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Carnage in Afghanistan continues unabated in wake of US troops withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Uncertainty reached its peak in the wake of US and NATO troops withdrawal, scheduled to be gone completely by September, violence has been intensified inexorably around Afghanistan.
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India back UN support for Sudanese transition: Ambassador Tirumurti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 21 (ANI): Ambassador of India to the UN TS Tirumurti on Thursday (local time) said that India supports the rapid operationalization of special political mission UNITAMS, as part of continued UN support for the Sudanese transition.
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Lithuanian parliament latest to term China's treatment of Uyghurs 'genocid
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 21 (ANI): The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China's treatment of its Uyghur minority as "genocide", voting to call for a UN probe of the internment camps in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang.
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Top UN officials reiterate calls for immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palesti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Top United Nations officials on Thursday renewed their calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
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France proposes another draft resolution at UN Security Council for Gaza c
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 20 (ANI): The French mission to the United Nations circulated a draft resolution to members of the Security Council on Tuesday that calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza despite objections from the United States.
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Cyclone Tauktae: Gujarat CM to visit affected villages
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 20 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Thursday will visit the hinterland villages of the districts affected due to Cyclone Tauktae.
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Diana Penty collaborates with Ketto India to provide financial support to
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI): The battle to stop the ravaging effects of COVID-19 in India still continues unabated. After several celebrities came together to raise funds to help tackle the health crisis, Bollywood actor and model Diana Penty stepped forward to collaborate wit
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Day after suggestion on Covid vaccine production, Gadkari says unaware of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): A day after he suggested that more pharma companies should be allowed to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari clarified that he was unaware of a speech made by Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya that explained government's efforts t
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Emergency humanitarian access needed in Gaza to provide aid to Children: U
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 19 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement that the agency needs immediate access into Gaza to provide humanitarian access to children affected by the recent escalation in violence between Isr
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China approaching demographic crisis: report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 17 (ANI): Even after postponing the results of the once-in-a-decade census for a month, the Chinese government was unable to fully cover up the alarming demographic situation that the country is facing.
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UNSC working on draft statement over Israel-Palestine conflict
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council is currently working on a draft statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that entered its second week, a diplomatic source at the Security Council told Sputnik on Monday.
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Share excess COVID-19 vaccines now, says UNICEF chief ahead of G7 summit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 17 (ANI): The sudden increase in COVID-19 cases in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries do not have equitable access to vaccines, UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore warned on Monday with the aim to get richer nations to share their excess doses.
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