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  'If we get requests...': United Nations chief Guterres reacts amid India Vs Bharat name change row

  World | September 07, 2023 18:33 IST

  Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Farhan Haq on Wednesday cited the example of Turkey changing its name to Turkiye last year.

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  Misuse of pharmaceutical drugs rising in India: UN official

  India | July 24, 2014 11:07 IST

  New Delhi: After cannabis and heroin, the misuse of pharmaceutical drugs is rising among subcontinental drug users because of their easy availability at cheap rates and this is a cause for concern, a top UN

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  Important to bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice: UN official

  World | November 26, 2013 9:17 IST

  United Nations:  As India marks the fifth anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks today, it is “important” that the perpetrators of the “terrible crime” should be brought to justice, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson

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  UN official: Iranian exiles' deaths a wake-up call

  World | September 14, 2013 12:25 IST

  Baghdad: The acting U.N. envoy to Iraq says the killing of 52 members of an Iranian dissident group that the Iraqi government wants out of the country should be “a wake-up call” to the international

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  Sri Lanka accuses UN official of violating mandate

  World | September 02, 2013 9:36 IST

  Colombo: The Sri Lankan government Sunday accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay of violating her mandate through some comments that she made to the media during her week-long visit to the

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  Blackberry Data Requests Legitimate: UN Official

  World | September 02, 2010 22:57 IST

  London:  The chief of the UN's telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies, including those in India, access to customer data, saying governments had legitimate security concerns which