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Resolution seeking statehood passed in Puducherry Assembly
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Puducherry Assembly unanimously passed a resolution seeking full statehood for Puducherry on Friday. This is the 14th time that a statehood resolution for the Union Territory (UT) has been passed in the Assembly.
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UAE wins bid to host third ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fue
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
All member states of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) unanimously accepted the UAE's bid in a recent meeting of the Council held at the ICAO headquarters at Montreal in Canada. The conference is oragnised every seven years.
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Ruchira Kamboj lays down 6-point plan on 'Silencing the Guns in Africa' at
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Kamboj said, "Several countries in Africa, particularly in the Sahel, Central Africa and the Horn of Africa, continue to be conflict-ridden by factors that are driven by chronic political instability, ethnic divisions, and exploitation by terrorist and armed groups. There is also the role
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to chair UN Security Council debate on eff
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will chair an open debate at the UN Security Council on April 24 to discuss the contours of the new world order and effective multilateralism in defence of the organization's Charter principles as part of Russia's chairmanship of the UN Security Council
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Baloch rights body urges UN to investigate enforced disappearances in Balo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Baloch Voice Association, an NGO based in Paris have called upon UN Rapporteurs and the UN bodies to conduct a thorough investigation into the cases of enforced disappearances of Baloch women and hold the perpetrators accountable for their actions.
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UN Human Rights Office expresses concern over arbitrary arrests in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCRR) called on the Taliban to immediately release activists detained for advocating women's rights.
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Russia to chair UN Security Council meeting next month
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Russia's Foreign Ministry said, "In April, Russia will chair the UN Security Council. Russia will do its utmost to ensure this body's efficient operation in the interests of finding political and diplomatic solutions to acute crises and maintaining global stability."
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Pakistan: Street crime continues unabated in Rawalpindi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Robbers and thieves are running amok in the garrison city of Rawalpindi as 89 cases were reported to police in which 29 people lost their motorcycles, 42 mobile phones and gold jewellery worth over Rs 3.5 million, reported Dawn.
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First-ever exhibition on 1971 genocide in Bangladesh hosted at UN
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Liberation War Museum to commemorate the National Genocide Day on 25 March, was opened by Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen with the presence of the Ambassadors, UN officials, eminent persons from the Bangladesh community includi
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China's 'Global Security Initiative' counters Chinese policy of bullying c
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
With the "Global Security Initiative" (GSI) announced in April 2022, Xi Jinping is trying to offer China as an honest broker in conflicts which is counter to the actual Chinese policies and actions which demonstrate its contempt for the United Nations Charter and UN entities when they are
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Pakistan National Assembly passes bill to curtail Chief Justice's suo moto
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, curtailing the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo moto notice in an individual capacity. The Express Tribune reported.
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Heavy rains, flash floods affected 645 families in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said due to the recent heavy rains and flash floods in seven provinces, at least 645 families have been affected.
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