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Former skipper Dilip Tirkey appointed Chairman of Odisha's Adhoc Committee
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 19 (ANI): Former Indian Hockey Captain Dilip Tirkey has been appointed the Chairman of the newly formed Adhoc Committee to manage Hockey in Odisha. He has been elected unanimously at the 1st Committee meeting convened virtually on Friday.
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Forced displacement of people reaches record high of 82.4 million, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): The number of people displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations in the world has increased to a record 82.4 million, according to the Global Trends report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Guterres appointed UN Secretary-General for second term
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 18 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was on Friday appointed for a second term to helm the 193-member world organization.
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UN rights experts 'extremely alarmed' by forced organ harvesting of minori
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sounded alarm over the reports of alleged 'organ harvesting' that is targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, who are currently in detention in China
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Assam Cong MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi quits, says Rahul Gandhi unable to shoulder
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 18 (ANI): Questioning the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Rupjyoti Kurmi on Friday tendered his resignation as a Member of the State Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Assam to Speaker Biswajit Daimary.
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UN alarmed by recent Myanmar violence, calls for accountability
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], June 17 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday said it was alarmed by the latest wave of violence in Myanmar in the wake of the February 1 military coup and called for all those responsible, including senior commanders, to be held accountable for violations.
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Unacademy's New Film Thanks Its Believers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Unacademy has released a new film titled "Unacademy Believe", which expresses gratitude to its learners, educators and users - who the company terms as its 'Believers' - for making the over 5-year-old company India's largest le
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India rebuffs Pak over Qureshi's remarks on J-K, says cross-border terrori
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Taking a veiled dig at Pakistan, the government on Thursday said that no amount of questioning can change the reality that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and noted that cross-border terrorism is unacceptable.
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US needs to fight against China's harmful influence in UN: Official
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): The United States needs to "fight" against Chinese harmful influence in the United Nations and needs to build an alliance to investigate the source of COVID-19 as well address human rights abuses in Xinjiang, a senior US official told Congress.
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UN chief calls for full respect of ceasefire agreement between Israel, Ham
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 17 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the full respect of the ceasefire agreed between Israel and militant groups led by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on May 20.
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Pakistanis under health hazard due to e-waste: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI): As per a UN report released on Tuesday, Pakistanis are under health hazard due to electronic waste dismantling and recycling.
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Three killed in plane crash in eastern DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed in a plane crash Wednesday at Kavumu airport in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Radio Okapi, an UN-run radio station.
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