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UN experts warns US companies dump ‘forever chemicals’ with impunity
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UNEP on Wednesday reported that the US companies such as the DuPont and Chemours chemical are dumping toxic so-called “forever chemicals” into the local environment, completely…
Top envoy calls to curb illicit weapons in Central African Republic
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic MINUSCA Valentine Rugwabiza on Wednesday urged greater support for the efforts to build a professional national army,…
Novelis Hindalco subsidiary files draft papers for proposed US IPO
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 22nd Feb. Atlanta-based Novelis Inc. a fully-owned subsidiary of Hindalco Industries on Wednesday has announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form F-1 with the…
Imran Khan terms Pak polls as ‘mother of all rigging’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 22nd Feb. Former Prime Minister and the chief of the opposition party PTI Imran Khan has termed the February 8 general elections in Pakistan as “mother of all rigging”, a media report said.
His…
China cuts mortgage rate to boost housing market
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 22nd Feb. According to media reports on Wednesday the China central bank has cut its key mortgage reference rate by a record amount, to boost efforts to stem a prolonged property crisis.
The 25…
6,400 South Korean trainee doctors resigned
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 22nd Feb. According to news media reports on Wednesday tensions escalated between doctors and the government over the latter’s plan to add 2,000 to the medical school enrollment quota next year.…
WHO head says Gaza has become a ‘death zone’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday warned that an “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate.
“Gaza has…
UNESCO calls nations to pursue a policy of multilingual education
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UNESCO on Wednesday called on all countries to pursue a policy of multilingual education as it marked the International Mother Language Day.
The agency said that it’s key to fighting…
OHCHR reports tribal violence flares up in Papua New Guinea
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN human rights office in Geneva on Tuesday said that the Government of Papua New Guinea must effectively address escalating tribal violence.
OHCHR said that the authorities are urged…
UN CERF allocates $100M to underfunded emergencies
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Tuesday released $100 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to support underfunded aid operations in 7 countries in…