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UN marks International Migrants Day, celebrate contributions, highlight challenges
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS –International Organization for Migration published a report on Thursday on the International Migrants Day stated that Venezuelans living in other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean contribute more…
PM Modi Calls for Global Push on Traditional Medicine
PM Modi addresses closing ceremony of 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine
Highlights global role of yoga, Ayurveda and traditional healthcare systems
Lauds WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar
Calls…
Bengal’s Ghost Voters Exorcised: Is Didi’s Math Falling Apart?
Poonam Sharma
Politics in West Bengal has always been a game of numbers, but the latest figures emerging from the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) suggest that the arithmetic of power is undergoing a seismic shift.…
India Protects Farmers, MSMEs in Oman Trade Pact
No duty concessions on dairy, tea, coffee and other farm products
Jewellery, footwear, sports goods and metals kept in exclusion list
TRQ-based concessions offered on select Oman exports like dates and marbles
Oman allows…
UN interim mission to evacuate Kadugli base in Sudan
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN Interim Security Force for Abyei on Thursday said that it will evacuate its logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, in the wake of the “heinous attack” this past weekend that killed 6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers…
WFP says access to food improves, living conditions remain dire in Gaza
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS –World Food Programme representative in Palestine on Thursday said that facilities that are back up and running again, a pregnant woman in Gaza thought she might lose her child because of malnourishment but…
Top officials warns relief aid needs remain high despite reduced violence in Syria
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - Head of UN political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Joyce Msuya, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator on Thursday briefed the members of the UN Security Council stated that humanitarian needs in Syria remain…
OHCHR says world not to ignore ‘gruesome sexual violence’ in Sudan
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN human rights office in Geneva on Thursday reported harrowing new details emerged in a UN report detailed targeted sexual violence and summary executions in Sudan’s North Darfur region, attributed to…
Bangladesh Erupts After Radical Leader Hadi’s Death
GG News Bureau
Dhaka, 19th Dec: Violent protests erupted across several cities in Bangladesh overnight following the death of radical leader Sharif Osman Hadi, triggering widespread arson, attacks on media houses and a sharp escalation in…
UN rights chief warns civilians at risk as Thailand-Cambodia conflict escalated
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Thursday that intensifying air strikes and heavy artillery fire across Thailand and Cambodia have left civilians increasingly at risk,
“I am…