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Highlight of India's presence at UNSC was its August presidency: Tirumurti
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 30 (ANI): Expressing India's steadfast commitment to safeguarding the interest of the developing world, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, TS Tirumurti said the highlight of India's presence in the Security Council has been its presidency in August this year.
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UN Security Council condemns recent killings in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 30 (ANI): The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers in Myanmar's Kayah State on December 25.
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Pankaj Sharma appointed as India's next ambassador to Mexico
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Pankaj Sharma, who is presently Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico.
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Three separate shipwrecks in Aegean Sea leave dozens dead and more missing
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 29 (ANI): At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course of four days last week in the Aegean Sea, and an unknown number are still missing, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
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Space X satellites had two close encounters with China Space Station, says
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 28 (ANI): China in a note verbale to the UN had revealed that Space X satellites had two close encounters with China Space Station in the recent past, a media report said.
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Yearender 2021: World can learn from India's climate commitments
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): India introduced multi-faceted initiatives to mitigate climate change - from the world's largest railway carrier becoming Net-Zero by 2030 to saving 40 billion tonnes of emission through LEDs it announced at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
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Yemen: 8 million face reduced rations amid funding shortages, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 23 (ANI): The UN food relief agency warned on Wednesday that it is running out of funds to continue providing food assistance to 13 million Yemenis.
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India supports UNSC resolution to grant exemption from sanctions for human
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 23 (ANI): Concerned over the fact that half the population of Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity, Ambassador of India to the UN TS Tirumurti on Wednesday (local time) said that India has supported the UNSC resolution to grant exemption from sanctions for hum
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India ready to support resumption of direct negotiations between Israel-Pa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 22 (ANI): Ambassador of India to the UN TS Tirumurti on Tuesday (local time) said that the aspirations of the Palestinian people for Statehood and Israel's security concerns can be fulfilled through an open and direct dialogue based on the internationally agreed fr
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Indian climate action entrepreneur wins United Nations Women's Award for L
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Divya Hegde from Udupi, coastal Karnataka, has won the UN Women's Award for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles Awards ceremony on November 18th, 2021.
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Deliberations ongoing for a global treaty to deal with future pandemics: W
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 20 (ANI): Amid the unabated spread of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday said that discussions are taking place at the global level on whether there is need for an in
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Urgent need for stabilization of banking system in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 20 (ANI): The need for liquidity and stabilization of the banking system in Afghanistan is urgent, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told a special meeting on Sunday, as he warned that if decisive and compassionate action is not taken immediately, it may "pull the e
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