New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): National Organization for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE-India) on Thursday urged Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to regulate the depiction of tobacco products on OTT platforms to save the young generation from tobacco addiction.
San Francisco [US], September 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal who is on a six-day visit to San Francisco and Los Angeles highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Startup India Initiative and urged the Indian diaspora to expand its reach to global markets.
Geneva [Switzerland], September 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka's new Government should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation, a UN report urged on Tuesday, calling for accountability and deeper institutional reforms to prevent a recurrence of past violations.
Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra, the Congress party's general secretary, on Tuesday asserted that through the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' people will be united on issues like inflation, unemployment among other matters of public importance.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 3 (ANI): Filmmaker Karan Johar, on Friday, urged everyone to start treating Indian cinema as one industry rather than dividing it into different categories.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 2 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday urged the Maharashtra government to reduce the value-added tax (vat) on Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) to boost air-connectivity.
Beijing [China], September 2 (ANI): As China's "crime against humanity" in Xinjiang lay exposed in the recent UN report, Rushan Abbas, an Uyghur American activist hoped that the U.N. will use its influence and position to advocate for the freedom of all the innocent Uyghurs.
Geneva [Switzerland], September 2 (ANI): United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres urged China to follow the recommendations of a UN report that found credible allegations of torture and forced labour in Xinjiang province.
New York [US], September 1 (ANI): India on Wednesday (local time) urged global communities to call out Pakistan for supporting terror outfits operating from the territories under their control.
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and praised the performance of the Iraqi Security Forces during escalating tensions in Baghdad earlier this week.
Baghdad [Iraq], August 30 (ANI): Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued an appeal for peace after clashes between his supporters and security forces left 30 people dead and hundreds injured.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today urged support for a massive scale-up in emergency relief for millions of people in Pakistan hit by monsoon floods that have already killed more than 1,000 people.