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97 per cent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid-2022: UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 9 (ANI): As much as 97 per cent of Afghanistan's population is at risk of sinking below the poverty line unless a response to the country's political and economic crises is urgently launched, according to a rapid appraisal released by the United Nations Development P
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Afghanistan: Political party leaders protest cabinet choices made by Talib
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 9 (ANI): Major political parties in Afghanistan have expressed their displeasure over the Taliban's new caretaker government for failing to include different groups.
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Afghanistan will become sanctuary for Pak-based terror outfits after Talib
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], September 9 (ANI): Experts and political leaders have asserted that the Taliban administration will likely face governance issues as the Afghan society has changed significantly since the Taliban first lost control over the country in 2001.
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Political parties remember Muslim community when polls draw closer, says O
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 8 (ANI): AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday took a dig at political parties in Uttar Pradesh including Samajwadi Party and Congress and said they remember the Muslim community when the election draws closer.
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Agitation by farmers not politically motivated, carried out by their union
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The agitation by farmers against farm laws is being run by their unions and not any political party, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Wednesday and urged the government to initiate talks with them over their demands.
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Ruckus in Nepal's lower house as opposition picket well chanting slogans a
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 8 (ANI): Ruckus erupted in Nepal's Parliament as opposition CPN-UML lawmakers picketed well of the lower house, chanting slogans against the issuance of an ordinance to split a political party.
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West Bengal by-polls: Contest is between TMC, BJP, says Dilip Ghosh
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 8 (ANI): As the political parties including Left Front announced its candidates for West Bengal by-polls, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said that the contest is between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP,
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NSA Doval to meet Russian counterpart Patrushev, discuss Afghanistan's pol
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Amid a volatile situation in Afghanistan, Taliban takeover and the formation of a new "Islamic Emirate" government in the war-torn country, the National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will meet his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday
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ED actions against Maharashtra leaders attempt to 'discourage' political o
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 8 (ANI): In a veiled attack on the BJP-led Central government, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday alleged Enforcement Directorate's (ED) actions against various Maharashtra leaders is an attempt to "discourage political oppone
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UN in touch with Guinea, neighbors to ensure coordinated response to crisi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is in contact with national actors in Guinea, its neighbouring countries and the international community to ensure a coordinated response to the political crisis there following a military coup, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on
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BKS terms protest by Samyukta Kisan Morcha political; demands law on profi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Sangh has announced a symbolic dharna-cum-protest on September 8 against the Union government demanding a guarantee for "profitable prices for every crop".
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Protests against farm laws have turned political: Union Minister Balyan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan on Tuesday said that the farmers' protests against Central agriculture laws were turning political.
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