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UN funds conservation of indigenous knowledge, biodiversity in Kenya
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday disbursed 30 million shillings (about 270,500 U.S. dollars) to 12 community-based organizations for conservation of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge in Kenya.
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UN 'extremely' saddened by murder of UK Conservative politician Amess
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is saddened by the killing of UK Conservative lawmaker David Amess who died earlier on Friday after being stabbed at his regular constituency surgery in Essex, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
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UN condemns Shia mosque explosion in Kandahar, says terrorism continues in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 15 (ANI): Highlighting the continuity of terrorism in Afghanistan, the United Nations on Friday condemned the latest terror attack at a Shia mosque in Kandahar, where over two dozen people were killed.
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Income Tax searches in Maharashtra reveal unaccounted income of over Rs 18
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on two real estate business groups of Mumbai and certain individuals/ entities associated with them and found incriminating documents, evidencing unaccounted income of over Rs 184 crore.
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UN must work to enhance support for South-South cooperation: India at UNGA
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): India on Thursday at the United Nations (UN) underlined the need to enhance support for South-South cooperation and ensuring that resources meant for core development programmes are not re-purposed.
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UN pays tribute to former General Assembly president Bouteflika
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN General Assembly on Thursday held an event to pay tribute to former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who served as the 29th president of the General Assembly between 1974 and 1975, and died last month.
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US returns to UN Human Rights Council, Blinken says United States will adv
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed the return of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council, after leaving it in 2018 under then-President Trump.
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Climate change: Pakistan faces existential crisis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): As per the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report of August 2021, Pakistan is facing an existential crisis.
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Japanese PM mulls attending UN climate change meet in Glasgow
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] October 14 (ANI): Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told British PM Boris Johnson on Wednesday that he is considering whether to attend the leaders' session of the UN climate change talks in Glasgow in November.
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WHO bestows posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General's award, recognizing the world-changing legacy of this Black American woman who died of cervical cancer, 70 years ago, on 4 October, 1951.
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India responsible nuclear-weapon State, maintains credible minimum deterre
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Pankaj Sharma on Wednesday noted that India is a responsible nuclear weapon State and maintains a policy of credible minimum deterrence, based on a no-first-use posture and non-use of nuclear weapo
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UN chief asks for 3.12 bln USD for 2022 budget
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday asked for nearly 3.12 billion U.S. dollars as the world body's regular budget for 2022.
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