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Time running out to prevent 'worst case scenario' arising in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], June 23 (ANI): As the major indicators for Afghanistan's security and development looking "negative or stagnant", the threats that lie following the withdraw of foreign troops from the country cannot be overstated, according to the top UN official.
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Opposition's strategies to defeat BJP will prove to be hollow: Vijayvargiy
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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 23 (ANI): A day after a high-profile political meeting at veteran leader and NCP chief Sharad Pawar's Delhi residence, BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday said that even if all opposition leaders stand one over the other, then
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50 of Afghan's 370 districts fallen under Taliban control since May: UN en
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Kabul [Afghanistan], June 23 (ANI): Fifty out of Afghanistan's 370 districts have fallen to Taliban terrorists since May, informed the United Nations' special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons on Tuesday, as the United States continues its military withdrawal from the country.
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Pak should be held accountable for hosting 'dreaded, listed' terrorists: I
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan should be held "accountable for aiding and abetting terrorism", India on Tuesday said Islamabad continues to provide pensions to dreaded and listed terrorists and hosts them on its territory as its state policy.
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China opposes UN rights chief's remarks on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): The Chinese Mission to the United Nations has opposed the remarks made by the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights on Hong Kong and Xinjiang-related issues at the Human Rights Council on Monday.
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Graphy launches Rs. 100 Cr Graphy Creator Grant
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Graphy, an Unacademy group company, today unveiled the Graphy Creator Grant worth Rs100 crore ($14 million) to help Graphy users launch their online school.
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UN rights chief seeks 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang this year
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that she hopes to agree on terms with China for a visit this year to Xinjiang province, to look into reports of serious abuse against Uyghurs.
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Tigray Conflict clouds Ethiopia's 'historic' parliamentary election
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Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 22 (ANI): Amid a cascade of major crises in Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country, which left millions unable to vote, Ethiopian voters went to polls on Monday in a national election that has been held as a long-awaited emergence into a multi-party demo
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UN verifies 26,425 grave violations against children in armed conflict in
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New York [US], June 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations verified at least 26,425 grave violations against children in armed conflict during 2020, including instances of killing, recruitment and sexual violence, a report by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres revealed on Monday.
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Closely monitoring 'chilling impact' of National Security Law on Hong Kong
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that the United Nations is closely monitoring the impact that National Security Law had on the civic and democratic space of Hong Kong.
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UKPNP calls for UN probe into rights abuses in Pak occupied J-K, Gilgit Ba
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Bern [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): Expressing deep concerns over human rights violations in Pakistan and its occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has appealed to the United Nations to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the ma
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Yoga emerged as a powerful tool to reduce impact of stress during pandemic
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New York [US], June 21 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti on Monday stressed on practising Yoga for physical and mental well-being on the occasion of the seventh International Day of Yoga.
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