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Nearly 5mn Indians forced to flee their homes due to disasters in 2021: UN

Nearly five million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021, the United Nations has said in a report. The annual Global Trends Report by the UN......

UN chief to meet Putin, Zelenskyy next week for resolving Ukraine conflict

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy next week, as he steps up diplomatic efforts to 'silence the guns' in......

India allows Japanese aircraft to lift Ukraine aid from Mumbai

India on Thursday said it has approved the landing of Japanese commercial aircraft to collect humanitarian supplies from a UN depot in Mumbai for their distribution in Ukraine and its neighbouring......

21 Photos That Defined 2021

Images that capture what it was like living through 2021. Please click on the images for a better look. IMAGE: Supporters of then United States president Donald J Trump riot at the US Capitol......

US announces $144mn in humanitarian aid for Afghans

The United States will provide USD144 million in assistance to the people of Afghanistan who have been facing a grave humanitarian crisis under the Taliban, Secretary of State Tony Blinken......

Online game to raise awareness on refugee issue

The English version of an award-winning United Nations online game aimed at raising awareness about refugee situations by putting players in the position of a person forced to flee their home has......

What's the Aashiqui star's Afghan link?

'They didn't speak Hindi or English, but love is a universal language.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Anu Aggarwal/Instagram Anu Aggarwal, who shot to fame with movies like Aashiqui and King Uncle,......

Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears: A day out in Hollywood

Here's what your favourite Hollywood stars have been up to.Special envoy of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and movie director Angelina Jolie poses for photograph after giving......

Angelina slams racist tag

Controversies follow her like her ever growing brood. Angelina Jolie maybe accused of being a wild child but what gets her goat is being accused of being a racist. The actress, who is fast......

Real Madrid to donate 1m euros to help displaced in Ukraine

IMAGE: Real Madrid players celebrate a goal (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Spanish club Real Madrid will donate one million euros ($1.10 million)......

Bayern footballer Davies's letter to Refugee Paralympians

IMAGE: Alphono Davies was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before moving to Canada. Photograph: Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Bayern Munich's Canadian defender Alphonso......

Late evening kick-offs for ISL weekend double headers

IMAGE: ATK’s players celebrate a goal in this file picture. In the upcoming season of the ISL, while the regular weekday fixture will start at 7:30 pm start, the double headers on weekends,......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

Refugee team to take part at Tokyo 2020 Olympics: IOC

IMAGE: Members of the Olympic refugee team pose in front of Christ the Redeemer during the 2016 Rio Olympics (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters......

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