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UN panel adopts landmark climate report
World | Nov 02, 2014, 08:28 AM ISTCopenhagen: The United Nations' expert panel on climate science has finished a report on global warming that the UN's environment agency said offers "conclusive evidence" that humans are altering the Earth's climate system.The document, which
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Racial discrimination in US cause of concern: UN panel
World | Aug 30, 2014, 07:45 AM ISTGeneva: The United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Friday said that racial and ethnic discrimination in the US remain a major cause of concern.In its concluding observation on the periodic report
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UN panel asks India to act against poaching in Manas sanctuary
India | Jul 13, 2014, 01:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Expressing serious concern over poaching of rhinos in Assam's Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has warned India of including the wildlife reserve in “the List of World Heritage in Danger”
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Wage war on corruption, India tells UN
World | Oct 10, 2012, 07:59 PM ISTUnited Nations, Oct 10: India has called for a war on corruption and transparency in governance.BJP leader L.K. Advani made the appeal as an Indian delegate at a UN panel. He read out a prepared