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COVID-19 pandemic reveals how bioterrorist attack may unfold: UN Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], April 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The lack of preparedness for the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic revealed how non-state actors could access deadly strains to perpetrate a bioterrorist attack, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council.<
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India rejects China's reference to J-K in UN
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): India has rejected the reference to J&K in a statement made by the spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations.
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Farmers in MP unable to harvest crops due to labour shortage
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 9 (ANI): Several farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district are incurring losses as they are unable to harvest their crops due to shortage of labourers amid the nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown.
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After months-long delay, UN Security Council to discuss COVID-19 today
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 9 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members will on Thursday convene a closed-door meeting with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the COVID-19 via videoconferencing.
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Covid-19: Doctors unable to go for work after their society being sealed i
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 9 (ANI): After COVID-19 hotspot Varun Vihar Enclave in Sector 28 here in Noida got sealed by the district administration, the doctors on Thursday were not allowed to move out of their society despite the government's order that health service providers wi
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Trump attacks WHO over criticism of US approach to COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], April 9 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) stepped up attack on World Health Organisation while referring to the January 14 tweet made by the UN Health Body which claimed that there was no human-to-human transmission.
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'Don't politicize this virus': Tedros defends WHO's handling of coronaviru
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (local time) defended the organisation's handling and response to the coronavirus pandemic, a day after UN health body came under stinging criticism from US President
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Saudi-led coalition puts military operations in Yemen on hold for 2 Weeks
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 9 (Sputnik/ANI): The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has put military operations on hold for two weeks, the state Saudi media reported Wednesday.
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Seven US Senators oppose position to China in UN Human Rights Council Cons
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): Seven US Senators have written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group and said that China should not occupy the position of
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UN suspends peacekeeper deployments until June 30
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 8 (ANI): The United Nations has suspended the rotation and deployments of uniformed personnel, including individual officers and already formed, police and military peacekeeping units until June 30, in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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UN condemns rocket attack on Tripoli hospital as Libya braces for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 8 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has condemned the shelling of a hospital here which it termed a "clear violation of international law", as Libya struggles to prepare for an outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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Telangana BJP chief demands KCR govt to purchase orange and lemon crop
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 7 (ANI): Telangana state BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday demanded that the state government should help farmers by purchasing their orange and lemon crop as they are unable to market their products due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown
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