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UN Chief Appoints Indian-Origin Satellite Expert As Director Of Outer Space Affairs
UNOOSA works to promote international cooperation in the peaceful use and exploration of space, and in the utilisation of space science and technology for sustainable economic and social development.
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India Tops South Asia In Cannabis Seizure: UN Office On Drugs And Crime
With an effective law enforcement mechanism in place, India tops in seizure of cannabis among South Asian countries, a UN official said.
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13% Of Drug Abuse Victims In India Below 20 Years Of Age: UN Official
Around 13 percent of the those involved in drug and substance abuse in India are below 20 years of age, which calls for stepping up community intervention and preventive mechanisms targeting adolescents, an UN official said on Thursday.
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"Need To Distinguish Between Political, Radical Ideologies": India At UN
India has always maintained that nations should not go back to pre-9/11 era when terrorists were being divided into 'your terrorist' and 'my terrorist', India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti said.
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India Is Working To Curb Trafficking Of Women, Children: Maneka Gandhi
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, there were 5,466 cases of human trafficking registered in 2014, an increase of 90 percent over the past five years.
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India, China 'Most Affected by Weather-Related Disasters': UN Report
India and China are among the countries most affected by weather-related disasters with the two nations accounting for more than three billion disaster-affected people between 1995 and 2015, a new UN report has said ahead of the crucial Paris climate conference.
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Myanmar Flood Toll Rises as More Torrential Rain Forecast
Major floods have killed at least 27 people across Myanmar and inundated the homes and fields of tens of thousands more, a disaster relief official said today, warning of further heavy rains.
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India Abstains from Voting on Palestine Resolution at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
India, for the first time, abstained from voting on a resolution on Palestine adopted at the UN rights body that calls for accountability by parties involved in last year's conflict in Gaza.
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Myanmar, Thailand Destroy Nearly $1 Billion in Seized Drugs
Myanmar and Thailand today destroyed nearly $1 billion of seized narcotics to mark World Drugs Day, as the UN said East and Southeast Asia remained the world's biggest markets for synthetic drugs and heroin.
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Sudan Army Says 110 Rebels Killed in South Kordofan
The Sudanese army said it killed 110 rebels as it repelled an assault in South Kordofan state today, although the insurgents denied the death toll.
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UN Chief Appoints Indian-Origin Satellite Expert As Director Of Outer Space Affairs
UNOOSA works to promote international cooperation in the peaceful use and exploration of space, and in the utilisation of space science and technology for sustainable economic and social development.
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India Tops South Asia In Cannabis Seizure: UN Office On Drugs And Crime
With an effective law enforcement mechanism in place, India tops in seizure of cannabis among South Asian countries, a UN official said.
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13% Of Drug Abuse Victims In India Below 20 Years Of Age: UN Official
Around 13 percent of the those involved in drug and substance abuse in India are below 20 years of age, which calls for stepping up community intervention and preventive mechanisms targeting adolescents, an UN official said on Thursday.
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"Need To Distinguish Between Political, Radical Ideologies": India At UN
India has always maintained that nations should not go back to pre-9/11 era when terrorists were being divided into 'your terrorist' and 'my terrorist', India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti said.
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India Is Working To Curb Trafficking Of Women, Children: Maneka Gandhi
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, there were 5,466 cases of human trafficking registered in 2014, an increase of 90 percent over the past five years.
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India, China 'Most Affected by Weather-Related Disasters': UN Report
India and China are among the countries most affected by weather-related disasters with the two nations accounting for more than three billion disaster-affected people between 1995 and 2015, a new UN report has said ahead of the crucial Paris climate conference.
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Myanmar Flood Toll Rises as More Torrential Rain Forecast
Major floods have killed at least 27 people across Myanmar and inundated the homes and fields of tens of thousands more, a disaster relief official said today, warning of further heavy rains.
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India Abstains from Voting on Palestine Resolution at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
India, for the first time, abstained from voting on a resolution on Palestine adopted at the UN rights body that calls for accountability by parties involved in last year's conflict in Gaza.
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Myanmar, Thailand Destroy Nearly $1 Billion in Seized Drugs
Myanmar and Thailand today destroyed nearly $1 billion of seized narcotics to mark World Drugs Day, as the UN said East and Southeast Asia remained the world's biggest markets for synthetic drugs and heroin.
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Sudan Army Says 110 Rebels Killed in South Kordofan
The Sudanese army said it killed 110 rebels as it repelled an assault in South Kordofan state today, although the insurgents denied the death toll.
