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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeeping mission in DRC
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemned Monday's attack against a temporary position of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which resulted in the death of one Malawian blue helmet.
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UN chief expresses deep concern over violence in East Jerusalem
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed deep concern over the continuing violence in East Jerusalem.
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Imran Khan govt wants to introduce electronic voting due to repeated defea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Narowal [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary-General Ahsan Iqbal has taken a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, saying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wants to introduce electronic voting because it has repeatedly faced defeat in the elections.
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UN chief condemns suicide attack in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned Friday's suicide attack in Pul-e-Alam, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, which killed and injured many civilians and caused significant damage to civilian premises, including a hospi
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Not up to NATO to tell allies which COVID-19 vaccines to use: Stoltenberg
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that each of the bloc's member states individually decided which COVID-19 vaccines should be used in their country.
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PM Imran Khan is a "polarising figure" creating divisions in society, says
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary-General Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said Prime Minister Imran Khan is a "polarising figure" who is creating divisions in the society.
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Lawyer seeks deferment of AoR exam to December due rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): In view of the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the country including in the national capital, lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay on Thursday wrote to the secretary-general of the Supreme Court, seeking def
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Cancelling Tokyo Olympics 'an option' says Japan's ruling party official
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 15 (ANI): Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai said on Thursday that cancelling this summer's Tokyo Olympics may be an option if the spread of coronavirus infections forces organisers to think it would be difficult to hold the even
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Leaving Afghanistan not an easy decision, entails risks: NATO Chief
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 15 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday said withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is not a risk-free decision, but the alternative would be an open-ended military presence to withstand growing Taliban violence.
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We'll start vaccination process for Olympic bound athletes soon: IOA Secy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary General Rajeev Mehta on Wednesday informed that the vaccination process for the Olympic-bound athletes will start soon in the country.
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US failing to meet obligations under international law to prevent gun viol
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): The United States is failing in its obligation under international law to prevent gun violence and to protect its citizens' right to life, says Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard.
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Usha Rao-Monari assumes role as new Associate Administrator for UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [UN], April 7, (ANI): Usha Rao-Monari of India has officially taken to office as the role of Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), following her appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last Fe
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