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United Nations classifies marijuana as a ‘less dangerous drug’, decision, for which India voted too, to help further medicinal use
With the categorisation of marijuana as a less dangerous drug, it is believed that the medicinal and therapeutic potential of the drug can now be recognised.
‘Why this selectivity?’, India slams UNGA for not speaking against persecution of followers of Indic religions as it does for Abrahamic religions
During 75th Session of the UNGA, India exercised its 'Right of Reply' and spoke on the selectivity of the UN resolutions passed last month.
NGO that monitors United Nations roasts Pakistan govt for justifying beheading over ‘blasphemy’
It all started when the Government of Pakistan defended the brutal act of beheading of a French teacher in Paris by an Islamic terrorist weeks ago by claiming that blasphemy in the garb of freedom of expression is intolerable.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom under quarantine after contact with coronavirus infected person
The WHO chief informed on Twitter that he is putting himself under quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID positive patient.
No, the United Nations body did not confer the ‘Special Humanitarian Action Award’ on Sonu Sood. Here are the details
SDG Action Awards are still accepting applications, and the last date is 9th October 2020. The previous winners’ list has winners from 2019 and none from 2020.
PM Modi’s call for UN reforms should be the beginning of our resurgent foreign policy
India could look to pursue a seven-point agenda to play a bigger role in global affairs.
PM Modi calls for an expanded role of India in the United Nations: Here are the 7 key highlights of his speech at the...
PM Narendra Modi raised questions over the handling of the coronavirus crisis by the United Nations during his speech at UNGA
Sectarian violence, forced conversion of minorities including Hindus, illegal occupation of PoK: India goes all out at UNGA
India recently exercised its Right to Reply' at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to counterattack the misleading narrative put forth by Pakistan
India beats China to become a member of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) under the United Nations
India gets elected to United Nations’ Commission on Status of Women (CSW), a body of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Embarrassment for Pakistan as UNSC rejects its application to add two Indians in 1267 sanction list as ‘international terrorists’
The China-backed move of Pakistan was blocked by five UNSC members, USA, UK, France, Germany and Belgium.
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Indian team that won FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 struggles through custom department procedure to get their medals
Srinath Narayanan, the Vice President of the team, said that it took a week's time for the medals to reach Chennai from Bangalore.
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Punjab: National head of Hindu organisation Shri Ram Sena brutally assaulted by three unidentified bike-borne assailants
The chairman of Punjab Hindustan Shiv Sena said that the Hindu leaders are on the radar of various anti-national elements in Punjab
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United Nations classifies marijuana as a ‘less dangerous drug’, decision, for which India voted too, to help further medicinal use
With the categorisation of marijuana as a less dangerous drug, it is believed that the medicinal and therapeutic potential of the drug can now be recognised.
News Reports
Watch: Angry Rajdeep Sardesai threatens to sack his staff in charge of social media for failing to link up his Instagram live
Rajdeep Sardesai had announced that he was doing a live chat on his Instagram page to discuss Hyderabad municipal election results
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94-year-old widow moves Supreme Court seeking for declaration of Emergency as unconstitutional; demands Rs 25 crores as compensation
She alleges that the issues of the Emergency still resonates in her mind and she wants to peace by getting it declared as illegal
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From supporting Khalistanis to hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs: A brief intro of the new liberal favourite, Diljit Dosanjh
Singer Diljit Dosanjh has become the new blue-eyed boy of the left-liberal gang after he supported ongoing farmers protest
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Exposing hypocrisy of Congress, CPIM, Bharatiya Kisan Union and even Justin Trudeau over the Farm Bills 2020, point by point
The industry scale hypocrisy surrounding the protests around Farm Laws is staggering
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How a teacher from Solapur, Ranjitsinh Disale, won the coveted Global Teacher Prize and $1 million: Here is his story
32-year-old teacher Ranjitsinh Disale won the Global Teacher prize and prize money of $1 million for his extensive work in the field of the girl child education
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Ex-Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh joins Farmer’s protests, justifies “Indira thok di” comment
Multiple videos of Yograj Singh, Yuvraj Singh's father, have gone viral on social media where he has been giving provocative speeches amid the ongoing farmer protests
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Kangana Ranaut vs Diljit Dosanjh fight turns ugly, she calls him Karan Johar’s pet dog
Days after Kangana mistook an elderly lady in Punjab farmers' protest for Bilkis Bano of Shaheen Bagh 'protests', Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh got into a war of words with her on Twitter.
