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UN Human Rights Chief calls for coordinated regional approach to protect M
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"More than 2,400 Rohingya have sought to leave Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2022 alone, and I am deeply saddened that over 200 have reportedly lost their lives on the way. Recent reports indicate that overcrowded and unsafe boats carrying Rohingyas have been left to drift for days on end withou
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World leaders need to act against Myanmar junta: UN Special Rapporteur on
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Andrews said, " The Myanmar junta's 33-year sentence of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi comes a week after a Security Council resolution demanded her release and that of more than 13,000 other political prisoners. They need more than words of condemnation from world leade
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UNHCR voices concern over arrest of Afghan refugees in Karachi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
On Friday, Sindh Minister Sharjeel Memon said 129 Afghan female illegal immigrants were jailed in the province -- with 178 children -- but insisted the minors were not under arrest, the Dawn newspaper reported.
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Dalai Lama condoles death of PM Modi's mother
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Heeraben Modi passed away today at around 3:30 am at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in the city of Ahmedabad. She was hospitalised on Wednesday after her health deteriorated.
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Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting Minister of Economy issued a letter barring women from working in international and national NGOs, a further violation of women's rights with the double blow of preventing the deli
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Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced by Myanmar court for 7 more years in prison, he
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The court found Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption pertaining to buying, repair and rental of a helicopter for use during natural disasters and state affairs.
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Next 8 years will see Indian Railways on new journey of modernisation: PM
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Just a short while after he performed the last rites of his mother Heeraben who passed away early this morning, PM Modi joined the event in Kolkata through video conferencing. Apologising for not being able to be present physically at the event, PM Modi said, "I was supposed to come to West
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Anand Prakash Chouksey honored with the eminent Times Achievers Madhya Pra
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI/Mediawire): The spirit of innovation and the fondness for the new and extravagant is something that is at an all-time high in our country. And binding this together is the unrelenting fearless attitude- one that transcends generations. Unafraid to tread
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CPI MP writes to Union Labour Minister, asks to implement SC Judgement on
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Upper House MP from Kerala Binoy Viswam further said in his letter, "This is nearly half of the time permitted by the Supreme Court. this outrightly shows the callous attitude of the government towards the welfare of the workers of the country. Such an inordinate delay is unacceptable and re
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Unacceptable behaviour, complaint filed: Jyotiraditya Scindia after scuffl
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
After a mid-air altercation on a Thai Smile Airways flight from Bangkok to Kolkata went viral, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said a police complaint has been filed against the passengers who were involved in the scuffle.
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Pakistan floods reminder that climate change will bring more disasters in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the United Nations' 2022 Year in Review report on Climate and Environment, in 2022, while some regions suffered from a lack of water, others were hit by severe floods.
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Nicosia thanks New Delhi for supporting UN's mandate on Cyprus issue
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Cyprus on Thursday thanked India for supporting the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), wherein Security Council expressed concern over unauthorized activities in the buffer zone separating Greek and Turkish communities in the northern and southern regions o
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