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UN still in discussion on Russian offer of free coronavirus vaccines for i
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Months after Russian President Vladimir Putin made an offer to provide free Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines to all the United Nations staff worldwide, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday said they are still holding discussions and looking at the
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Biden will make his vision of India-US friendship a reality, Secretary of
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Washington [US], November 24 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday nominated Antony Blinken, one of his closest and longest-serving foreign policy advisers, as Secretary of State to serve in his administration.
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UN General Assembly re-elects Grandi as high commissioner for refugees
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New York [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN General Assembly on Monday re-elected High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for a two-and-a-half-year term, the UN Refugee Agency said in a press release.
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Venezuela gets over 5 million doses of 3-in-1 vaccines from UNICEF: Presid
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Caracas [Venezuela], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuela has received over 5 million doses of vaccines against diphtheria, polio, and tetanus, also known as 3-in-1 boosters, from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said.
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Invest India, UNDP identify 18 Investment Opportunities Areas across six c
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New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): Invest India and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have identified 18 Investment Opportunities Areas (IOAs) across six critical SDG-enabling sectors that can balance commercial returns with catalytic development impact.
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Terrorist safe havens, sanctuaries operating across Durand Line must end f
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New York [US], November 20 (ANI): India on Friday at the United Nations (UN) said that as peace process and violence cannot go together, therefore for durable peace in Afghanistan there must be "an end to terrorist safe havens and sanctuaries operating across the Durand Line".
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India achieved goal of having toilets in every house 11 years before targe
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New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): India achieved the United Nations' sustainable development goal of having toilets in every house by 2030 eleven years ahead of target, said Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on World Toilet Day.
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'Regressive activities' like support to terrorism have increased, worsenin
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New York [US], November 20 (ANI): Despite the United Nations Secretary General's call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic, 'regressive activities' like support to terrorism and aggression have increased which have worsened the socio-economic impact of COVID-19, Indian A
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UNICEF warns emergence of 'lost COVID generation' over pandemic's impact o
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The world risks acquiring a generation of children whose education, nutrition and health have been irreversibly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
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Four terrorists killed in J-K's Nagrota encounter likely from JeM: Sources
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 19 (ANI): Four terrorists, who were neutralised in an encounter with the security forces in Nagrota on Thursday, are likely from the United Nations-designated terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), sources said.
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Nearly 2,425 troops killed in Karabakh conflict, says Armenia health minis
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Yerevan [Armenia], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 2,425 Armenian servicemen have been killed since the long-simmering dispute in the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh was reignited in late September, the Armenian Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Countries spreading religious hatred, supporting cross-border terrorism am
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New York [US], November 18 (ANI): Taking a veiled dig at Pakistan, India on Tuesday said that some countries are taking advantage of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to spread "divisive hatred" to other parts of the world on the basis of religion and are continuing their support to cross-border
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