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October 12, 2018 Adam Rizvi #UN, #UNHumanRightsCouncil

India wins election to UN Human Rights Council

The 193-member UN General Assembly held elections here for new members to the UN Human Rights Council. UNITED NATIONS, October

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October 11, 2018 The India Observer #CATSAA, #defencedeal, #DefeneSecretaryJamesMattis, #India-Russia, #PresidentTrum, #S400missiles

“India Will Find Out”: Trump On Sanctions For S-400 Deal With Russia

Only Donald Trump has the authority for the presidential waiver to India on weapons deal with sanctions-hit Russia. WASHINGTON, OCT

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October 5, 2018 The India Observer #faultyhipimplant, #Johnson&Johnson, #medicalnegligence, India

SC seeks Centre’s response on ‘faulty’ hip implants by Johnson & Johnson

New Delhi, October 5, 2018: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response on a plea alleging that “faulty”

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October 5, 2018 The India Observer #Russia#US, #S400missiles, #sanctions, India

Sanctions not meant to punish allies, says US after India and Russia ink S-400 missile deal

Responding to a query on impact of anti-Russia sanctions on India after the conclusion of the S-400 contract, the US

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October 5, 2018 The India Observer #Ahmedabad, #Gujaratriots, #HamidAnsari, #LtGenZameeUddinShah, #NarendraModi, #The India Observer, #thesarkarimussalman, #TIO

2002 Gujarat riots: Despite request to Narendra Modi, Army lost a crucial day waiting for vehicles, says Lt General Zameer Uddin

3,000 troops had to wait for a day before the Gujarat administration provided the transport — during which period hundreds of

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October 5, 2018 The India Observer #Airdefence, #India-Russia, #Russia, #S-400missile, #USCongress, US

After China, India to get S-400 air missiles from Russia

India wants the long-range missile systems to tighten its air defense mechanism, particularly along the nearly 4,000-km-long Sino-India border. New

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October 4, 2018 Adam Rizvi #departmentofenergy, #nuclearenergy, #RitaBarnwal, #Senate

Trump taps Indian-American woman to head nuclear energy division

Washington, Oct 4, 2018: US President Donald Trump has nominated prominent Indian-American nuclear expert Rita Baranwal to head the nuclear energy

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October 4, 2018 The India Observer #INDIA-RUSSIARELATIONS, #INDIARUSSIADEAL, #Pakistan, #PUTINVISIT

Putin in India today to seal arms deal worth billions Pakistan, US on back foot

The ‘key feature’ of Russian President Vladmir Putin’s visit would be the signing of a $5-billion deal for the S-400

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October 4, 2018 The India Observer #AllahabadHIGHCOURT, #Congress, #Lucknow, #murdercase, #SamajwadiParty, #TalatAziz, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #UP, #yogiadityanath, CB-CID, Chiefminister Yogi

Petitioner in case involving UP CM says she is being threatened

Congress leader Talat Aziz, who was a Samajwadi Party leader when the incident happened, on Wednesday said her husband is

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October 3, 2018 The India Observer #DavidsonFellows, #IndianAmericans, #Scholarship

6 Indian-American teens get prestigious Davidson Fellows scholarships

Washington, October 2, 2018: Reflecting the domination of the community in science and technology, half a dozen Indian American teenagers have

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October 3, 2018 The India Observer #AntonioGutteres, #ChampioftheEarthAward, #EmmanuelMacron, #NarendraModi, #UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presents PM Modi with Champions of Earth award

PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron were jointly awarded the UN’s highest environmental honour for their pioneering work in championing

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October 2, 2018 Adam Rizvi #AntonioGuterres, #GandhiJayanti, #InternationalDayofNon-Violence, #MahatamaGandhi, #Rajghat, #UNSecretaryGeneral

UN chief Antonio Guterres hails Gandhi’s principle of non-violence, denounces terrorism

Ahead of his visit, Guterres had said that India was an important partner of the UN in countering terrorism and preventing

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October 1, 2018 The India Observer #DelhiSchoolofEconomics, #DelhiUniversity, #economist, #GitaGopinath, #IMF

India-born Harvard professor Gita Gopinath appointed IMF Chief Economist

Gopinath is one of the world’s outstanding economists, with impeccable academic credentials, the IMF said today. New Delhi 1st October

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September 30, 2018 Adam Rizvi #H1Bvisa, #KamlaHarris, #KirstenGillibrand, #USCIS, H4visa

Indian women to be most hit if US revokes H-4 work permit

Washington, September 27: Two powerful Democratic women senators have urged the Trump administration not to go ahead with its decision

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September 30, 2018 Adam Rizvi #EnamGambhir, #IndiaPak, #IndiaUNNewYork, #ShahMehmoodQureshi, #sushmaswaraj, #UNGA

“Host And Patron” Of UN-Designated Terrorists: India Rips Into Pak At UN

Pakistan alleging India’s role in school terror attack shows its “desperate attempt to look away from monster of terror it

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September 30, 2018 Adam Rizvi #IndiaPaktalks, #Pakistan, #sushmaswaraj, #UNGA, #UnitedNations

How can India pursue talks with a country that glorifies ‘killers’: Sushma Swaraj

“Talks with Pakistan have begun many times. If they stopped, it was only because of Pakistan’s behaviour,” Sushma Swaraj said.

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September 29, 2018 The India Observer #ImranKhan, #IndiaPakistantalks, #PMModi, #SAARC, #ShahMehmoodQureshi, #sushmaswaraj

Pak Foreign Minister says impending polls forced India to call off talks

September 29, 2018, New York: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has alleged that India’s ‘domestic political and electoral compulsions’

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September 28, 2018 Adam Rizvi #ChiefGuest, #PMModi, #PresidentTrump, #RepublicDay, India, US

Donald Trump may visit India as Chief guest for Republic day celebrations next year

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Trump to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in January 2019. September 28, 2018, New

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September 28, 2018 Adam Rizvi #ImranKhan, #India-PakDialogue, #India-Paktalks, #IndiaPakistan, #NarendraModi, #SAARC

‘You’re the obstacle in dialogue’: Pakistan foreign minister after Sushma Swaraj leaves SAARC meet midway

After Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj left the SAARC foreign ministers meeting early, Indian diplomatic sources told PTI that

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September 28, 2018 Adam Rizvi #Pakistan, #SAARC, #ShahMehmoodQureshi, #sushmaswaraj, India

Must end ecosystem of support to terror, Sushma says at SAARC meet attended by Pakistan

Addressing a meeting of SAARC foreign ministers on the sidelines of the UNGA, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said the

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September 28, 2018 Adam Rizvi #gaysex, #LGBTQ, #Section377, #UNHighCommissionerforHumanRights

UN rights chief cites India’s SC ruling on gay sex, urges countries to amend laws

United Nations, September 26, 2018: The UN’s top human rights official cited the “landmark” decision by India’s Supreme Court decriminalising consensual