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BRICS nations agree on innovation co-operation
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): BRICS nations comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa on Wednesday unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee meeting.
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The UN's recent step to kickstart Global Taxation of the Digital Economy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Economic Laws Practice and The Dialogue today released a white paper titled Taxation of Digitalized Economy: Analysing the United Nations Article 12B Solution which analyzes Article 12B (approved by UN to be added in the UN Model Tax Conve
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UNEP joins Hands with Massive Earth Foundation to launch LowCarbon.Earth:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The (late) Nobel economist of the 1970s, Milton Friedman, argued that the primary purpose of a business is to generate profit for shareholders and that by focusing on sustainable practices, businesses would be less competitive and unable t
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Grave concerns raised about 'Uyghur genocide' in China at UN rights counci
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): Expressing grave concerns over the "Uyghur genocide" in China's Xinjiang province, Canada delivered a joint statement on behalf of 42 countries at the UN Humans Rights Council on Tuesday.
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Time running out to prevent 'worst case scenario' arising in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months 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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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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