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Security guard killed in attack on United Nations office in Afghanistan's
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 31 (ANI): A security guard was killed and several others were injured after the Taliban attacked the United Nations' office in Afghanistan.
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Time for EU to question Pakistan's GSP+ status, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's blasphemy laws are used and abused by extremist Islamic groups to persecute members of non-Muslim minorities and whoever tries to combat this religiously motivated instrumentalization is at risk of losing their lives, experts from a non-governme
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3.3 million Pakistani children threatened by child labour, says UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): About 3.3 million Pakistani children are threatened by child labour that deprives them of their childhood, health and education, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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Panel proposes start-ups for solving waste pollution problem to Agra Munic
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, (Delhi) [India], July 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): As part of Clean Air Action Plan of the District Administration of Agra, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are providing support and technical assistance in the implementation of activities under the Plan. The
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Expand number of types of cybercrimes from 9 to 23, Russia proposes to UN
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has proposed to the United Nations to expand the number of internationally designated types of cybercrimes from nine to 23, Deputy Prosecutor General Petr Gorodov told Sputnik.
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India will continue to extend assistance to Sudan government: Envoy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 28 (ANI): India will continue to extend all possible assistance to the Sudan government and its people as they move ahead to consolidate the gains made in the last three years, said the country's Ambassador to United Nations.
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UNESCO names Harappan city of Dholavira in Gujarat as world heritage site
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kutch (Gujarat) [India], July 27 (ANI): Dholavira, - a Harappan City in Gujarat's Rann of Kutchch has been accorded the World Heritage Inscription by the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
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Pak's TTP maintains ties with Taliban as its 6,000 terrorists still in Afg
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 27 (ANI): Pakistan-based terror group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has maintained ties with the Taliban as about 6,000 of its terrorists are on the Afghan side of the border, Dawn reported citing a report prepared for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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57 feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya coast, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 27 (ANI): Fifty-seven people have been presumed dead as boat carrying migrants has capsized off Libya, as per United Nations migration official.
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India appreciates UNSC's role in countering terrorism
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 27 (ANI): India has appreciated United Nations Security Council's role in countering transnational threats like terrorism along with preventive diplomacy and conflict prevention.
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Record 5,183 civilian casualties in violence-marred Afghanistan in 2021 so
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 reached record levels with over 1,659 people killed and 3,254 others wounded, according to a UN agency.
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G Kishan Reddy thanks PM Modi after UNESCO confers World Heritage inscript
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his guidance and support as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) conferred the World Heritage inscription to Kak
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