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UN rights body abandons Uyghurs, votes not to discuss China's abuse: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 12 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rejected the bid by the US and European countries to debate rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
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50 pc of world's poorest need debt relief to avert major development crisi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 12 (ANI): Fifty-four developing economies accounting for more than half of the world's poorest people need urgent debt relief as a result of cascading global crises, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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UN rights body raises alarm over sentencing of minors in Hong Kong
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 12 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday raised alarm over the sentencing of another five people, including four minors, under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
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Partnership with Africa will remain top priority: India at UN
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 11 (ANI): India on Tuesday said that terrorist outfits like armed groups deserve the attention of the UN Security Council in their response to addressing security threats confronting Africa today and the country's partnership with Africa will remain a top priority.
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Sunshines on Fish Farming in J-K's Bandipora; lucrative employment choice
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 11 (ANI): Bandipora has been famous for three A's -Alim, Adab and Aaab (Education, Water, Literature) and over the years first two A's got affected owing to violence while unplanned urbanization and unabated use of plastic ruined the water bodie
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Unicorn startups in India almost doubled since 2021: PM Modi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Highlighting the role of talent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India is a young nation with a great innovative spirit, adding that the number of unicorn startups has almost doubled since 2021.
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India works on Antyodaya vision, UN can lead way: PM Modi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Highlighting India's vision of Antyodaya --empowering the last person in a mission mood- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that there is a need for an 'institutional approach' in helping each other during a crisis and that global or
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Climate crisis intensifying heatwaves: UN-backed report warns ahead of COP
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 11 (ANI): Greater action is needed to avert the recurrence of disastrous heatwaves, which are being intensified by the climate crisis, a UN and Red Cross report warned.
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5.1-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan's Fayzabad
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Fayzabad [Afghanistan], October 11 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit Fayzabad, Afghanistan on Tuesday morning, the National Center for Seismology said.
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Ukraine, Russia clash at UNGA ahead of vote on condemning Moscow's annexat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 11 (ANI): Ukraine and Russia clashed in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday ahead of a likely vote on a resolution on whether to condemn Moscow's annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
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Biden pledges advanced air defence systems to Ukraine in phone call with Z
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as he condemned Russian large-scale strikes on Ukrainian cities and pledged advanced air defence systems to Kyiv.
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Air defence number one priority: Zelenskyy tells Biden after Russian strik
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 11 (ANI): Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with US President Joe Biden on Monday and told him that air defence is the number one priority in Kyiv's defence cooperation with Washington after large-scale strikes on Ukrainian cities by Russia.
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