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Sharp declines in trade but A-Pac performs better: ESCAP
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Dec 24 (ANI): Despite facing a sharp decline in trade, Asia and the Pacific is expected to perform better than rest of the world during 2020, according to a new brief by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP).
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Aurobindo Pharma, Covaxx to develop Covid-19 vaccine for India, UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 24 (ANI): Aurobindo Pharma and US-based Covaxx have entered into a license agreement to develop, commercialise and manufacture a vaccine to fight Covid-19 for India and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) agency.
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Experts question China's underhanded influence after ICC rejected call for
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): Experts have questioned China's underhanded influence on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and said "the international legal system suffers from a double standard" after the court rejected a
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UN refugee agency appeals for urgent support to ease Ethiopia's crisis
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, together with 30 humanitarian partners, on Tuesday appealed for 156 million US dollars to meet "the critical humanitarian needs" of Ethiopian refugees fleeing the Tigray conflict through the
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India, UK hold bilateral discussions on UNSC agenda
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): India and the United Kingdom on Friday held bilateral consultations virtually regarding United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issues, wherein both sides held discussions on a wide range of issues on the UNSC agenda.
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UN initiates probe into targeting of its vehicle
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 19 (ANI): An investigation has been initiated on the incident wherein a United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) vehicle carrying UN military observers was impacted by an unidentified object, said Farhan Haq, United Nation deputy Spokespe
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Indian Army refutes Pakistan's claim of targeting UN vehicle in PoK
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The reports emerging from the Pakistan side regarding the Indian Army targeting the UN vehicle in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are completely false and factually incorrect, said India while responding to Islamabad's claim that India had "specifically
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Among 189 countries, India goes down one rank in Human Development Index t
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Out of 189 countries, India went down one rank to 131 in the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI).
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For the first time in 70-year history, UNICEF to feed hungry children in U
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 17 (ANI): Launching an emergency response, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will help feed children hit by the Covid-19 crisis in the United Kingdom for the first time in its 70-year history.
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UN Chief appalled by record number of jailed journalists in 2020
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appalled by the findings of a new report by an international watchdog that the number of imprisoned journalists hit a new high this year, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing
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Somebody needs to press refresh button on United Nations, says Jaishankar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The narrow representation at the leadership levels of the United Nations is a challenge to its credibility and effectiveness, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while suggesting that "somebody needs to press that refresh button on the UN".
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Austra
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Cyber Peace Foundation has partnered with the Australian Government's eSafety commissioner for organizing the Global CyberPeace Challenge (GCC). The challenge has also received the support of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Techn
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