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UNHCR warns of imminent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] July 14 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating conflict brings increased human suffering and civilian displacement.
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Kadola village in J-K's Ramban gets power supply for first time
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 14 (ANI): Electricity has now reached Kadola, the last un-electrified hamlet of Ramban district, under a centrally sponsored scheme.
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He can cross-check, still creating panic: Andhra Finance Minister on PAC c
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Dismissing Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Payyavula Keshav's allegations that large sums in excess of Rs 41,000 crore remained unaccounted for, Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath on Wednesday said as a PAC chairm
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TechSupergirl: India's most coveted program on Entrepreneurship Incubation
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Techsupergirl program was launched in partnership with IWIL (Indian Women Institutional League) along with SSC NASSCOM , National Skill Development Corporation and Shell E4 and saw participation from Jury members across UN Women, Atal Innov
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Nepal's transit deal with China remains stalled even after five years
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 12 (ANI): Even after the passage of five years since the signing of the Nepal-China Transit and Transportation Agreement, Kathmandu and Beijing have been unable to make headways in a much-touted bilateral deal.
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UN says half of Afghan population in need of humanitarian aid
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 12 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to witness a surge in violence leading to a humanitarian crisis, half of the country's population is in need of humanitarian assistance and a third of children under five are facing acute malnutrition, informed a UN official.
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Blinken says US-Philippines defence treaty covers Chinese attack in South
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 12 (ANI): The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to defend the Philippines against a Chinese attack in the South China Sea (SCS), under their Mutual Defense Treaty.
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UN chief urges protecting people's reproductive health rights
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to protect people's reproductive health rights as the world marks World Population Day, which falls on July 11 annually.
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Death toll rises to 90 in US Florida building collapse
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed death toll in the residential building collapse in Surfside, south-eastern US state of Florida, rose to 90 with 31 people remaining potentially unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Sunday, the eighteenth da
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Has Rakesh Tikait taken contract to defame India: BJP questions him on UN
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait's "UN remarks", BJP Kisan Morcha president Rajkumar Chahar on Saturday accused the farmer leader of defaming the country and warned him to carefully chose his words.
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9 dead, 19 missing in Japan's Atami mudslides
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 11 (ANI): Japanese authorities on Saturday confirmed that nine people died and 19 others were unaccounted in Atami mudslides.
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Pakistan not worried over taking action against terrorists, despite remain
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): Despite remaining on the "grey list" of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Pakistan is less worried about the UN-designated terror groups living on its territory amid the US troop withdrawal from neighbouring Afghanistan.
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