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US asks China to allow UN rights chief 'unhindered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 11 (ANI): The United States has asked China to provide "unhindered and unsupervised" access to all areas of Xinjiang to United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, during her visit in May this year.
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Afghan women portrayed as victims, not passive bystanders: UN rights chief
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 11 (ANI): As the world mark International Women's Day this week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has underlined the need to empower women in Afghanistan, saying that they are "not passive bystanders" and should contribute to the future of th
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UN chief calls for international cooperation, solidarity to support everyo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 11 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the war in Ukraine calls for international cooperation and solidarity to support everyone affected, and to overcome the clear violation of international law.
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India briefs UN expert team on counter-terrorism priorities, concerns
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): A United Nations team of experts from the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning Islamic State, Al-Qaida and the Taliban supporting the Security Council's 1267 & 1988 Sanction Committees visited India from March 8-10.
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Cong unable to convert hard work into votes in UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to return to power with a comfortable majority for an unprecedented second term in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said that the party was unable to convert hard work into vo
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Ukraine crisis: 3 dead, 17 injured in Mariupol hospital attack
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 10 (ANI): Three people, including a child, were killed and at least 17 were injured as a result of the Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in the coastal city of Mariupol, reported local media citing Mariupol City Council.
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DPRK to launch more reconnaissance satellites to space
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said his country will launch multiple military reconnaissance satellites to space, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday.
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Ukraine conflict: UN expresses 'horror' at Mariupol hospital attack
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI): The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, expressed her horror over the reported destruction of a maternity hospital in the coastal city of Mariupol, which has been reportedly under heavy bombardment for days.
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Will support real climate action, serious climate justice: India at UN mee
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI): India on Wednesday (local time) said that it will always support "real climate action" and "serious climate justice" at a UN meeting on "Climate Finance for Sustaining Peace & Security."
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Sony games unit suspends shipments to Russia, PlayStation store to be unav
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Sony's PlayStation unit has decided to suspend all software and hardware shipments to Russia and the PlayStation Store will be also unavailable for Russian users, media reported.
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UN chief denounces 'scandalously unequal' vaccine distribution
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said in his statement on two years of COVID-19 that the vaccine distribution is "scandalously unequal" because rich-country health is prioritized over the poor.
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Avalipt.com initiates It's Just Blood campaign this Women's Day to kill th
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI/PNN): Avalipt, a custom fashion startup led by women entrepreneur Shomby Goswami came with this unapologetic idea this International Women's Day to normalise the stigma about period blood amongst men and society at large with the campaign - IT'S JUST BLOOD in
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