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Delhi: United Nurses Association holds protest march over minimum wages
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Demanding the implementation of Delhi High Court's recommendation on minimum wages for nurses, the United Nurses Association (UNA) on Tuesday held a protest march from Jantar Mantar to Secretariat here.
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LS takes up Bill to extend political reservation to SCs, STs; Prasad says
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up for discussion a Bill to extend the reservation for SCs and STs in the Lower House and state assemblies by ten years with Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urging the members to pass the legislation unanimously to convey
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Inequality threatening human development, warns new global UN report
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 9 (ANI): Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a new generation of inequalities indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) argued in its latest report released on Monday.
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Kim Jong un might lose 'special relationship': Trump warns after North Kor
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Dec 9 (ANI): Amid reports that North Korea conducted an "important" test at a missile site, US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that Kim Jong un could "void the special relationship".
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Tropical storm makes landfall in northern Somalia
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], Dec 8 (ANI): The UN food agency has said that the northeastern parts of Somalia are experiencing extreme weather conditions since the past two days as a tropical storm made landfall in the eastern coast of Africa in the weekend.
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Onion prices continue to surge in Madurai markets
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): The price of onions continue to soar drastically in Madurai making it an unaffordable commodity for the common man.
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Rahul corners BJP over Unnao incident, says India rape capital of world
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): India is known as the "rape capital of the world" and the other countries are wondering why India is unable to look after its women, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday.
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No substitute for professional competence: India calls for making UN peace
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 7 (ANI): India on Friday underscored the need for making the selection of United Nations peacekeepers more stringent and suggested a series of measures in this regard to make the process more effective.
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Police action 'unacceptable': Brinda Adige on Telangana Encounter
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Social activist Brinda Adige on Friday condemned the encounter of four accused in Telangana rape and murder case and said that the action of the Police is 'unacceptable' and democracy doesn't function in this way.
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France, Germany, UK accuse Iran of developing nuclear-capable ballistic mi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Dec 6 (ANI): European signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) have written to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, accusing Iran of developing "nuclear-capable ballistic missiles," which, they say, are "inconsistent" with a UN resolution
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58 migrants killed after boat capsizes off Mauritania coast: UN
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Nouadhibou [Mauritania], Dec 5 (ANI): At least 58 migrants are confirmed dead after a vessel carrying them sank as it approached the coast of Mauritania on Thursday, according to the UN's migration agency.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury expresses concern in LS over ITBP personnel killing
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday expressed concern over an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan opening fire on his colleagues at a camp in Chhattisgarh and asked if the government was unable to provide a proper environment to the people w
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