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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…
36 Years of Displacement: A Protest
By Rakesh Koul
Social Activist & Senior Journalist
For thirty-six long years, the Kashmiri Pandit community has lived as migrants within the borders of their own country. They are a people displaced, often unheard, and eternally…
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…
CAT Rejects Rajasthan Govt Plea in Pankaj Chaudhary DIG Promotion Case
CAT Principal Bench rejects Rajasthan government’s transfer petition
DIG Pankaj Chaudhary’s promotion pending for over three years
Tribunal notes Jaipur Bench had almost completed hearing
Fresh setback for state after earlier…
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…
Tharoor Panel Flags Bangladesh as India’s Biggest Challenge Since 1971
Panel calls Bangladesh situation India’s toughest strategic challenge since 1971
Warns of rising Islamist influence and shrinking political space for Awami League
Flags expanding Chinese and Pakistani footprint in ports, defence…
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…