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UN Rights Chief flags China over Tibet, Xinjiang abuses; calls for release
Updated : 9 months ago IST
On June 17, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed worries about "continued violations of cultural and other rights" in Tibet and demanded the "release of all individuals detained for exercising their rights and alignment of legislation and policies with internatio
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Himachal CM unveils Rs 25.79 crore development projects in Una
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during his visit to the Una Assembly constituency on Monday, dedicated and laid the foundation stones of multiple development projects amounting to Rs. 25.79 crore, with a focus on strengthening education and infrastructure.
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CND chair Shambhu S Kumaran meets UN Chief, discusses global drug challeng
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Shambhu S Kumaran, Chairman of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), Indian Ambassador to Austria, met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York.
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JSMM Chairman Shafi Burfat appeals to UN over systematic repression in Sin
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Shafi Burfat of JSMM urged the UN to act against Pakistan's alleged human rights abuses in Sindh, including raids, abductions, and enforced disappearances. He accused the military of targeting Sindhi activists and land grabs, calling for urgent global intervention and a UN fact-finding missi
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh attends UN Ocean Conference, French Presiden
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
During the opening session of the "UN Ocean Conference", French President Emmanuel Macron called for multilateral mobilisation to save the oceans.
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India has taken a proactive and forward-thinking approach to extreme heat
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. P.K. Mishra, has emphasised the urgent need to address extreme heat as a global crisis, echoing the call from the UN Secretary-General.
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Gandhian Ethos Echoed in Scottish Parliament: Peace Society Celebrates Leg
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6: On 29th May 2025, the Gandhian Peace Society, under the leadership of General Secretary Dhruva Kumar, convened a landmark event at the Fleming Room of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. In an inspiring convergence of values and voices, the Fleming Room at the Sc
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Former Indian envoy Taranjit Singh Sandhu questions Pakistan’s credibility
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"On the UN, it also implies how seriously Pakistan will take terrorism, especially when such a responsible position they are given. A very high-power parliamentary delegation led by Mr Bhutto is here - how much authority and power the Generals or Marshal side has given to them?," Sandhu s
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Over 200,000 Afghans leave Pakistan amid deportation drive
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Over 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since April amid a government deportation drive. Afghan Citizen Card holders must leave by March 31, 2025, or face deportation. The UN warns rising deportations from Iran and Pakistan strain Afghanistan's fragile systems. Around 3 million Afghans still
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"FATF important to deter, stop inflow of funds to terrorist organisations
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The issue of terrorist financing was very much a part of all of our conversations. The leader of our delegation and individual members also explained that as long as Pakistan was on the grey list of the FATF, they were responsive; they were forced to be responsive and to the extent that Saj
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All-party delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi meets Latvian officials in Ri
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The all-party delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi met with Andzejs Vilumsons, the State Secretary of Latvia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Andrejs Pildegovics, Ambassador of Special Tasks of the Secretariat of the Candidate of Latvia to the UN Security Council and Permanent Representat
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Two Indian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously with Dag Hammarskjold
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Notably, the medals will be presented posthumously during a solemn ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 29, which marks the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers -- an occasion dedicated to honouring the more than 4,300 peacekeepers who have lost their li
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