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  Lok Sabha Secretariat gears up to welcome newly elected MPs with paperless registration process

  India | May 31, 2024 21:59 IST

  The Lok Sabha Secretariat is set to welcome members of the 18th Lok Sabha with a streamlined, paperless registration process. Secretary-General Utpal Kumar Singh is overseeing the preparations to ensure all measures are in place.

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  'Even wars have rules...': UN chief warns against 'dangerous' Israel's evacuation ultimatum in Gaza

  World | October 14, 2023 11:12 IST

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the situation in the region is "reaching a new low" since the Hamas attacks on Israel. He appealed for humanitarian law and human rights to be upheld and moving such a large number of people in such a short time was "not possible".

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  Ex-CBDT chairman PC Mody takes over as new secretary-general of Rajya Sabha

  India | November 12, 2021 14:58 IST

  Mody was appointed as the secretary-general by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu earlier in the day.

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  Who is Anita Bhatia? Newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary General

  World | May 31, 2019 10:01 IST

  Bhatia comes to the UN after a long career at the World Bank and its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), where she worked in strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and management.

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  Portugal’s Antonio Guterres appointed as next UN chief

  World | October 13, 2016 22:42 IST

  Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres has been appointed as next United Nations Secretary-General on Thursday. The 193 U.N. member states elected Guterres by acclamation, following the Security Council's nomination of the 67-year-old form

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  India calls for transparency and choice in electing UN Secretary-General

  World | October 21, 2015 13:06 IST

  United Nations: India has called for drastic reforms in the election of the secretary-general to introduce transparency and choice in the process of picking a successor to Ban Ki-moon next year and said it should not be

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  Supreme Court irked over poorly-maintained judicial files

  India | September 04, 2015 7:59 IST

  New Delhi: Poor maintenance of judicial records of a sensitive case on Thursday irked a Supreme Court bench which came down heavily on its registry and summoned the Secretary General of the apex court. "Ask the

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  NATO leader visits Afghanistan

  World | November 06, 2014 11:18 IST

  Kabul, Afghanistan: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is in Kabul on an unannounced trip to visit troops and meet with the country's new leaders.Stoltenberg, who took over as the head of the Western alliance on

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  UN calls for more efforts to eradicate poverty

  World | October 18, 2014 6:25 IST

  United Nations: The UN on Friday marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, with its Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling for more efforts to eliminate poverty in all its forms as 2.4 billion people

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  World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda

  World | September 24, 2014 11:10 IST

  UNITED NATIONS: Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge of Ebola and growing Islamic radicalism, leaders from more than 140 countries open

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  UN stresses on need for Afghan unity government

  World | September 12, 2014 7:10 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has spoken with Afghan presidential candidates, stressing the need to agree on a government of national unity, a spokesperson said on Thursday."Yesterday, the secretary general had separate telephone

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  NATO offers comprehensive support to Ukraine

  World | September 05, 2014 7:40 IST

  Cardiff: NATO has established "a comprehensive and tailored package of measures" to help Ukraine, the alliance's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.The assistance from NATO, totalling about 15 million euros (about $19 million),

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  IOA president, secretary-general skip CWG felicitation

  Other Sports | August 09, 2014 11:49 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) president N. Ramachandran and secretary-general Rajeev Mehta Friday skipped the sports ministry's felicitation of the medal winners of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Sources told IANS that Ramachandran was out of

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  P K Grover to be acting Lok Sabha secretary general

  Politics | July 31, 2014 12:34 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has appointed P K Grover, Secretary to officiate as Secretary General, Lok Sabha with effect from July 31, 2014, till the date of his superannuation. Grover retires on

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  UN pledges to help Kenya combat terrorism

  World | June 28, 2014 21:43 IST

  Nairobi: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said the world body is determined to work with the Kenyan government in combating terrorism."It is my hope that under President Kenyatta's leadership, Kenya will enjoy prosperity, peace,

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  Prof Furqan Qamar takes over as AIU Secretary General

  India | June 26, 2014 17:17 IST

  New Delhi: Professor Furqan Qamar has taken over as Secretary General of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) after serving as the Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh.  The post of the AIU

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  AIBA threatens to sue Batra, Hockey India

  Hockey | May 30, 2014 17:33 IST

  New Delhi: A livid International Boxing Association today said it plans to sue Hockey India Secretary General Narinder Batra for alleging that AIBA accepted money to approve the ad-hoc ‘Boxing India' group for running the

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  FIFA Secretary General 'happy' with Cuiaba stadium despite delays

  Football | April 24, 2014 13:05 IST

  SAO PAULO :  FIFA's top World Cup official is satisfied with the pace of work at the stadium in the western Brazilian city of Cuiaba even though a delay in the delivery of seats prompted

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  Jerome Valcke: Don't waste time at Brazil World Cup stadium

  Football | April 23, 2014 6:54 IST

  SAO PAULO : FIFA's top World Cup official visited the delayed stadium that will host the opener in less than two months and said there is "not a minute" to waste to get the venue

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  Arab League secretary general Elaraby arrives in Delhi

  World | December 16, 2013 21:55 IST

  New Delhi: The  Secretary General of the Arab League, Dr. Nabil Elaraby arrived in New Delhi on Monday to bolster bilateral ties and possibly sign an updated Memorandum of Cooperation of the Arab-India Cooperation Forum. New