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United Nations raises India's 2024 growth projections citing strong invest
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The United Nations upwardly raised India's economic growth projections for 2024 from 6.2 per cent to 6.9 per cent mainly driven by strong public investment and resilient private consumption, joining IMF that recently upped the country's growth forecast.
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Israel: Indian embassy officials pay last respects to retired Colonel Kale
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The officials from the Indian Embassy in Israel paid their last respects to Colonel Waibhav Anil Kale (Retd) who was killed in Gaza as his mortal remains were repatriated to India.
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Pope Francis urges international community to help flood victims in Afghan
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During the General Audience on Wednesday morning, Pope Francis said he is praying for the victims, particularly the children and their families.
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"He was ready to give his all for country": Family mourns former army offi
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Waibhav Anil Kale (46) died while travelling in a vehicle to a hospital in the Khan Younis area from Rafah.
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Former Indian Army officer working with UN killed in attack in Rafah
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A retired Indian Army Officer working for the UN in Gaza has been killed while travelling in a vehicle to a hospital in the Khan Younis area from the Rafah region.
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"Simply unacceptable": India condemns dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza as
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid Israel's military action in Gaza against Hamas, India has strongly condemned the civilian deaths in the ongoing conflict and said that the resulting humanitarian crisis in the region is "simply unacceptable."
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Raising questions, UN agency cuts in half the number of women, children ki
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A United Nations agency tracking Gaza's casualty figures reduced by half the number of women and children killed in the Strip since October 7, raising questions about conflict's true death toll.
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UN Secy General Guterres urges 'humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza, release o
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said on Sunday that an immediate humanitarian ceasefire is the need of the hour and urged for a "surge" in humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, according to The Times of Israel.
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Flood-hit areas in Afghanistan "inaccessible by trucks", donkeys come to r
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After heavy floods hit several regions of Afghanistan, the World Food Programme on Sunday announced that most flood-affected areas in Baghlan Province are inaccessible by vehicles, including trucks, reported Khaama Press.
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UN refugee agency, Thailand authorities share conflicting explanations on
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The Unites Nations refugee agency and the Thailand authorities have given conflicting explanations on why the cases of dozens of Uyghurs who fled China a decade ago and have been indefinitely detained in Thailand, are still in limbo, as reported by Voice of America (VOA).
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India highlights forest conservation, sustainable management initiatives a
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Globally, India ranks third in the net gain, in average annual forest area, between 2010 and 2020.
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UAE: Muslim Council of Elders welcomes UN's vote supporting granting Pales
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The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, has welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of a draft resolution, presented by the UAE on behalf of the Arab Group, that calls for granting the State of Palestine full me
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