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Time has come to expand UN Security Council with India as a permanent memb
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reiterated India's position of making the UN decision-making bodies, including the Security Council (UNSC), more reflective of the demographic realities of the world. The Minister said this while he was addressing a special commemorative seminar orga
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UN official lauds ERC's humanitarian, developmental role in Syria
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Muhannad Hadi, United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syrian Crisis, commended the humanitarian and developmental efforts of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) in Syria, especially in response to the effects of the earthquake that hit the c
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UN Secretary-General calls for establishment of watchdog to monitor AI
Updated : 3 years ago IST
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his support for the establishment of an international watchdog similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to oversee the monitoring of Artificial Intelligence (AI), reported Al Jazeera.
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PM Modi leading International Yoga Day at UN Secretariat "very big" deal:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp said here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be leading the session of Yoga at the United Nations Secretariat in New York on June 21 this year.
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Child labourers increasing in Afghanistan, says International Labour Organ
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The United Nations had organised a gathering in Kabul to mark World Day Against Child Labour under the title of "Social Justice."
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WHO announces 37 sites testing sewage for polio amid rising cases
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has 37 sites across Afghanistan to collect sewage samples and check for the presence of poliovirus in the community, reported TOLOnews.
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Dubai Customs celebrates graduation of UNODC officials
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The event was attended by Mohammed Al Ghaffari, Executive Director of Human Resources, Finance and Administration Division at Dubai Customs, Boris Zenamensky, Deputy Regional Representative for the UNODC, and several executive directors and department managers.
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UN Postpones Antisemitism Meeting Amid Stark Disagreement
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Miguel Moratinos, high representative for the U.N. alliance of civilizations and U.N. focal point to monitor antisemitism and enhance a system-wide response, sent a letter to would-be meeting participants on June 9.
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REVA University and Kyndryl launched Artificial Intelligence Hackathon to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 12: In collaboration with Kyndryl, REVA University has launched a global AI Hackathon to detect plastic in water bodies. The challenge of the hackathon is to detect, classify, and segment the plastics in a river body from a set of drone images. The partici
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Nepal: Maoist child combatants file case against PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal, fo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the 14-paged petition, nine petitioners have claimed the Maoist leaders of committing war crimes by recruiting minors in the armed conflict.
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India vulnerable to climate change due to heavy population: UNEP Executive
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"You see the effects of climate change everywhere in the world. But of course, India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because it has a heavy population and the kind of nature of India makes it more vulnerable than most other places," Solheim said on Y20 talk on climate action.
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Afghanistan demands "immediate attention, resolution" on arrest of Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An appeal has been made to the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other relevant international organisations to provide support in effectively managing the Afghan refugee situation.
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