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Dr Kafeel Khan writes to UN experts, urges Centre to 'release human rights
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Dr Kafeel Khan has written to United Nations human rights experts in reference to their letter dated June 26, 2020, urging the Indian government to immediately release human rights defenders.
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Iranian FM refutes US claims that sanctions against Tehran were restored
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States' claim that the UN sanctions on Iran were restored is false as no such developments took place at the UN Security Council, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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EU's Borrell confirms US cannot unilaterally trigger restoration of UN san
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in a statement on Sunday rejected the United States' right to unilaterally restore international sanctions on Iran on a basis of an agreement it withdrew from.
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US ready to punish countries that are against renewed UN sanctions against
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Washington [US], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): UN sanctions are being reimposed on Iran and the US is planning additional measures, including to punish the countries that do not agree with the sanctions, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said.
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US sanctions unlikely to hinder arms sales to Iran once UN embargo expires
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Tehran [Iran], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Any potential US sanctions are unlikely to prevent countries from selling arms to Iran after the United Nations (UN) embargo on the country expires on October 18, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday.
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Moscow hopes no visa issues to arise for Russian diplomats headed to 75th
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia expects its diplomats to encounter no repetition of obstacles with getting visas to the United States when traveling to attend the 75th high-level week of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Pyotr Ilyichev, the head of the Department of Inte
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In BAC, all parties reach consensus on curtailing monsoon session amid Cov
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New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Amid rising number of COVID cases in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday called an urgent Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting of all parties where all unanimously decided to curtail the session.
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India supports multilateralism, need to adopt speedier UNSC reforms: UN en
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 19 (ANI): India supports multilateralism in the United Nations Security Council and it is high time that the status quo should be changed and the reforms are introduced at the earliest, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said on Frida
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PM Modi to attend two debates in this year's 'historic' UNGA session: TS T
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 19 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Friday (local time) said the highlight of the "historic" UN General Assembly session this year will be the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in two debates in the high-lev
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Not paid for 3 months, clerk leaves kids at govt office, saying administra
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): A clerk who was not paid his dues for three months left his children at the gate of a government office at 5 Shyamnath Marg on Friday, saying that the administration should provide for them as he was unable to do so, Delhi police said.
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UN Human Rights office urges Chinese authorities to ensure due process rig
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 18 (ANI): UN Human Rights Office on Friday urged Chinese authorities to ensure due process rights to twelve of its residents seeking to flee to Taiwan and arrested at sea.
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Delhi HC directs unaided private, govt schools to provide gadgets, interne
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed unaided private schools and government schools like Kendriya Vidyalayas and others to provide gadgets and internet package to students of the economically weaker section (EWS) to take online classes.
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