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Taliban restricts female students to leave Kabul for studies in another at
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, reported Sputnik citing sources.
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Moscow says UN Secretariat's position on Zaporizhzhia NPP shelling by Kyiv
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Secretariat takes an unprincipled position in the light of the Ukrainian shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, deliberately distorting the situation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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Michelle Bachelet signals delay in report on human rights abuses in China'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
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Ukraine keeps no track of American weapons, does all accounting on paper:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukrainian authorities are unable to pin down the exact location of the arms and other military equipment supplied by the United States as all of their accounting is done on paper, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense Sean O'Donnell t
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Delhi assembly session: Sisodia challenges opposition, says conduct 1,000
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): Amid the ruckus in the one-day special session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia called out the CBI raids on him and said that the opposition was unable to digest the praise he received across the world.
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Afghanistan: UN agency alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising grave concerns over the continued detention and deportations of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, warning once again that forcing people fleeing persecution back to their country against their will is illegal and put
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UN helps cash-strapped Pakistan, Afghanistan deal with heavy flooding
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 25 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday said it is helping Pakistan and Afghanistan deal with recent heavy flooding that has caused heavy casualties and material damage in both countries.
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China in tight spot after UN report confirms human rights violations in Xi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): Beijing is facing a difficult situation after the UN Special Rapporteur stated that China is involved in the suppression of the minority Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
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Canada: Indian students face visa delays, govt urges Canadian authorities
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 25 (ANI): The Indian High Commission in Ottawa has asked the Canadian authorities to look into the problems faced by college students enrolled in Canadian universities, who are unable to join the academic courses due to delays in the processing of their visas and stud
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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.
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Study: Parents adopt unhealthy food routines for family wellbeing in place
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): A new study suggests that low-income parents buy unhealthy food influenced not only by its availability, cheapness and marketing but by non-food aspects of well-being that they are unable to provide for their families.
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MHA seeks nomination for 'POC Site Coordinator' to UN mission in South Sud
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought the nomination of individual police officers in active service for their appointment on Secondment against the post of 'POC Site Coordinator (P-4)' to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for a period
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