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5 million Yemenis 'one step away from famine' in 2021, UN warns
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], December 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Sunday warned that 5 million Yemenis "will likely be living just one step away from famine in the upcoming year."
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British MP Taiwo Owatemi apologises for tweet supporting banned Khalistani
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 13 (ANI): British MP Taiwo Owatemi has apologised for supporting the banned Khalistani group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and claimed that the tweet was posted by one of her staff members.
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UN Secretary General urges leaders to declare 'state of climate emergency'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday addressed the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit, calling on leaders to declare "a State of Climate Emergency" until they achieve carbon neutrality necessary to save the Earth for future generations.
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Sonam Kapoor Ahuja joins hands with UN World Food Programme 'to end hunger
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 12 (ANI): Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja joined hands with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to make people aware about the hunger programmes across the globe.
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After indications of severing alliance, Dushyant Chautala meets Rajnath Si
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala on Saturday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi a day after the former announced that he will resign from his post in the Haryana government if he is unabl
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Pak PM Khan reshuffles Cabinet on IHC's directive
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday reshuffled his cabinet after Islamabad High Court's (IHC) directive barred un-elected advisers and special assistants from heading the cabinet committees.
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Sonia unable to handle party affairs, Manmohan Singh lost touch with MPs a
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Congress registered its worst-ever performance in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and has suffered several electoral setbacks in the last six years. Former President Pranab Mukherjee has written in his last volume of memoirs that Congress leadership lost
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Will resign if unable to ensure MSP for farmers, says Dushyant Chautala
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], December 11 (ANI): Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader and Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said he will resign from his post in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government if he is unable to ensure minimum support price (MSP)
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UN chief warns against vaccine nationalism, appeals funding for Africa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned against "vaccine nationalism," appealing for greater finance to secure inoculations for Africa.
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Anna Hazare warns of 'Jan Andolan' if farmers' demands remain unaddressed
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI): Octogenarian social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday came out in support of farmer protests and warned the Central government that he would begin a 'Jan Andolan' if farmers' demands remain unaddressed.
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Plunder and oppression of GB continues unabated
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], December 10 (ANI): As the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir successfully completed phase five of District Development Council elections that no doubt are a landmark achievement of the BJP government regarding devolution of power in the former state, people of Pakistan
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UN experts raise concerns over scourge of enforced disappearances and tort
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights obligations by initiating prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into suc
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