United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the informal meeting on the Cyprus issue, held over two days in Geneva, Switzerland, had made "meaningful progress."
Bagchi’s statement was in response to unfounded remarks made about India, particularly in relation to Jammu and Kashmir.
Led by Secretary, Minister of Labour and Employment, Ms Sumita Dawra, it highlighted India’s positive experience in this regard, and informed the ILO Governing Body members of several steps it has taken in this regard.
The IPU has a membership of 180 countries. The delegation includes five Rajya Sabha members who are S Niranjan Reddy, Kartikeya Sharma, Ashok Mittal, Prashanta Nanda, Sumitra Balmik, along with Rajya Sabha Secretary-General P C Mody.
BJP leader and grandson of the last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh said the PoJK delegates he met in London were looking to return to India.
The campaign launched by BHRC, protesters said, "is a push to garner greater international awareness for the near-extermination of the people of Balochistan."
Sri Lanka’s minister for Foreign Affairs, Dinesh Gunawardena, reiterated his government’s commitment to achieve sustainable peace through an inclusive “domestically designed and executed” reconciliation and accountability process.
WHO Chief hailed a $100 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced earlier on Wednesday for virus testing, treatment and vaccine research.
According to the UNHCR, Pakistan hosts more than 1.4 million registered Afghans who have been forced to flee their homes.
Save for fertilizers, which reports a 5.4 per cent increase in output year-on-year, every other sector disappoints with coal representing the worst with a steep 20.5 per cent decline.
