displaced amid renewed fighting in Mynmar: UN
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
More than 26,000 from Myanmar's Rakhine state have been displaced since Monday after fresh fighting between Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) and the Arakan Army (AA) according to the United Nations, CNN reported on Saturday.
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UN to send mission to Nagorno-Karabakh as 80 per cent population displaced
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In the aftermath of Azerbaijan’s victory over the Nagorno-Karabakh and thousands of people displaced from the territory, United Nations will send a mission to the territory, CNN reported on Saturday.
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Powerlifter-turned-shooter Gaurav Sharma distributes food items to flood-a
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
World champion powerlifter-turned-shooter Gaurav Sharma visited different areas, including Yamuna Bazar, and met the people displaced from the flood plains of the Yamuna.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on 2-day visit to violence-hit Manipur
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Rahul Gandhi will visit relief camps and meet people displaced by the ethnic clashes and also interact with representatives of civil society in Imphal and Churachandpur during the visit," Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said in a tweet.
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Rahul Gandhi to visit violence-hit Manipur today
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Rahul Gandhi will visit relief camps and meet people displaced by the ethnic clashes and also interact with representatives of civil society in Imphal and Churachandpur during the visit, Venugopal said.
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California wildfires: Over 14,000 acres land destroyed, 6000 people displa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], July 25 (ANI): A huge wildfire raging for the third day on Sunday in central California destroyed land of over 14,000 acres and displaced over 6,000 people from rural communities.
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UN agencies launch drought response package to avert famine in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations agencies Thursday launched the minimum response package (MRP), a critical life-saving project that will address the urgent needs of more than 100,000 people displaced by the escalating drought in Somalia.
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Paris Keswani founder of New York-based non-profit organisation to assist
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI/GPRC): Paris Keswani, a philanthropist and human rights activist based in the United States, has partnered with the New York-based non-profit organisation Great Giving Charitable Foundation Inc to help impoverished children, displaced orphans, battered mothers,
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500,000 people displaced by drought in Somalia in three months: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): About 500,000 people have been displaced due to severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia in the first three months to March, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.
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