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UN chief appoints new deputy special representative for Iraq
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York City [US], July 20 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Ghulam Mohammad Isaczai of Afghanistan as his new deputy special representative for Iraq in the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
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US Rep Ilhan Omar, 16 other lawmakers arrested in Washington DC amid prote
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress, including lawmaker Ilhan Omar, were arrested in Washington DC during an abortion rights protest in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday (local time).
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CM Hemant Soren's close aide Pankaj Mishra reaches ED office as inquiry co
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 19 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate has started questioning Pankaj Mishra, the MLA representative of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in connection with an alleged money laundering case.
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Protest in Paris over killing of Tibetan national by Chinese men
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 18 (ANI): Following the killing of a Tibetan National by three men from the Chinese community on July 11 in Normandy, representatives of the Tibetan community gathered in France on July 17, Sunday to perform a white march and pay a tribute to the deceased.
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US: House passes bills to protect abortion access
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): The US House of Representatives passed a pair of bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion.
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US House of Representatives approves amendment in defense budget to train
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 16 (ANI): The United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment for the defense budget bill for 2023 to train Ukrainian pilots on F-15 and F-16 fighter jets amid the reeling crisis in Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yerm
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US lawmakers approve CAATSA waiver for India
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that recommends an India-specific waiver under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), thus deepening defence ties between both the democracies and help deter aggr
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Need to battle extremism with public diplomacy in Pakistan: US lawmakers
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Nowhere in the world is it more important for the United States to battle extremism with public diplomacy than in Pakistan, said US Representatives Brad Sherman and Carolyn Maloney in a statement as they commended American Broadcaster Voice of America's (VOA)
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UN condemns recent attacks against civilians in Congo
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], July 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bintou Keita has condemned the recent attacks attributed to rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the provinces of North Kivu and It
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UN warns teen pregnancy costing economic progress in Uganda
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda), July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Child marriages and teenage pregnancies are costing Uganda's social economic progress and not conducive to the country's wealth creation and prosperity, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Uganda Country Representative Mary Otieno said Monday.
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Jharkhand tender scam: Sources say Rs 2 crore recovered from Mishra's clos
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 8 (ANI): After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at multiple locations in Jharkhand that were linked to Pankaj Mishra, a close aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, sources on Friday said that Rs 2 crore was recovered from the residence of Hira
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Tender scam: ED raid underway at 18 locations of Jharkhand CM's MLA repres
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 8 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids at multiple locations in Jharkhand that were linked to Pankaj Mishra, a close aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Mishra is also an MLA representative for Sahibganj constituency.
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