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Remember Abbottabad: India slams Pak for presenting 'dossier of lies' at U
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 25 (ANI): India on Tuesday lambasted Islamabad for presenting a "dossier of lies" against New Delhi at the United Nations, saying "concocting documents and peddling false narratives" is not new to Pakistan, which hosts the worlds largest number of UN proscribed ter
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UN General Assembly re-elects Grandi as high commissioner for refugees
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN General Assembly on Monday re-elected High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for a two-and-a-half-year term, the UN Refugee Agency said in a press release.
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Worldwide Measles surge to 23-year high in 2019, killing over 200,000: UNI
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Deaths from the childhood disease measles last year increased 50 pe rcent from 2016 levels, with this year's coronavirus pandemic threatening another spike in cases by curtailing global vaccination programs, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) war
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Indian soldiers continue to make us proud through UN Peacekeeping, says TS
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI): On the occasion of Remembrance Day, Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday said that the Indian soldiers have made an "extraordinary contribution" since World War 1 and are still making the country proud by participating in
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Libyan daily oil production tops 1 million barrels
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) of the UN-backed Libyan government said Saturday that the country's daily oil production has exceeded 1 million barrels.
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Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra elected to UN's ACABQ
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): India's candidate Vidisha Maitra has been elected to the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), with the strong support of UN member states, informed TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to UN on Friday.
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India won't accept shifting of LAC, China paying for its Ladakh misadventu
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Because of Indian defence forces' firm and strong response, the Chinese Army is facing the "unanticipated consequences" of its misadventure in Ladakh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday even as he stressed that status quo will have to b
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India's annual resolution on counter-terrorism adopted at UNGA
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 5 (ANI): Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday announced that India's annual resolution on the issue of counter-terrorism was co-sponsored by over 75 countries and adopted by consensus in the First Committee of the UN General Assembl
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Cong slide continues as it fails to secure single seat among 11 elected to
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): The unanimous election of ten MPs from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand to Rajya Sabha on Monday explicitly highlighted the Congress' continuous downward slide and irrelevance of the grand old party in the Indian political arena in past six years af
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Congress strength in Rajya Sabha goes down to 38
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): The unanimous election of 10 MPs from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand on Monday in the Rajya Sabha biennial elections has brought down the Congress strength in the House to 38 from 40.
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US, UK call for release of 'political prisoners' in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and the United Kingdom urged Belarus to release "political prisoners" and all those detained for participation in the anti-government demonstrations in the East European country, representatives of the US and the UK at the UN Human
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India, US hold consultations, agree to work closely at UNSC
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 30 (ANI): India and the US held consultations on issues related to the UN Security Council here on October 28-29 and agreed to work closely during India's upcoming term as a non-permanent member of UNSC during 2021-22.
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