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Tibetan activists, supporters join Global Climate Strike to raise awarenes
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 23 (ANI): Tibetan activists and supporters in Dharamshala on Friday joined the Global Climate Strike to raise awareness about the climate crisis in Tibet, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (CoP 26) in Glasg
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COP26 should be the COP of action, implementation, says Bhupender Yadav
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav held a bilateral meeting with UK Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss here in New Delhi and assured India's full support to the UK during their United Nations Climate Change Conference
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Over 40 nations chide China at UN for atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 23 (ANI): Over 40 Western countries have criticised China at the United Nations over the ongoing atrocities against Muslim Uyghurs and other religious minorities in Xinjiang.
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Blinken, UN Chief discuss situation in Afghanistan, Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday discussed topics of global importance including Afghanistan, according to US State Department.
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Afghanistan's economy is imploding: UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 22 (ANI): The United Nations has said that Afghanistan's economy is imploding, with all but three per cent of households expected to fall below the poverty line in coming months.
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European Green Deal Executive VP meets Sitharaman, discusses economic reco
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, held a meeting with India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday and discussed the economic recovery post-COVID-19 and ways to ensure successful United Nations Climate Change
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Thousands of Afghans receive assistance within week: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from October 11-17 across Afghanistan, a United Nations agency confirmed on Friday.
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All pending issues should be mutually decided at COP26, says Environment M
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav underlined the need for initiating the process to resolve all the pending issues between the countries at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) during his d
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'Technical glitch' interrupts Indian diplomat's assertions on China's BRI
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): A technical glitch at the United Nations transport conference held in Beijing last week raised eyebrows and surprised many.
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Abdullah bin Zayed lauds Korea's support for UAE's hosting of 'COP 28' in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 20 (ANI/WAM): Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has thanked South Korea for its support to the UAE's offer to host the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Clima
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PM Sheikh Hasina slams developed nations for climate "empty pledges" for d
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come down heavily on the developed nations for climate "empty pledges" in the past decades.
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UNICEF delivers 40 tonnes of medical supplies to Kabul to treat diarrheal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 19 (ANI): UNICEF has just delivered nearly 40 tonnes of medical supplies, including kits and medicines for acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), to Kabul to treat the rising number of cases of diarrhoeal diseases in the country, the fund announced on Tuesday.
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