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UN human right experts call for inclusion of migrants in COVID-19 recovery
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Governments across the world should include all migrants and their families in national COVID-19 response and recovery plans, a group of human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement.
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IT dept raids 15 premises of Tamil Nadu based group, seizes Rs 21 cr unacc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The Income Tax Department has conducted searches at 15 premises of a group in Erode and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.
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UN allocates over USD 35 million to aid refugees leaving Tigray region
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated USD 35.6 million to provide humanitarian assistance to people fleeing the ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the OCHA said in a statement on Thursday.
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India, EU reaffirm commitment to open, free, accessible cyberspace
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The sixth edition of the India-EU Cyber Dialogue was hosted by India on December 14, where both sides discussed various areas of cooperation in cyberspace including multilateral and regional cooperation and regional settings.
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Election Commissions asks MP Chief Electoral officer to file criminal case
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): The Election Commission has asked Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral officer to file criminal cases against government officers for their alleged role in unaccounted cash transactions during Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
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CBI seeks more time to file status report on Hathras case in Allahabad HC
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was unable to file a status report on the Hathras rape case in the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday after which the court set the next date of hearing as January 27, 2021.
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UN Chief appalled by record number of jailed journalists in 2020
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appalled by the findings of a new report by an international watchdog that the number of imprisoned journalists hit a new high this year, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing
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MBL Infra gets DRB recommendation for Rs 531 cr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The dispute review board comprising of three independent members has unanimously recommended Rs 530.73 crore plus interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum till the payment of amount in favour of MBL Infrastructures Ltd for one of its completed proje
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Somebody needs to press refresh button on United Nations, says Jaishankar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The narrow representation at the leadership levels of the United Nations is a challenge to its credibility and effectiveness, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while suggesting that "somebody needs to press that refresh button on the UN".
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Austra
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Cyber Peace Foundation has partnered with the Australian Government's eSafety commissioner for organizing the Global CyberPeace Challenge (GCC). The challenge has also received the support of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Techn
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UN condemns assault on school, children's kidnappings in northern Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has denounced the recent attack on a boarding school in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina and the abduction of hundreds of boys.
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JSW Steel's credit profile unaffected by proposed tap issuance: Moody's
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, December 14 (ANI): JSW Steel Ltd's credit profile will remain unaffected by the tap offering on existing 500 million dollar senior unsecured notes issued in October by Periama Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of JSW, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.
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