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James Anderson feels energised by captain Stokes' aggression, can carry on
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The 40-year-old has been rested for the third and final Test against Pakistan at Karachi. The visitors have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Anderson has been the part of team that has won eight out of nine Tests under Stokes' leadership
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Goals, targets set in Global Biodiversity Framework should be realistic: B
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said that the goals and targets set in the Global Biodiversity Framework should be ambitious, yet realistic and practical.
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Goals set in Global Biodiversity Framework should be ambitious yet practic
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Goals and targets set in Global Biodiversity Framework should be ambitious, yet realistic and practical, said Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Sunday.
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Unable to fight us, BJP sending ED, IT to defame Congress govt, says Chhat
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Attacking the Centre, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could not fight electorally so it's using central agencies against the opposition.
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EAM Jaishankar says New York visit "fruitful"
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"Joined unveiling of the bust of Bapu at UN premises," Jaishankar wrote.
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UN ranks Namami Gange among Top 10 World Restoration Flagship Programmes
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The award was received by G. Asok Kumar, the Director General of the Namami Gange project during a function at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada on World Restoration Day on Wednesday.
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Twitter's suspension of journalists' accounts draws global backlash
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Twitter's unprecedented suspension of over twenty prominent journalists citing they had violated rules against "doxxing," has drawn swift backlash from around the world.
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UN slams Twitter's 'arbitrary' suspension of journalists
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dujarric said media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for freedom of speech. The spokesperson said this move sets a dangerous precedent at a time when journalists all over the world are facing censorship, physical threats, and even worse.
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Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"The situation is quite unprecedented, for not only we are seeing more outbreaks, but these outbreaks are larger and more deadly than the ones we have seen in past years," said Barboza. "This increasing number of cholera outbreaks is occurring after several years of regular reduction in the
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Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugee agency's special envoy
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"After more than 20 years of dedicated and committed work with the UN Refugee Agency advocating for the rights and protection of forcibly displaced people around the world, Angelina Jolie is moving on from her role as UNHCR's Special Envoy to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human
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Afghanistan: UN experts call on Taliban to immediately halt public floggin
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments.
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Iran's ouster from Women's Commission shows UN's bias
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has removed Iran from the United Nations' leading global commission fighting for gender equality because of systematic violations of the rights of women and girls.
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