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August 04, 2021
UN mission in Afghanistan demands end to fighting as Taliban advance
August 03, 2021
Earthquake strikes near Nicobar Islands: EMSC
August 03, 2021
Blinken reiterates US commitment to
Afghanistan in phone call with Ghani
HONG KONG — India is sending a task force of four warships into the South China Sea on a two-month deployment that will include exercises with Quad partners the United States, Japan and Australia, India's Defense Ministry announced on Monday.
The warships will depart India early this month, the Defense Ministry statement said, without giving a specific departure date.The task force, which includes a guided-missile destroyer, guided-missile frigate, anti-submarine corvette and guided-missile corvette, will participate in a series of exercises during the two-month deployment, including the Malabar 2021 naval exercises with US, Japanese and Australian forces.
In other bilateral exercises during the deployment, the Indian warships will work with naval units from South China Sea...
August 03, 2021
India to deploy naval task force into South China Sea and beyond
August 03, 2021
China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID-19 outbreak spreads
August 03, 2021
Afghan forces thwart Taliban's attempt to storm a prison in Helmand, 38 killed
August 03, 2021
US expands eligibility for Afghan refugee resettlement
August 02, 2021
Ladakh on road to development after getting UT status
August 01, 2021
China nuclear reactor shut down for maintenance because of fuel rod damage
TOKYO — Leading athletes, influencers and innovators have been sharing their thoughts on the role that sport can play in building a better world for all, in UN-led online discussions held to coincide with the Tokyo Olympics.“Sport becomes something that can change the life of refugees who are living in refugee camps. Because they can achieve something, they can overcome anything that they pass through...and it gives them a platform”, said Pur Biel, a member of the first-ever Olympic Refugee Team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.Biel, a participant in the UN’s SDG Zone at Tokyo series of online talks this week, explained how sport had helped him to live through traumatic experiences in his home country, South Sudan.The athlete’s...
August 01, 2021
Olympic athletes describe the power of sport to change the world
