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Maharashtra resident doctors on strike assure emergency services to remain
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 1 (ANI): Emergency services will not be shut and patient care will not be compromised in Maharashtra, said the Maharashtra State Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) as resident doctors went on an indefinite strike across the state on Friday.
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Activist urges world to support Afghan women as situation deteriorates aft
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 1 (ANI): Amid the Taliban takeover, Afghan women are facing an unfriendly situation in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan: 70 fishing boats missing at sea amid cyclone warning
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] October 1 (ANI): Pakistan authorities are unable to track at least 70 boats after all fishing boats sailing from karachi were recalled in view of a potential tropical cyclone.
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Taliban envoy urges for UN acceptance
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 1 (ANI): The Taliban-nominated envoy to the United Nations Suhail Shaheen once again called on the organisation to allow him to represent Afghanistan at the international forum.
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China most active country in stalling NGOs applications at UN: Expert
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): China is the most active country in stalling NGOs applications at the United Nations even if the organisations engage in the most innocuous and uncontroversial activities, an expert said, adding that Beijing is working hard to shrink the space for these g
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Ethiopia expels seven top UN officials for 'meddling'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 30 (ANI): Ethiopia asked seven senior United Nations staff members to leave the country within 72 hours for allegedly meddling in the Horn of Africa nation's internal affairs, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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For 55 million displaced, status quo 'not an option': UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 30 (ANI): Nationally-owned solutions must be found for more than 55 million people displaced within their own countries, according to a new report.
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China slammed during UN Rights Council session over restrictions in Tibet
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): China has been chided during the 48th UN Human Rights Council session for its rights record in Tibet with delegates from the US, Denmark, Germany, and European Union expressing concerns over severe restrictions on religious, linguistic and cultural t
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EU helps deliver 32 tonnes of UNICEF humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): The first aircraft carrying UNICEF lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) Airbridge, the UN agency said.
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India at UNGA side event highlights its digital platforms, calls for techn
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): While participating virtually in a gathering at the high-level UN General Assembly-76 event titled "From Open Software to Open Society," India highlighted its public digital platforms and called for strengthened technological cooperation between member
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un rejects US dialogue proposal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rejected the US proposal on dialogue, calling it an attempt to mask hostility, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
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UN agency says 80pc of newly displaced Afghans are women, children
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Almost 80 per cent of newly displaced people in Afghanistan are women and children, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
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