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Turkish lawyer who accused India of "war crimes in Kashmir" admits links t
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A prominent Turkish human rights legal consultant has said he paid one of the suspects in the European parliament corruption scandal for "ethical lobbying services" that included resolutions condemning war crimes in Syria and Yemen, the Financial Times reported. London-based Hakan Camuz said
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With Holi falling on same day, Islamic Centre of India issues advisory for
Updated : 3 years ago IST
ICI chief Maulana Mahali said, "We should respect each other's religious sentiments and I appeal to not indulge in actions that may cause problems to those celebrating Holi". He pointed out that last year too both Holi and Shab-e-Barat had coincided and it was celebrated in a peaceful way.
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Russia working on simplified visa regime with six nations including India
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"In addition to India, we are also working on draft inter-government agreements that imply mutual simplification of visa regime with Angola, Vietnam, Indonesia, Syria and the Philippines," the Deputy Foreign Minister said.
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Death toll in Turkey earthquake rises above 45,000: UN Office for Humanita
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the latest statement of AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency), 45,089 people lost their lives. 115,000 people were injured, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
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"Global decision-making must be democratised if it has to have a future,"
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting commenced with a minute's silence observed for those who lost their lives in the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
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700,000 people lost their jobs since regime change in Afghanistan: UN envo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a press conference said that Afghanistan's gross income has declined by 35 per cent, and nearly 700,000 people have lost their jobs over the past 18 months, the Khaama Press
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A year on, here's why PM Modi called Ukraine rescue as 'Operation Ganga'
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A year ago, the Narendra Modi led-government at the centre undertook what looked like a massive challenge- to rescue Indian students from Ukraine which was in the middle of a war with Russia.
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Turkish embassy thanks dost Indians for standing in solidarity through don
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Sunel also thanked the government for helping the Turkish embassy open an official donation Rupee account.
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"Deeply concerned" US will extend full support to quake-hit Turkey
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Sullivan wrote, "We are deeply concerned by the news of earthquakes impacting areas already devastated in Turkiye and Syria. The U.S. will continue to extend our full support."
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UN ready to "provide additional support" after two fresh earthquakes hit T
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"My thoughts continue to be with the people of Turkiye and Syria, as they face the impact of new earthquakes striking the region this evening. @UN teams on the ground are assessing the situation, and we stand ready to provide additional support as needed," Guterres said in a tweet.
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Two earthquakes hit Turkey fortnight after deadly tremors
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Today a Magnitude 6.4 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Antioch (#Turkey) at 20:04:29 local time (UTC 17:04:29). Shaking was felt over 400km by approximately 30M people in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Syrian Arab Republic and Israel," EMSC quake tweeted.
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India among first responders to earthquake-hit Turkey, Syria: PM Modi hail
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday heaped praise on the rescue professionals of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the dog squad members saying that they showed amazing strength and India was one of the first responders when the recent deadly earthquake hit Turkey and Syr
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