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‘Don’t patronize us’: India calls for de-escalation at UNSC meet on Ukraine, Permanent Representative to UN shuts Dutch Ambassador on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2022

Permanent Representative of India to UN, TS Tirumurti, lambasted Dutch ambassador for patronising India for abstaining from voting against Russia

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Did you know: The Congress party and an ex-foreign minister were involved in the Iraqi oil scam, even when not in power

Pallav - 12 April, 2022

The Volcker Committee report cited Kunwar Natwar Singh, former External Affairs Minister, and the Congress Party as "non-contractual beneficiaries" of Iraqi oil sales under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme scam in 2001.

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United Nations General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council, India abstains from voting

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2022

United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine

Opinions

No blue eyes, no blond hair: Is that why victims of war in Ethiopia and Yemen are children of a lesser God?

Sandeep Singh - 25 March, 2022

While the west focuses on humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine, it has turned a blind eye to sufferings of victims in Ethiopia and Yemen

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Imran Khan gloats, congratulates Muslim Ummah, as UN adopts resolution proposed by Pakistan designating March 15 as ‘International Day to Combat Islamophobia’

OpIndia Staff - 16 March, 2022

The resolution introduced by Pakistan seeks to 'promote the message of tolerance, peaceful co-existence and interfaith and cultural harmony among all religions, races and nations'.

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‘Religiophobias not restricted to Abrahamic faiths, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs face discrimination and violence too’: India at the UN on Islamophobia resolution

OpIndia Staff - 16 March, 2022

Tirumurti said India had suggested amendments to include the word 'pluralism' in the text, but it was not included by the sponsors of the resolution for 'reasons best known to them'.

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‘US Biolabs in Ukraine’: UN Security Council to meet on Russia’s request over bioweapons issue, China may support Russian claims too

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2022

UN Security Council has scheduled a meeting to discuss Russian claims of United States conducting military biological activities in Ukraine, an allegation denied by Biden administration.

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Lithuania stops Covid-19 vaccine donation to Bangladesh because it abstained from UN vote against Russia

OpIndia Staff - 9 March, 2022

Lithuania had earlier decided to donate up to 444,600 Pfizer doses to Bangladesh under the EU’s combined efforts to combat the pandemic globally.

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Russia declines to attend the hearing at the International Court of Justice on its invasion of Ukraine

OpIndia Staff - 8 March, 2022

Russia refused to attend an ICJ hearing on an Ukrainian application accusing Russia of conducting acts of genocide and moving provisional measures against the country in the top court

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