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OCHA calls Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ as exodus south continues
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN aid coordination office IN New York OCHA on Friday said that thousands of Gazans fleeing intense hostilities in Khan Younis towards the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah…
WFP pleads aid access in Sudan, cites starvation
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. World Food Programme on Friday said that the number of hungry people in Sudan has doubled over the past year, added that it is receiving reports of people dying from starvation.
WFP …
UNESCO named Vinícius Junior as new Goodwill Ambassador
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. The head of the UNESCO on Friday named the Brazilian football sensation Vinícius Junior as their new Goodwill Ambassador for Education for All in a ceremony held at football giant Real…
Rights experts calls Taliban to end crackdown on women over ‘bad Hijab’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN human rights experts on Friday expressed grave concern over multiple reports of arbitrary arrests, detention and ill-treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan.
The experts noted…
Top official condemns deadly attack on aid workers in Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Denise Brown on Friday has condemned a deadly attack on aid workers in the south of Ukraine.
She said that 2 French citizens volunteering with a…
2 South African peacekeepers injured in attack on UN helicopter in DR Congo
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. According to the UN mission in DRC on Friday 2 South African peacekeepers were injured, one seriously, in an attack on a UN helicopter in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UN…
OCHA appeals urgent funds for drought hit Ethiopia
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN humanitarian aid office and the Government of Ethiopia on Friday have appealed for urgent funding to respond the rising hunger and drought in the northern Ethiopia.
OCHA reported that…
Byju shareholders calls AGM to remove CEO Raveendran
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 3rd Feb. Byju on Friday called for an extraordinary general meeting to address persistent issues, including a proposed change of management at the firm.
The trouble mounting for the Edtech platform…
USIBC head hails India as “pillar of stability” in uncertain world
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 3rd Feb. US-India Business Council President, Ambassador Atul Keshap on Friday reflected on the sentiment among members of the USIBC, highlighted India’s growing stature as a “pillar of stability”…
EU unanimously approves $54b aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary objected
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 3rd Feb. According to news media reports on Friday the 27 European Union bloc have reached consensus on an additional 50 billion euros (USD 54 billion) aid package for Ukraine, overcoming…