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India's Net-Zero Commitment and Energy Transition: Need to Avoid Disruptions in Job Security and Livelihood Opportunities
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The Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan last week, are reportedly targeting the people and their families who had helped and worked with the US and NATO troops, a confidential document by the UN’s threat assessment consultants pointed
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he is ready to talk to the Taliban that has taken over Afghanistan amid fears of widepread human rights abuses
India to take pivotal role in anti-terror fight as head of UNSC panel
India will assume a pivotal role in the global fight against terror when it takes over the chair of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) next year, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced on Thursday
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India proposes use of modern technology for UN peacekeeping to meet 21st century challenges
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India told the Taliban on Monday that it was up to it to reassure its neighbours by ensuring that Afghanistan - where it has wrested power militarily after two decades - has zero tolerance for terrorism
Bhutan signs with UNDP to promote ecotourism and biodiversity
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UNICEF lauds Bangladesh for vaccinating Rohingya refugees
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After India-led UNSC maritime session, Pakistan threatens continued militarisation for its national security
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China strikes discordant note at UNSC maritime session, attacks Quad nations
China struck a discordant note at the Security Council high-level meeting on maritime security, attacking the Indo-Pacific initiative in which India is active, along with the United States and Japan, while dispensing with normal diplomatic courtesies to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who chaired the session
Modi presides over UNSC meet virtually; five principles for maritime safety proposal gets Council backing
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At least 27 children killed, 136 wounded in Afghanistan in last three days: UNICEF calls it ‘grave violations against children’
At least 27 children were killed and 136 were wounded in ongoing fighting in Afghanistan’s three provinces--Kandahar, Khost, and Paktia--in the last 72 hours, a United Nations agency for children, UNICEF, said on Monday in a statement and added it was "shocked by the rapid escalation of grave violations against children" in the war-torn country
