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UK's Seat Should Go To India: Ex-Singaporean Diplomat On UN Security Council Reforms
The United Nations Security Council needs urgent reforms and India should get its rightful place as a permanent member of the top UN body, says former Singapore diplomat professor Kishore Mahbubani.
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Apple Close to Finalizing Deal With FIFA Over TV Rights For New Club World Cup Tournament: Report
Soccer's global governing body FIFA is close to an agreement with Apple to give the tech company worldwide television rights for a new, month-long club tournament, the New York Times reported on Monday.
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"The Anatomy Of A Genocide": UN Expert Calls For Arms Embargo On Israel
A United Nations expert told the global body's Human Rights Council on Tuesday that she believed that Israel's military campaign in Gaza since Oct. 7 amounted to genocide and called on countries to immediately impose sanctions and an arms embargo.
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Right In Demanding "Major Course Correction" Of Top UN Body: India
India is right in demanding a "major course correction" of the UN Security Council when the world's largest democracy is kept out of the global decision making, the country's UN envoy has said.
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Russia's War In Ukraine Dominates Top UN Rights, Disarmament Meets
Russia's war in Ukraine loomed large as the top UN rights body and a global disarmament forum met today, amid warnings that rights worldwide were backsliding.
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How Global Watchdogs Reacted To Tax Searches At BBC India Offices
Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies on Tuesday criticised the Indian government's income tax survey operations at the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, saying the action "smacks of intimidation".
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Amazon India Head Summoned By Child Rights Body
Apex child rights body NCPCR has summoned global senior vice president and country head of Amazon India over alleged funding to All India Mission, an organisation involved in "unlawful practices".
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India, Australia, 15 Others Express Interest To Host ICC White-Ball Events During Next Cycle
India, Australia and England are among 17 member nations to have expressed interest in hosting ICC white-ball events during the next eight-year tournament cycle from 2024-2031, the game's global governing body said on Monday.
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Trump Says "Was Right" On Not Imposing Lockdowns, Cites WHO Envoy's Remarks
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that the recent remarks by a World Health Organization envoy proved that he "was right" about not imposing Covid-19 lockdowns and said that the global health body, which was dominated by China was "wrong about everything."
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"Pak Misusing Global Platforms For Own Gain": India's Top Quotes At UN
India today opposed Pakistan's efforts to flag the Kashmir issue in the United Nations Human Rights Council, rejecting allegations of "atrocities" in the region while accusing Islamabad of misusing international platforms to further its own "malicious" political agenda. In its pitch before the global body earlier in the day, Pakistan had criticised...
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At UN Rights Body, India To Rebut Pak On Jammu And Kashmir
Pakistan, which has been making repeated unsuccessful efforts to flag Jammu and Kashmir at various international forums, today made a pitch at the UN Human Rights Council. The global body, it said, should investigate the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Netflix Acquires Cannes Winners Atlantics, I Lost My Body
Netflix might be banned from submitting its films to Cannes Film Festival’s in-competition section, but it has acquired Grand Prix winner Atlantics, and picked up animated I Lost My Body too.
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US Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council
The United States has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council, US ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday, branding the global body a "cesspool of political bias."
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Pak Police Routinely Violates Basic Human Rights: Report
Police in Pakistan engages in human rights violations such as "arbitrary arrest, torture, extra-judicial killings and sexual violence," with religious minorities especially vulnerable to the "disgruntled and corrupt" officers of the force, a global rights body said today in a damning report.
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Auctioning of Air Traffic Rights Anti-Competitive: Industry Body
India's proposal to auction air traffic rights could be anti-competitive and result in concentration of the market in a few powerful hands, global airlines body IATA warned on Thursday.
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UK's Seat Should Go To India: Ex-Singaporean Diplomat On UN Security Council Reforms
The United Nations Security Council needs urgent reforms and India should get its rightful place as a permanent member of the top UN body, says former Singapore diplomat professor Kishore Mahbubani.
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Apple Close to Finalizing Deal With FIFA Over TV Rights For New Club World Cup Tournament: Report
Soccer's global governing body FIFA is close to an agreement with Apple to give the tech company worldwide television rights for a new, month-long club tournament, the New York Times reported on Monday.
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"The Anatomy Of A Genocide": UN Expert Calls For Arms Embargo On Israel
A United Nations expert told the global body's Human Rights Council on Tuesday that she believed that Israel's military campaign in Gaza since Oct. 7 amounted to genocide and called on countries to immediately impose sanctions and an arms embargo.
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Right In Demanding "Major Course Correction" Of Top UN Body: India
India is right in demanding a "major course correction" of the UN Security Council when the world's largest democracy is kept out of the global decision making, the country's UN envoy has said.
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Russia's War In Ukraine Dominates Top UN Rights, Disarmament Meets
Russia's war in Ukraine loomed large as the top UN rights body and a global disarmament forum met today, amid warnings that rights worldwide were backsliding.
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How Global Watchdogs Reacted To Tax Searches At BBC India Offices
Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies on Tuesday criticised the Indian government's income tax survey operations at the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, saying the action "smacks of intimidation".
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Amazon India Head Summoned By Child Rights Body
Apex child rights body NCPCR has summoned global senior vice president and country head of Amazon India over alleged funding to All India Mission, an organisation involved in "unlawful practices".
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India, Australia, 15 Others Express Interest To Host ICC White-Ball Events During Next Cycle
India, Australia and England are among 17 member nations to have expressed interest in hosting ICC white-ball events during the next eight-year tournament cycle from 2024-2031, the game's global governing body said on Monday.
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Trump Says "Was Right" On Not Imposing Lockdowns, Cites WHO Envoy's Remarks
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that the recent remarks by a World Health Organization envoy proved that he "was right" about not imposing Covid-19 lockdowns and said that the global health body, which was dominated by China was "wrong about everything."
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"Pak Misusing Global Platforms For Own Gain": India's Top Quotes At UN
India today opposed Pakistan's efforts to flag the Kashmir issue in the United Nations Human Rights Council, rejecting allegations of "atrocities" in the region while accusing Islamabad of misusing international platforms to further its own "malicious" political agenda. In its pitch before the global body earlier in the day, Pakistan had criticised...
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At UN Rights Body, India To Rebut Pak On Jammu And Kashmir
Pakistan, which has been making repeated unsuccessful efforts to flag Jammu and Kashmir at various international forums, today made a pitch at the UN Human Rights Council. The global body, it said, should investigate the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Netflix Acquires Cannes Winners Atlantics, I Lost My Body
Netflix might be banned from submitting its films to Cannes Film Festival’s in-competition section, but it has acquired Grand Prix winner Atlantics, and picked up animated I Lost My Body too.
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US Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council
The United States has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council, US ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday, branding the global body a "cesspool of political bias."
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Pak Police Routinely Violates Basic Human Rights: Report
Police in Pakistan engages in human rights violations such as "arbitrary arrest, torture, extra-judicial killings and sexual violence," with religious minorities especially vulnerable to the "disgruntled and corrupt" officers of the force, a global rights body said today in a damning report.
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Auctioning of Air Traffic Rights Anti-Competitive: Industry Body
India's proposal to auction air traffic rights could be anti-competitive and result in concentration of the market in a few powerful hands, global airlines body IATA warned on Thursday.
