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UN chief mourns death of Archbishop Tutu of South Africa
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday mourned the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, calling him a towering world figure for peace.
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Yearender 2021: World can learn from India's climate commitments
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): India introduced multi-faceted initiatives to mitigate climate change - from the world's largest railway carrier becoming Net-Zero by 2030 to saving 40 billion tonnes of emission through LEDs it announced at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
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TN: Intermittent rains affect process of making earthen pots, Madurai pott
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 26 (ANI): Ahead of Pongal, the potters of Madurai say intermittent rainfall has severely affected the process of making earthen pots due to which they are unable to meet the market demand.
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Six Rohingyas held in Tripura for illegally entering Indian territory
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
.Unakoti (Tripura) [India], December 26 (ANI): Acting on a tip-off, Tripura Police on Saturday arrested a Rohingya family consisting of six members from Unakoti district of Tripura for illegally crossing the Bangladesh border and entering Indian territory.
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UN humanitarian agency poised to raise USD 107mn in typhoon Rai aid for Ph
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has appealed for over USD 107 million required to help the Philippine government provide life-saving assistance to people affected by Typhoon Rai.
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UN planning USD 8 Billion aid to restart Afghanistan's economy
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 25 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) is planning to aid Afghanistan's economy with USD 8 billion to rebuild governing systems and social services.
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107 refugees resettled from Libya to Canada
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said it has resettled 107 refugees from Libya to Canada, the last resettlement departure of refugees from Libya this year.
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Punjab DGP holds high-level meeting, instructs police officers to maintain
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 24 (ANI): At a high-level meeting that took place in wake of the Ludhiana District Court explosion on Thursday, Director-General of Police (DGP) Punjab Siddharth Chattopadhyaya directed the police officers to keep a vigil at all the sensitive places and
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UN calls for ceasefire amid fighting in northern Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations' top relief envoy in Somalia on Friday called for a ceasefire in Bossaso, a commercial port city in northeast Somalia, following three days of intense fighting between rival security forces.
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Pakistan-Saudi rift widens after OIC Foreign Ministers Summit
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia rift widened further after the recently held Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Council (OIC) of foreign ministers on Afghanistan as Pakistan tried to rake up unrelated issues.
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General Assembly approves UN regular budget for 2022
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The General Assembly on Friday approved an annual regular budget for the United Nations (UN) of about 3.122 billion US dollars.
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Pakistan Upper House passes resolution, flays Sialkot lynching
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Upper House on Friday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Sialkot lynching incident in which a Sri Lankan citizen was brutally killed.
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