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Agritech Start-up Farmers Fresh Zone Receives UN Recognition
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14: Farmers Fresh Zone (Farmers FZ), a Kochi-based start-up, was one among the 12 agri-food start-ups selected across the world by Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations.
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14 August to be observed as "Black Day" in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
August 14 can never be celebrated as a great day. It was, and remains to this day, a day that was marked with communal hate and bloodshed. The two-nation theory of Muhammad Ali Jinnah continues to this day to poison the minds of millions of people in the Indian sub-continent, especially in t
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Young people need to be equipped with skills for green economy: ILO
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In celebration of the United Nations International Youth Day, with the theme of Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World, this event will highlight the role of young people in coming together to amplify engagement and leadership in all areas of decision-making and action, especial
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Red Sea: UN successfully transfers Yemeni vessel carrying millions barrels
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The tanker was the subject of more than three years of appeals from the UN and environmental organizations who warned that a lack of maintenance during Yemen’s civil war meant the nearly 50-year-old vessel was at risk of spilling four times as much oil as happened in the 1989 disaster involv
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Yemen: Al-Qaida kidnapped UN Workers released after 18 months
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
All five worked for the Department of Safety and Security. They were kidnapped while returning to Aden from a field mission in the southern governorate of Abyan in February 2022.
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Young people need to be equipped with skills for the green economy: ILO
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
On International Youth Day, ILO Director-General, Gilbert F Houngbo, said young people need to be equipped with skills for the green economy, so they can find decent jobs and make the world a better place for people and planet.
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UN Secy General Guterres "concerned" by deplorable living conditions of Ni
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed "concern" over the deplorable living conditions of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum and his family following his ouster by the military coup.
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Niger: As Junta holds onto control, hopes for dialogue fade
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The junta also named a new head to the country’s presidential guard, the unit tasked with protecting Bazoum but which detained him last month. General Tchiani, who led the unit at the time of the coup, now appears to be in charge of the country, The New York Times reported.
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Afghanistan: Nearly 30 million people in dire need of assistance, says Int
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid the dire need for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said that almost 30 million people are in serious need of assistance as funding shortfalls jeopardize the humanitarian response after the Taliban took over in Afghanistan, TOLO News reported.
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EAM Jaishankar discusses important global issues, bilateral ties with Czec
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to Foreign Affairs Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavsky on Tuesday and discussed bilateral ties and important global issues.
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infinite-VARIABLE Joins Forces with United Nations Global Compact in Commi
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 7: infinite-VARIABLE, a requirement based solutions providing company , is pleased to announce its association with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world's largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. By joining forces with the UNGC,
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UN says aid operations in Afghanistan face 'critical' funding gap
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As humanitarian needs remain severe in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the United Nations has said that aid operations in Afghanistan face a critical funding gap, according to TOLOnews.
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