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  'Life is not khatakhat, it's hard work': Jaishankar takes jibe at Rahul Gandhi in Geneva | VIDEO

  World | September 14, 2024 9:13 IST

  EAM Jaishankar took a veiled jibe at Rahul Gandhi while addressing the Indian community in Geneva. He said that "life is not khatakhat but a hard work".

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  'My father was on flight hijacked in 1984, I was dealing with it,' reveals Jaishankar in Geneva

  India | September 13, 2024 21:37 IST

  Recalling those times, he said it was interesting because, on the one hand, he was part of the team which was working on dealing with hijacking while on the other hand, he was part of the family members who were pressing the government for the hijacking.

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  '75 per cent of India-China border dispute resolved': Jaishankar's big claim in Geneva

  World | September 12, 2024 17:13 IST

  The external affairs minister said negotiations between the two sides to find a solution to the problem are underway. "Now those negotiations are going on. We made some progress. I would say roughly you can say about 75 per cent of the disengagement problems are sorted out," he said.

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  'True leader and role model', UN Chief hails Himachal girl Major Radhika Sen for top military award

  World | May 28, 2024 18:54 IST

  Hailing from Himachal Pradesh, Major Radhika Sen entered the Indian Army eight years ago after completing her undergraduate studies. While pursuing her Master's degree at IIT Bombay, she made the decision to join the armed forces.

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  India strongly condemned terrorism but efforts must also focus on...: Jaishankar on Gaza situation

  World | February 27, 2024 6:45 IST

  India strongly condemned the terror attack by Hamas on October 7 last year. “At the same time, we must be clear that terrorism and hostage-taking are unacceptable,” Jaihankar said in his address via video link from New Delhi.

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  China to face West at UN over ill-treatment of Uyghur Muslims, Beijing has only 45 seconds to defend

  World | January 23, 2024 15:58 IST

  An extraordinarily high number of more than 160 countries — some critics of China, some allies — registered to take part in the discussions. That meant each country had a maximum of 45 seconds to speak, forcing some ambassadors into what at times felt like a speed-reading exercise.

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  'They made us slave': PoK activists protest against Pakistan regime at UN Human Rights Council

  World | September 25, 2023 23:56 IST

  The exiled Chairman of the United Kashmir People’s National Party said that the government has turned the region into slavery by outsourcing the minerals and added that political activists were sent to jail to suppress dissent voices.

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  'Deadlier than Covid': WHO chief urges nations to prepare for next pandemic

  World | May 24, 2023 10:57 IST

  WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urges nations prepare for next pandemic Deadlier than Covid 19 World Health Assembly Geneva russia ukraine war

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  Pakistan floods: Over three million children at risk, says UNICEF

  World | September 01, 2022 8:07 IST

  Pakistan floods: The impact of the heavy monsoon rains, which began in mid-July 2022, is drastic, affecting 33 million people in 116 districts across the country, with 66 districts being hardest hit.

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  WTO ministers reach deals on fisheries, food, COVID vaccines

  World | June 17, 2022 14:29 IST

  WTO Director-General Nzogi Okonjo-Iweala, after a pair of sleepless nights in rugged negotiations, concluded the WTO’s first ministerial conference in 4-1/2 years by trumpeting a new sense of cooperation at a time when the world has faced crises like growing food insecurity, war in Ukraine and a once-in-a-century pandemic that has taken millions of lives.

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  Piyush Goyal pitches for permanent solution for food security with WTO DG at G33 meeting in Geneva

  India | June 12, 2022 20:34 IST

  Taking to Twitter, Union Minister Piyush Goyal wrote "fighting for the rights of our farmers within an hour of landing WTO Geneva at the G33 Ministerial Meeting."

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  Egg-sized diamond fetches over USD 21M with fees at Geneva sale

  World | May 12, 2022 7:40 IST

  An unspecified private buyer acquired The Rock, for which the pre-auction estimate was between 19 million and 30 million francs.

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  UNHRC calls for humanitarian aid for 3.5 million Afghans to avoid starvation

  World | December 04, 2021 9:31 IST

  UNHCR has assisted some 7,00,000 displaced people across the country in 2021, the majority since mid-Aug. Every week, the agency is helping nearly 60,000 people, according to the statement.

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  Swiss government: Same-sex couples can marry starting July 1, 2022

  World | November 18, 2021 12:01 IST

  Switzerland is one of the few remaining countries in Western Europe where gay and lesbian couples do not already have the right to wed.

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  Situation across Afghanistan remains 'extremely fluid': United Nations

  World | August 21, 2021 11:01 IST

  The vast majority of Afghans were not able to leave the country through regular channels, Mantoo said, adding that some 200 UNHCR colleagues, both national and international, remained in Afghanistan.

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  Over threefold rise in trauma cases in Afghanistan: WHO

  World | August 19, 2021 8:22 IST

  According to the UN health agency, 70 WHO-supported medical facilities across Afghanistan treated nearly 14,000 conflict-related cases last month, which compares with 4,057 cases seen a year ago.

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  30 to 40 countries unable to give 2nd Covid shots: WHO

  World | June 19, 2021 12:37 IST

  "We have a huge number of countries currently that have had to suspend the rollout of their second doses of vaccine," Xinhua news agency quoted Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to the WHO Director-General on Organizational Change, as saying on Friday.

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  Vladimir Putin lashes out at US after 'constructive' talks with Joe Biden in Geneva

  World | June 17, 2021 9:45 IST

  "As for the general assessment, I believe there was no hostility at all," Putin said during his solo press briefing, adding that the meeting, the first of its kind since Biden took office in January, was "open" and with "no pressure of the parties on each other."

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  Biden, Putin conclude summit between ‘two great powers’ quickly than expected

  World | June 16, 2021 22:35 IST

  Biden and Putin plunged into the face-to-face talks at a lush lakeside Swiss mansion, a highly anticipated summit at a time when both leaders say relations between their countries are at an all-time low.

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  COVID 19: WHO sending help to India as virus surges

  World | April 27, 2021 7:24 IST

  The head of WHO says that the UN agency has dispatched critical supplies to India, including thousands of portable oxygen machines that help patients breathe.