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plutos ONE - How two founders are unlocking value in Middle India by shari
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI/PNN): India boasts the second-largest banked population and one of the most dynamic and advanced fintech sectors in the world. Those achievements seem at odds with the fact that fewer than 3 per cent of Indians have a credit card and fewer than 25 per cent have
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More than 550 confirmed monkeypox cases reported: UN
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 2 (ANI): Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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UN welcomes first commercial flight from Sanaa airport to Cairo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the first commercial flight from Yemen's Sanaa airport to Cairo earlier in the day, a UN spokesman said.
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UN experts say terrorist groups enjoy freedom in Afghanistan, Taliban reje
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 2 (ANI): Terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda enjoy greater freedom in Afghanistan now than at any time in recent history as the past ties with Taliban have the potential of making Kabul a safe haven for extremists, according to a United Nations report.
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Rights group call for urgent debate on women's rights crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The world's worst women's rights crisis demands an urgent and proportionate response from the UN Human Rights Council, urged a coalition of 25 leading NGOs from all world regions on Wednesday.
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UNAMA urges Taliban to stop harassing journalists
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): Amid the increasing atrocities against women journalists in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called out the Taliban to stop harassing journalists and end extremely harsh and severe measures.
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German envoy lauds PM Modi for 'running such big country,' praises India f
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): German envoy to India, Walter J Lindner on Wednesday heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership skills.
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This World Environment Day, Quest Global pledges to plant 500,000 trees gl
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 1 (ANI/PR Newswire): Quest Global, one of the world's fastest-growing engineering services firms, announced its Quest Global Pledge - a global reforestation drive.
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UN welcomes lifting of state of emergency in Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations on Tuesday welcomed the lifting of the state of emergency in Sudan.
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UN says 7.7 million people in need of humanitarian aid in Somalia
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Mogadishu [Somalia], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): The overall number of people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection in Somalia has risen to 7.7 million from 5.9 million in 2021, the United Nations relief agency said on Tuesday.
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Aviation regulator of Nepal tightens flight permit rules, unanimous decisi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 31 (ANI): In wake of the deadly crash in the Himalayas which killed 22 people including foreigners, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has introduced a new rule, 'clear weather throughout the route to carry out a flight'.
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UN expresses concerns over resurgence of fighting in DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): The UN Refugee Agency have expressed deep concerns about the urgent and large-scale needs of more than 72,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in recent days in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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