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India questions 'Veto' blocking terrorist listings at UNSC, citing doubles
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Let us turn to the subsidiary bodies inhabiting a subterranean world with their own custom-made working methods and obscure practices which do not find any legal basis in the charter or any of the council's resolutions. For instance, while we do get to know of the decisions of these committ
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India brought in new global vision through philosophy of 'Vasudhaiva Kutum
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Had a freewheeling discussion on various topics with the heads & representatives of @UNmissions & agencies in India. I underscored the way forward for the association between UN & India," Union Minister Puri said in a post on X.
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Israel criticizes Canada and Sweden's restoring funding for UN Gaza agency
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement calling the move, "a serious mistake that constitutes tacit agreement and encouragement on the part of the governments of Canada and Sweden to continue to ignore the involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorist activity."
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Iran condemns UN's report on protest crackdown, calls it "false and biased
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Iran has condemned the United Nations report stating that Iran's violent crackdown in 2022 on peaceful protests and the specific targeting of women and girls were serious rights violations, many amounting to crimes against humanity, reported Al Jazeera.
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UN Security Council calls for ceasefire, humanitarian response in Sudan du
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the report, fourteen countries on the 15-member council on Friday backed the resolution proposed by the United Kingdom, with only Russia abstained on the vote that called on "all parties to the conflict to seek a sustainable resolution to the conflict through dialogue."
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UNAMA chief Roza Otunbayeva urges Taliban to end constraints on women and
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The head of the UN Deputy Mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban to abolish the restrictions placed on women and girls as the world observes International Women's Solidarity Day on March 8.
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"Elevate a woman, elevate a nation": Indian envoy to UN on International W
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Indian envoy to the UN also stressed the guiding principle that "elevating a woman elevates a nation," propelling India into a new era of inclusivity. The nation envisions a developed India by 2047, with this principle fuelling the journey towards a more prosperous and equitable socie
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"Vande Bharat bus from Palampur to Amb starts tomorrow": Himachal Tourism
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The inaugural service, starting from Palampur and terminating at Amb in the Una district via Nagrota and Kangra, aims to cater to tourists arriving via the Vande Bharat train to the Kangra district.
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France's envoy to UN extends support for candidacy of G4 countries as perm
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Permanent Representative of France to the UN, Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere, extended support for the candidacy of the G4 countries -- India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, stressing that France is in favour of a reform of the UNSC
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'India not only strengthens food security for its people but also for neig
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Arvind Kumar, president of the India Water Foundation, emphasized on Thursday that India is one of the very few countries, that not only strengthens food security for its people but also for its neighbours and other countries of the global south when needed.
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India's Nishant enters pre-quarterfinals at 1st World Olympic Boxing Quali
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Indian boxer Nishant Dev continued his dominant show to enter the men's 71kg pre-quarterfinals of the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifier after thrashing Georgia's Madiev Eskerkhan by a unanimous 5-0 margin in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
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If some of biggest resource providers for UN are kept out, it's not good f
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted that if the most populous countries in the world and some of the biggest resource providers for the UN are kept out, it is not good for the United Nations Security Council.
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