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India to launch database on crimes against peacekeepers to fight impunity
United Nations, Dec 16 India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has announced that New Delhi will be setting up a comprehensive database to monitor crimes against peacekeepers and aid the fight against impunity. Citing the "exponential increase" in crimes against peacekeepers, he said on Thursday that the "comprehensive databases and ...We cannot let another ‘9/11 of New York’ or ’26/11 of Mumbai’ happen again’: Jaishankar
United Nations, Dec 15 India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hit out on Thursday at double standards on terrorism practised by China and Pakistan and said that the international community should collectively act against those countries trying to gain politically from it. "We cannot let another '9/11 of New York' ...UNSC reform: Jaishankar cites Covid vaccine source as example of changed world order
United Nations, Dec 14 India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar cited on Wednesday India's role in becoming the world's vaccinator in the Covid pandemic to demonstrate how the world order has changed requiring Security Council reforms. He warned that the failure of the Council reform process to make progress is ...Cambodia marks 30 years of Angkor inscription on Unesco world heritage list
Phnom Penh, Dec 14 Cambodia on Wednesday held events here to mark the 30th anniversary of the inscription of the Angkor Archaeological Park on Unesco's World Heritage Sites list. Speaking to hundreds of participants at the "Angkor Thanksgiving" ceremony, one of the events planned to be held for three days, ...Report reveals sexual abuse of female inmates in US prisons
Washington, Dec 14 The US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report which revealed sexual abuse of female inmates in federal prisons. The report released on Tuesday uncovered that Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees sexually abused female inmates in at least two-thirds of federal jails that have held ...5 year-old Indian kid falls to death from Dubai high-rise
Dubai, Dec 14 A five-year-old child of Indian descent died after falling from a high-rise building in Al Qusais, east of Dubai, police said. The girl fell through a tiny window that opened from the ninth floor of the family's apartment near Al Bustan centre at around 9.30 p.m. on ...Additional H-2B visas for FY 2023: USCIS
New York, Dec 14 The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) are issuing a temporary final rule that makes 64,716 additional H-2B visas available for fiscal year 2023. These supplemental H-2B visas are for US employers seeking to petition for additional workers at certain ...Iran expelled from UN panel on women; India abstains on vote
United Nations, Dec 15 In an unprecedented move, Iran has been expelled from the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a vote on which India abstained. The US proposal at the UN Economic and Social Council to remove Iran from the panel received 29 votes, while ...Yogi’s team in Toronto woos Canadians for the Lucknow investor summit
Toronto, Dec 11 Pitching Uttar Pradesh as the engine of India's growth, a high-level Uttar Pradesh delegation here wooed investors to the state's Global Investors Summit 2023 in February. The Yogi Adityanath government, which is aiming to attract over Rs 10 lakh crore from investors, has sent delegations to 17 ...Stockholm hosts Nobel Prize award ceremony 2022
Stockholm, Dec 11 The Nobel Prize award ceremony was held in the Swedish capital. This year's laureates received their awards in the Concert Hall on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported. This year's laureates include: Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger (physics); Carolyn R. Bertozzi, K. Barry Sharpless and ...
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