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UNHCR urges immediate support for millions caught in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today urged support for a massive scale-up in emergency relief for millions of people in Pakistan hit by monsoon floods that have already killed more than 1,000 people.
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Sri Lankan President presents Interim Budget, says talks with IMF in final
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 30 (ANI): To provide relief to the Island nation amid the unprecedented economic crisis, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday presented the Interim Budget and said that the talks with International Monetary Fund is in final stage.
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UN relief chief stresses need to stay and deliver for all Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Humanitarians have stayed and delivered in Afghanistan in the year since the Taliban takeover and it is imperative that the international community continues to do the same while the de facto authorities must also do their part, the Security Council heard on M
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Pak: Flood-affected families continue protests in quest for relief
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mirpurkhas [Pakistan], August 29 (ANI): Amid the devastating floods in Pakistan, affected families rendered homeless by heavy rainfall continue to protest in several districts on Sunday, demanding relief.
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Distribute house, crop damage relief money immediately: K'taka CM instruct
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai instructed deputy commissioners of districts to distribute compensation for crop loss and house damage immediately to those affected by rains.
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Pakistan floods: Hundreds booked for terrorism during PM's Sukkur visit
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Sukkur [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): The Sukkur district police claimed to have registered FIRs on terrorism charges against over 100 unidentified persons for allegedly attacking police personnel, pelting vehicles with stones, damaging public and private property, and inciting flood victims o
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Pakistan floods: Imran Khan asks Finance minister to demand relief from IM
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan asked Finance Minister Miftah Ismail to reach out to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and demand relief from the global lender, as the death toll from calamitous floods in the country swelled to near 1,00
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Over 2 lakh houses destroyed in Pakistan floods: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): A United Nations relief agency in its report said that at least 2,18,000 houses were completely destroyed and 458 thousand houses were damaged in the past two weeks in Pakistan floods.
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China dodges request on debt relief, says the ball is in Sri Lanka's court
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): China, Colombo's largest bilateral lender dodged the request for debt relief and said that the ball is in Sri Lanka's court.
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Experts, students agree US higher education needs reform despite student l
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow, August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Kirill Krasilnikov-US President Joe Biden's initiative to forgive at least USD 10,000 in student debt for each eligible borrower will not be enough to improve the situation with higher education in the United States, experts and citizens surveyed by Sputnik
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Pakistani community in US warns against government's relief fund
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Pakistani-American community leaders warned against the government's appeal to donate to the Prime Minister's fund and said that this is not the time for party politics.
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International organisations announce USD 500 million flood relief aid to P
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 26 (ANI): In the wake of the devastating flood situation across Pakistan, International organizations and financial institutions have announced to provide a flood relief aid of over USD 500 million for the flood victims in the country, on the request of Pakistan
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