Violence against women, girls perpetrated by terrorists remains rampant: India at UNSC

[ad_1] India has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that violence perpetrated by terrorists against women and girls remains rampant and should be strongly condemned while calling for the adoption of a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of terrorism. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said on March 7 that Member […]

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Morning Digest | EU approves 10th package of Russia sanctions; NDA has changed fate of northeast in past nine years, says PM Modi, and more 

[ad_1] European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium | Photo Credit: Reuters EU approves 10th package of Russia sanctions on anniversary of invasion The European Union, after hectic last-minute haggling, has approved a tenth package of Russia sanctions on the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Swedish EU Presidency said late on […]

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Russia fails at U.N. in bid for Ukraine, U.S. bio-weapons inquiry

[ad_1] U.N. disarmament officials have long said they are not aware of any biological weapons programs in Ukraine U.N. disarmament officials have long said they are not aware of any biological weapons programs in Ukraine Russia failed on November 2 to get the United Nations Security Council to establish a formal inquiry into its accusation […]

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‘Wait and See’: Jaishankar on India’s position on Russian referendums in occupied Ukrainian territory

[ad_1] External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was non-committal on where India stood with regard to so-called ‘referendums’ Russia has organised in four occupied regions in Ukraine. When asked whether the so called referenda aid the cause of peace and conform to the U.N. Charter principles that India stood by as per his ddress to the […]

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Morning Digest: September 25, 2022

[ad_1] Congress Legislature Party meeting in Rajasthan on September 25 Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Ajay Maken as observers for the meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in Rajasthan on September 25. Minister Sachin Pilot, is one of the possible candidates to […]

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Security Council reform is a central theme of India during U.N. high level week

[ad_1] The group is seeking an expansion of permanent and non-permanent membership to the UNSC The group is seeking an expansion of permanent and non-permanent membership to the UNSC India continued to push strongly for a reformed U.N.-led multilateral system during the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) 77th session opening here in New York. On […]

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Biden supports Germany, Japan, India as permanent members of reformed UNSC: White House official

[ad_1] “We have historically and continue to stand behind the idea that Germany, Japan and India should be permanent members of the Security Council,” the U. S. official said “We have historically and continue to stand behind the idea that Germany, Japan and India should be permanent members of the Security Council,” the U. S. […]

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