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UN forecasts fall in global economic growth to 1.9 per cent in 2023

With China’s government abandoning its zero-COVID policy late last year and easing monetary and fiscal policies, the UN forecast that…

January 26, 2023 16:57 IST

Pakistan-based LeT’s deputy leader Abdul Rehman Makki designated a global terrorist by UN

The UN Security Council’s 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee added 68-year-old Makki, the brother-in-law of JUD/LeT Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed,…

Updated: January 17, 2023 12:35 IST

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India’s Deployment of Women Peacekeepers Exemplary

This crucial step reflects India’s exemplary efforts towards mainstreaming gender in UN peacekeeping deployments and continuous support for the UN…

January 6, 2023 16:42 IST

Invest in human capital

Time’s running out for India to reap a demographic dividend, even as it becomes the most populous nation in the…

January 2, 2023 04:15 IST

Ban on University education for Afghan girls draws sharp criticism from around the world leaders – Here’s what they said

After the decision came out, US Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wood described the move as “absolutely indefensible”.

Updated: December 21, 2022 11:51 IST

Millets on menu as govt hosts lunch for MPs — here’s why

Making millets, grown by most small farmers in the country, popular amounts to serving the country, Modi told BJP MPs,…

Updated: December 20, 2022 16:02 IST

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COP15 summit: Historic deal inked to protect global biodiversity

One of the most contentious issues in the negotiations was the finance package to support conservation efforts globally, and particularly…

December 19, 2022 20:55 IST

COP15: India pushes for new, dedicated fund for biodiversity conservation

India said the developing countries bear most of the burden of implementing the targets for conservation of biodiversity and, therefore,…

December 18, 2022 11:57 IST

‘We don’t need to be told what to do on democracy’: India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Amb Ruchira Kamboj

India on Thursday assumed Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council for the month of December, during which it will…

Updated: December 2, 2022 13:01 IST

Taliban’s treatment of women may be crime against humanity: UN experts

The Taliban took over from a Western-backed government in August 2021.

November 26, 2022 11:42 IST

India’s efforts to sanction perpetrators of 26/11 attacks blocked for ‘political reasons’: UN envoy Ruchira Kamboj

Her remarks came ahead of the 14th anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks in India’s financial capital Mumbai.

November 25, 2022 11:47 IST

Ukraine nuclear plant shelled, United Nations warns: ‘You’re playing with fire!’

More than a dozen blasts shook Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Saturday evening and Sunday, the International Atomic Energy…

Updated: November 21, 2022 07:51 IST

North Korea calls UN Antonio Guterres’s ‘puppet of US’ after launch

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres earlier issued a statement strongly condemning North Korea’s ICBM launch on Friday and reiterating his call…

Updated: November 21, 2022 08:38 IST

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World Population: 8 billion today, 10.4 billion by 2080; India adds 180 million, sets to overtake China next year

Globally, the 8 billion population milestone represents 1 billion people added to the planet in just the last 11 years.

November 15, 2022 13:07 IST

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India abstains on UNGA resolution calling for Russia to pay reparations to Ukraine

The draft resolution, ‘Furtherance of remedy and reparation for aggression against Ukraine’, introduced by Ukraine was adopted Monday in the…

Updated: November 15, 2022 12:14 IST

Over the past couple of years, we have witnessed the severe damage caused by climate change to agriculture; the hit to farms has been to such an extent that global prices of many crops have shot up, putting them out of range for many.

India must be ready to lead on Critical Climate Change during G20 Presidency

The G20 could be the definitive moment for India. G20 is truly enormous, and the mandate it carries, can potentially…

Updated: November 16, 2022 11:29 IST

UN: Taliban has plunged Afghanistan into `dire” conditions

Afghanistan has seen “a massive economic contraction and humanitarian crisis” which has left half the population facing “critical levels of…

November 11, 2022 13:01 IST

India’s report on human rights to be reviewed by UN member states under UPR mechanism

India has been engaged constructively with the members of the UNHRC and other fellow UN member states to promote and…

November 9, 2022 12:13 IST

UN to vote on resolution saying Russia must pay reparations

The draft resolution, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, would recognize the need to establish “an international mechanism for reparation…

Updated: November 9, 2022 09:25 IST

UN chief Antonio Guterres warns planet is heading toward ‘climate chaos’

The UN chief said the 27th annual Conference of the 198 Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change…

Updated: November 4, 2022 10:54 IST

Does the UN think there are ‘good coups’ and ‘bad coups’?

Three UN Under Secretaries General made a beeline for meeting the Taliban without any preconditions. The then UN Special Representative…

Updated: November 3, 2022 15:27 IST

UN urges Libya rivals to agree in road map to elections soon

The oil-rich nation has been split between rival administrations in the east and west, each backed by rogue militias and…

October 29, 2022 08:40 IST

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Updated: September 26, 2022 16:11 IST

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