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UNDP lauds India's Aspirational Districts Programme, recommends replicatio
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New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Saturday lauded India's Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) as 'a very successful model of local area development' that should serve as a best practice for other countries where regional disparities in de
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UN: India desires 'normal neighbourly' relations with Pakistan, says issue
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New York [US], June 12 (ANI): India on Friday said it desires "normal neighbourly relations" with Pakistan and the onus is on Islamabad to create a conducive atmosphere by taking "credible, verifiable" action to not allow any territory under its control to be used for cross terrorism.
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WHO, UNICEF declare end of polio outbreak in Philippines
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Manila [Philippines], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) hailed the Philippines on Friday for ending the polio outbreak almost two years after the highly infectious disease re-emerged in the Southeast Asian country.
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India needs to achieve zero new transmission of HIV to end AIDS: Harsh Var
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New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): India has ably demonstrated that strong political leadership is most critical to address inequalities and gaps in epidemic response, said Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday as he emphasised on the need to achieve zero new transmission of HIV
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India, EU have common interest in ensuring security, prosperity in multi-p
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti on Thursday affirmed that India and the European Union (EU) have a common interest in ensuring security, prosperity and sustainable development in a multi-polar world and said that the bloc was
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Namibian tribes file petition to UN over genocide deal with Germany
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Windhoek [Namibia], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A group of Namibian Ovaherero and Nama tribes on Thursday petitioned the United Nations (UN) to intervene over what they called an "unfair and botched" deal struck by the Germany and Namibian governments on the genocide between 1904 and 1908.
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UNGA President-elect appoints Indian diplomat Nagaraj Naidu as Chef du Cab
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Male [Maldives], June 10 (ANI): Maldives Foreign Minister and President-elect of the 76th United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has appointed India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu, as his Chef du Cabinet.
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UN condemns 'horrendous attack' on deminers in Afghanistan
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): The United Nations has called for an investigation into the attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to rid the country of landmines.
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): A United Nations rights expert has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation, disease and exposure in the Kayah State of Myanmar after 1,00,000 civilians fled following "brutal, indiscriminate attacks" by the military.
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UN urges G7 to ensure COVID-19 vaccine access across low-income countries
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Washington [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight United Nations officials have called on the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies to ensure peoples across the developing world get full and equal access to coronavirus vaccines, the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees (OHCR) said on We
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Shringla meets US Envoy; discusses India-US relations, cooperation in comb
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New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and United States Acting Ambassador Daniel B Smith held a meeting on Wednesday and discussed India-US relations, regional issues and cooperation in the United Nations.
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UN chief calls killing of Muslim family in Canada 'heinous attack'
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New York [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he is "appalled" at the murder of a Muslim family in a targeted car crash attack in the Canadian province of Ontario and calls upon the world to stand united against such hatred.
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