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Covid-19 posed severe challenges for peacekeeping mission: India at UNSC
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 25 (ANI): India on Monday (local time) hailed the role of the United Nations (UN) peacekeepers during the ongoing pandemic, which posed severe challenges to peacekeeping and said that it has delivered 200,000 doses of Made in India Covid-19 vaccines for vaccinating all uni
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DEA, CIA agents grill Pak gold trader on whereabouts of India's most wante
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents had questioned Lahore-born gold trader Muhammad Asif Hafeez and asked about the whereabouts of one of India's most wanted fugitive and UN-proscribed terrorist Dawood Ib
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Cases of child sexual abuse continue unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Child sexual abuse cases are rising steadily in Pakistan and both boys are girls are vulnerable to such horrific attacks, which involves influential people as well.
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Leadership and corporate responsibility in the age of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI/Mediawire): COVID-19 has had a profound impact on all of us both personally and professionally, there isn't a country or region unaffected. Unfortunately, local healthcare and support systems collapsed under the strain as we witnessed in the U.S. in 2020 and no
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Indian Army rushes to aid Congo town hit by volcano eruption
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): After Mount Nyaragongo, an active volcano overlooking Congo's Goma town erupted, Indian Army on Saturday rushed to assist in evacuation of locals and other UN personnel in the affected region.
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Minister resigns from Balochistan Cabinet citing non-release of funds for
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): A senior leader of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani, has resigned from the Cabinet as a minister and apologised to the people for having been unable to serve them, reported the Dawn.
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UN urges 'full adherence to ceasefire' as life resumes in Gaza
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 23 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council on Saturday called for "full adherence to the ceasefire" that ended the 11-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian which claimed many lives and left others injured.
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World Biodiversity Day: Earth Anthem by Indian poet-diplomat translated in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Earth Anthem penned originally in English by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kumar has been translated into 100 languages on World Biodiversity Day, May 22.
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'Imran Khan running Pakistan only for his friends': Oppn slams PTI govt ov
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad/Lahore [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition parties on Saturday unanimously slammed Imran Khan's government over expected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate figures that is estimated would hit 3.94 per cent for the fiscal year 2020-21.
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UNSC calls on parties to fully comply with ceasefire in Gaza
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 23 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday (local time) welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza and urged the sides to comply with the agreement while stressing the need for urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestine following the 11-day conflict.
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World Sindhi Congress highlights enforced disappearances in Pakistan durin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): A delegation of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) and Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh (VMPS) had a video meeting with the UN Working Group on Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) during the 124th session and relatives of the victims of enforced disappear
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Pak Foreign Office unable to improve strategy for serving overseas mission
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 21 (ANI): Amid pressure from the Prime Minister Office to improve counsellor services for millions of overseas Pakistanis, the country's Foreign Office is still unable to devise a strategy to improve its counsellor services, remove bottlenecks and flaws in the deliv
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