Baccarose brings Italian beauty brand, Diego dalla Palma to India \
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Baccarose brings Italian beauty brand, Diego dalla Palma to India

23-Nov-2022
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): Founded in Italy, Diego dalla Palma announces its foray into the Indian market with its quirky, colorful and premium make-up range.
23-Nov-2022 Business
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Jharkhand CM reviews preparation for Shravani Mela ahead of PM Modi’s visit on July 12 \
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Jharkhand CM reviews preparation for Shravani Mela ahead of PM Modi’s visit on July 12

11-Jul-2022
Deoghar (Jharkhand) [India], July 11 (ANI): Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Sunday held a meeting with officials on the preparation and security arrangements for Shravani Mela ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on Tuesday.
11-Jul-2022 National
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PM Modi to launch development projects worth Rs 16,000 cr in Jharkhand’s Deoghar on July 12 \
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PM Modi to launch development projects worth Rs 16,000 cr in Jharkhand’s Deoghar on July 12

09-Jul-2022
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jharkhand's Deoghar and Bihar's Patna on July 12, informed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Saturday.
09-Jul-2022 National
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Visible light activates molecular machineries to treat infections: Study \
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Visible light activates molecular machineries to treat infections: Study

05-Jun-2022
Houston (Texas) [US] June 5 (ANI): Scientists have demonstrated that light-activated molecular machines can drill holes through gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria membranes, killing them in as little as two minutes. Their study suggests a new way to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which lack natural defences against mechanical intruders.
05-Jun-2022 Health
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To treat infections, visible light activates molecular machineries: Study \
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To treat infections, visible light activates molecular machineries: Study

03-Jun-2022
Houston (Texas) [US] June 3 (ANI): Chemists have demonstrated that light-activated molecular machines can drill holes through gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria membranes, killing them in as little as two minutes. Their study suggests a new way to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which lack natural defences against mechanical intruders.
03-Jun-2022 Science
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Indian Athletics and Yachting teams to get international exposure trips \
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Indian Athletics and Yachting teams to get international exposure trips

04-Apr-2022
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Indian track and field athletes are set for international exposure tours ahead of a packed schedule this year that constitutes the World Athletics Championship, the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games 2022.
04-Apr-2022 Sports
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Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF \
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Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF

07-Oct-2021
In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to fight with insurgents.
The warning from UN Children’s Fund, , came as aid access improved to previously inaccessible areas in Cabo Delgado province. “Unverified video material secured by armed forces in an abandoned training camp apparently shows abducted children as young as five handling weapons and being indoctrinated to fight,” said UNICEF spokesperson James Elder. Under the occupation of al-Shabab militia, the gas-rich region witnessed one of the world’s fastest-growing displacement crises, UN humanitarians have said. Speaking to journalists during a regular briefing in Geneva, Mr. Elder added that other reports about young boys and girls who had been abducted from their families and villages “match accounts told by family members to UNICEF’s field staff and partners. This is leaving little doubt that children are being forcefully recruited by this non-state armed group.”

Blocked out

When fighting broke out in March, humanitarian access to the district was completely blocked, including to tens of thousands of people who had fled the violence. Many were from the coastal town of Palma who were displaced after militants staged a surprise ambush which reportedly left dozens dead. The UN agency said that they and partners including the UN World Food Programme (), the UN migration agency () and partner organisations had “only very recently” managed to delivered hygiene kits, water purification tablets, food and shelter to the displaced population in Palma, with the help of the Mozambican authorities. According to WFP, the insurgency in northern Mozambique left at least 730,000 people in Cabo Delgado with no access to their lands and no means of earning a living.   Food security data captured before the attacks in Palma town in late March 2021, indicated that nearly 228,000 people were highly food insecure. “This number is projected to increase to 363,000 during the lean season beginning in October,” the UN agency predicted.  

Rights violation

Mr. Elder explained that the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict is a grave violation of international law, and that all youngsters who are recruited for this purpose should be treated as victims.   In addition to losing their families, he added that the youngsters are likely to have been exposed to extreme violence, sexual violence and abductions. The affected children will also have missed schooling that is vital to their future wellbeing, the UNICEF spokesperson insisted, before urging “all feasible measures” to ensure that they are “demobilized, disengaged, or otherwise released, and provided with all appropriate protection services for their social reintegration”. In a statement, UNICEF also welcomed an agreement signed with the Mozambican Ministry of Defence to increase protection measures for children affected by conflict in Mozambique. “UNICEF continues to work in collaboration with the Government and partners to prepare the services that will be greatly needed by rescued children to support their physical and mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, as well as safe reintegration to communities,” the agency said.  
07-Oct-2021 United Nations
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Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF \
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Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF

07-Oct-2021
In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to fight with insurgents.
The warning from UN Children’s Fund, , came as aid access improved to previously inaccessible areas in Cabo Delgado province. “Unverified video material secured by armed forces in an abandoned training camp apparently shows abducted children as young as five handling weapons and being indoctrinated to fight,” said UNICEF spokesperson James Elder. Under the occupation of al-Shabab militia, the gas-rich region witnessed one of the world’s fastest-growing displacement crises, UN humanitarians have said. Speaking to journalists during a regular briefing in Geneva, Mr. Elder added that other reports about young boys and girls who had been abducted from their families and villages “match accounts told by family members to UNICEF’s field staff and partners. This is leaving little doubt that children are being forcefully recruited by this non-state armed group.”

Blocked out

When fighting broke out in March, humanitarian access to the district was completely blocked, including to tens of thousands of people who had fled the violence. Many were from the coastal town of Palma who were displaced after militants staged a surprise ambush which reportedly left dozens dead. The UN agency said that they and partners including the UN World Food Programme (), the UN migration agency () and partner organisations had “only very recently” managed to delivered hygiene kits, water purification tablets, food and shelter to the displaced population in Palma, with the help of the Mozambican authorities. According to WFP, the insurgency in northern Mozambique left at least 730,000 people in Cabo Delgado with no access to their lands and no means of earning a living.   Food security data captured before the attacks in Palma town in late March 2021, indicated that nearly 228,000 people were highly food insecure. “This number is projected to increase to 363,000 during the lean season beginning in October,” the UN agency predicted.  

Rights violation

Mr. Elder explained that the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict is a grave violation of international law, and that all youngsters who are recruited for this purpose should be treated as victims.   In addition to losing their families, he added that the youngsters are likely to have been exposed to extreme violence, sexual violence and abductions. The affected children will also have missed schooling that is vital to their future wellbeing, the UNICEF spokesperson insisted, before urging “all feasible measures” to ensure that they are “demobilized, disengaged, or otherwise released, and provided with all appropriate protection services for their social reintegration”. In a statement, UNICEF also welcomed an agreement signed with the Mozambican Ministry of Defence to increase protection measures for children affected by conflict in Mozambique. “UNICEF continues to work in collaboration with the Government and partners to prepare the services that will be greatly needed by rescued children to support their physical and mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, as well as safe reintegration to communities,” the agency said.  
07-Oct-2021 United Nations
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