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World leaders pledge USD 5 billion to protect nature
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Nine organisations have pledged 5 billion US dollars over the next 10 years to support the creation, expansion, management and monitoring of protected and conserved areas of land, inland water and sea, working with indigenous peoples, local communities, civ
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International assistance starts pouring in Afghanistan despite misgivings,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): International community has started extending humanitarian assistance to Taliban ruled Afghanistan and in a meet organised by the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, various countries including the US pledged nearly USD 1 billion in aid, according to re
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97 per cent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid-2022: UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 9 (ANI): As much as 97 per cent of Afghanistan's population is at risk of sinking below the poverty line unless a response to the country's political and economic crises is urgently launched, according to a rapid appraisal released by the United Nations Development P
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UNDP alarmed over 'current trajectory' of Afghan conflict
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 21 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has raised alarm over the ongoing situation in Afghanistan after Taliban took over the country after a swift offensive.
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COVID: Japan, UNDP provide oxygen generation plants to India, installed in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, eight oxygen generation plants were installed in the Northeast states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura with the help of the Japanese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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'Reach Lives' NGO supports over 1000 trans-persons during LGBTQ+ Pride Mon
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 21 (ANI/PNN): In honor of the LGBTQ+ Pride Month, 'Reach Lives', a Bangalore-based NGO has launched an outreach program to support transgender communities residing in Bangalore.
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India should focus on capturing export markets, attracting world's best ma
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Sunday said that path to India's economic recovery post the Covid-29 pandemic lies in attempting to focus on capturing the export markets, as the world is flush with liquidity due to the various packages put in by various count
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UNDP lauds India's Aspirational Districts Programme, recommends replicatio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Saturday lauded India's Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) as 'a very successful model of local area development' that should serve as a best practice for other countries where regional disparities in de
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Japan, UNDP join efforts to boost oxygen supply in India's north-eastern r
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): As India continues to battle the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India have partnered to provide oxygen generation plants to the North-Eastern region of India.
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In Imran Khan's Pakistan, military is the de facto ruler
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Imran Khan once targeted the armed forces for its anti-democratic political interventions when he was deeply involved in a lawyer's movement that aimed to end Pakistan's military dictatorship, but now his elected government is effectively run by ex-soldier
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UN warns Myanmar on the brink of economic disaster due to coup, COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 2 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday warned Myanmar that it is on the brink of economic disaster due to the double shock of the military coup and COVID-19 pandemic.
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Usha Rao-Monari assumes role as new Associate Administrator for UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [UN], April 7, (ANI): Usha Rao-Monari of India has officially taken to office as the role of Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), following her appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last Fe
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