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Climate crisis intensifying heatwaves: UN-backed report warns ahead of COP
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 11 (ANI): Greater action is needed to avert the recurrence of disastrous heatwaves, which are being intensified by the climate crisis, a UN and Red Cross report warned.
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Red Cross symbolises hope for people, says Mansukh Mandaviya
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the leadership meeting of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) on Thursday.
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Delhi: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi participates in blood donation camp
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi donated blood at the Indian Red Cross Society on Monday.
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Thousands of Indians Give Blood for #GlobalBloodHeroes Day - 27 August 202
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): Thousands of Indians in Bangalore, Mumbai, Lucknow, Jaipur and Ladakh took part in #GlobalBloodHeroes Day to save the lives of over one lakh people and break a world blood donation record.
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Red Cross to deploy specialists to Olenivka after Ukrainian military attac
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 1 (ANI): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday said that it is ready to deploy specialists to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) town of Olenivka in the Donbas region where 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed after the Ukrainian mil
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Russia invites UN, Red Cross to probe shelling of Olenivka pre-trial deten
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 31 (ANI): Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to participate in the investigation into the Ukrainian military attack on a pre-trial detention centre near Olenivka in the Donbas region with HIMARS rocket systems which killed 53 Ukrainian
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24 people killed after bus plunges into river in Kenya
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 24 people died on Sunday evening after a bus plunged into a river along a highway in Kenya, local media reported, citing the rescue team and the Kenya Red Cross Society.
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Is the Ukraine-Russia grain deal a "beacon of hope" or an illusory dream?
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia[Cyprus], July 25 (ANI): Are the two separate agreements signed in Istanbul last Friday by Russia and Ukraine with the United Nations and Turkey that pave the way for the export of 22 million of Ukrainian grain which remained blockaded in three Black Sea ports, as well as the export o
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UNDP praises Cambodia for appealing donations for landmine clearance
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Saturday praised the Cambodian government for appealing donations from the private sector and the Cambodian Red Cross to support landmine clearance.
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UK provides 2.5 million euros lifesaving support to Afghans after devastat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 26 (ANI): UK is providing 2.5 million euros aid for immediate life-saving support to people in Afghanistan affected by the devastating earthquake this week, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced.
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Hunger surges in Afghanistan as drought persists
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] June 18 (ANI): The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has called for increased global support to stem spiralling hunger in Afghanistan as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises threatens millions.
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Wildfire in southern Spain forces evacuation of 3,000
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A wildfire that started on Wednesday afternoon has forced the evacuation of around 3,000 people near the tourist resorts of Marbella and Estepona in the popular Costa del Sol area on the south coast of Spain, local emergency services have said.
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