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UK deeply regrets Russia’s “reckless use of veto” for UNSC resolution on M
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Russia on Wednesday vetoed the UNSC resolution, drafted by France and UAE, on sanctions against Mali, TASS reported. Thirteen Security Council members voted in favour of a resolution to extend the UN sanctions and independent monitoring for another year. Russia cast a veto, while China absta
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Heroin worth Rs 2.25 crore seized in Tripura, 3 held
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and police representatives from Kumarghat Police Station apprehended three individuals along with heroin on Friday. The approximate cost of the heroin is around Rs 2.25 crore.
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Taiwan Foreign Minister seeks international support for participation in U
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Stating that repeated Chinese aggression continues to pose threats to Taiwan, which has been “improperly excluded” from the United Nations due to Beijing, Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu has urged the UN to meaningfully allow Taipei’s participation in the system.
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Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online scam centres across Southeast
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The United Nations said in a report that hundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and other illegal online operations that have surged across Southeast Asia in the past years, reported Al Jazeera.
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China remains Russia's backer, despite it bogging down in Ukraine
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Russia’s mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, apparently died in a plane crash near Moscow on August 23. This was two months to the day after Prigozhin mounted a quasi-coup against Tsar Vladimir Putin, underscoring how this authoritarian leader was not going to allow a challenge to his reign
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LAHDC Kargil Council Election: NC-Congress alliance unable to carry out an
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal took a dig at the National Conference-Congress alliance in Kargil and stated that the two parties were unable to carry out any development work in Kargil and that they would distract people by making accusations against the BJP
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Pakistan: Imran Khan again confesses to losing cipher during interrogation
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, during his interrogation, confessed that he “lost” the cipher and is “unable to recall” where had he kept it, The News International reported on Sunday.
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Declaring International Day of Clean Energy inspires countries for energy
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, stated that the UN General Assembly (UNGA) acknowledging January 26 as the International Day of Clean Energy, is a pioneering step that will encourage countries to adopt solutions aimed at accelerating the transit
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Hawaii wildfire: Officials release list of 388 “unaccounted” people, 100 n
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After over 100 people were killed in the Hawaii wildfire, the Maui County officials released a list of 388 people who are still “unaccounted for” after the devastating fires, The Washington Post reported.
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COP28 will support developing countries and emerging economies to move tow
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Dr. Rania Al Mashat, affirmed that the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), which the UAE will host from November 30 to December 12, 2023 at Expo City Dubai, will provide a major and important
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Flood waters have gone but horror continues for children in Pakistan, UNIC
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Millions of children in Pakistan remain dependent on humanitarian assistance as recovery and rehabilitation efforts from last year’s catastrophic floods lack sufficient funding, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
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B20 Summit: UN Special Envoy urges multilateral development banks to focus
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Co-Chair of Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and Chair and Head of Transition Investing at Brookfield Asset Management, addressed the need for a shift in the operational orientation of Multilateral Development Banks
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