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EU Foreign Ministers call for urgent humanitarian aid to countries affecte
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday approved conclusions on the Team Europe response to global food insecurity, calling on the European Commission and member countries to urgently increase commitments in humanitarian aid to nations affected by
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Civil society calls for urgent measures to protect Uyghurs at risk of refo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 17 (ANI): A group of 22 refugee and human rights groups and 50 Uyghur organizations are calling on governments and international organizations to take urgent steps to protect Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples at imminent risk of refoulement, a pro-Uyghur announced on Fr
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UN agencies launch drought response package to avert famine in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations agencies Thursday launched the minimum response package (MRP), a critical life-saving project that will address the urgent needs of more than 100,000 people displaced by the escalating drought in Somalia.
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UN provides 1.7 million USD for cholera emergency in Cameroon
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Yaounde [Cameroon], June 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations has approved the allocation of 1.7 million U.S. dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support the urgent response to the cholera outbreak in Cameroon, UN officials in Cameroon said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Assam: Amid Heavy rain in Kamrup, district administration issues advisory
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], June 14 (ANI): In wake of continuous heavy rainfall, Kamrup Metropolitan District Administration on Tuesday issued an urgent advisory for the people.
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SC asks Jharkhand govt to mention its plea related to CM Hemant Soren for
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Jharkhand government to mention its plea before the registrar seeking an urgent hearing on the petition challenging the High Court on the maintainability of the PIL in connection with shell companies allegedly related t
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Gopakumar Sudhakaran appointed Deputy Chief Arbiter for Chess Olympiad, fi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gopakumar Sudhakaran's love for chess began after he was crowned under-12 Kerala champion. In 1996, the 15-year-old took over the pairing in a local tournament in his hometown after his arbiter father was assigned some urgent work.
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UNICEF appeals for funding to avert child deaths in East Africa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday appealed for urgent funding to help avert an "explosion of child deaths" which it said is looming in East Africa if the world does not act immediately.
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Afghanistan enters list of global hunger hotspots that need humanitarian a
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Rome [Italy], June 7 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are issuing an early warning alert for urgent humanitarian action in 20 hunger hotspots, including Afghanistan, where hunger is expected to worsen from June to September 2022
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Afghanistan: World Bank, ARTF approve three projects to help people suffer
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Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI: In order to curb Taliban's growing atrocities against its citizens, especially women, the World Bank and the Management Committee of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) have approved three projects totalling USD 793 million to deliver urgent and
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Govt pushes for Swachh Teerth, issues advisory on cleanliness to Uttarakha
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Centre has asked Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha governments to take urgent steps to ensure that the ongoing Kedarnath Yatra and upcoming Amarnath Yatra and Rath Yatra are conducted in a manner so as to ensure high levels of cleanliness.
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Rights group call for urgent debate on women's rights crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The world's worst women's rights crisis demands an urgent and proportionate response from the UN Human Rights Council, urged a coalition of 25 leading NGOs from all world regions on Wednesday.
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