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"Afghans stand on precipice:" UN calls for urgent action against climate c
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"The Afghan people stand on the precipice of devastating climate projections. As COP27 opens today, the UN in Afghanistan calls for urgent collective action to halt the destructive impact of the altering climate in the country that is one of the least prepared against climate shocks but is r
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Ukrainian Prez Zelenskyy calls revival of Black Sea Grain corridor signifi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday said that twenty-eight ships carrying various agricultural products left Ukrainian ports in the past week and the revival of the Black Sea grain corridor is one of the most significant international results despite Russian threats.
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For first time since 2015, South Korea's Navy to participate in Japan's fl
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid escalating nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, a South Korean naval vessel is set to take part in Japan's international fleet review on Sunday for the first time in seven years.
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China accuses Canada of "suppression" after govt order on Chinese firms
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Canada's Science and Industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the decision was made after reviewing a number of investments in Canadian companies engaged in the critical minerals sector, including lithium.
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Canada orders three Chinese firms to exit critical minerals deals
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
China continues to dominate the rare earth elements around the world, while the west is pushing towards self-reliance in the procurement of scarce metals and minerals. However, China does not produce a lot of the minerals, and has instead invested heavily in overseas mines in places like Can
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Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UN survey
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan - latest findings and emerging threats is the first report on the illicit opium economy since the Taliban, which assumed power in August 2021, banned cultivation of opium poppy and all narcotics in April 2022.
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"There is internal threat due to this political turmoil..." ISI unfolds ma
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's spy agency ISI unfolded many secrets for the first time in an explosive interview with ISI chief Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum along with Director General ISPR Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar.
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High level engagement at UNSC on threat from new technologies used by terr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
UN Security Council members, including leading experts from the UN's operational partners and specialized agencies, come together in the national capital to discuss threats posed by the use of technologies for terrorist purposes.
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Internet, social media turned into potent instruments in toolkit of terror
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Characterising terrorism as one of the gravest threats to humanity, EAM said," The UN Security Council, in the past two decades, has evolved an important architecture, built primarily around the counter-terrorism sanctions regime, to combat this menace.
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Chinese AI surveillance technology prone to espionage threats: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Chinese authoritarian state in its current form has been enhancing its bid to increase surveillance upon its own people domestically and internationally, reported Tibet Press.
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India's growth resilient despite exogenous threats: Sitharaman
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite exogenous threats, India's well-targeted policy mix, accompanied by major structural reforms and a sound external balance sheet, have aided its growth to remain resilient: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
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Putin oversees drills of nuclear forces amid escalating tensions with Ukra
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the training of Moscow's strategic deterrence forces, troops responsible for responding to threats of nuclear war, the Kremlin said.
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