United Nations
Mar 18, 2023
Rape accused and self-proclaimed godman Swami Nithyananda’s fictional ‘United States of Kailasa’ country has entered into a ‘cultural partnership’ wit
Feb 22, 2023
By Dr. Raghavendra Mishra
Professor, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
Dec 28, 2022
COVID pandemic is not over yet! With COVID cases exploding in China, other countries are ramping up their testing requirements, and will likely start imposing travel restrictions in the coming days.
Dec 17, 2022
New Delhi: Effigies of Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto were burnt across the nation by the BJP workers on Saturday protesting his personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Oct 06, 2022
All four members of the Sikh family kidnapped in California earlier this week, including an eight-month old baby girl, were found dead in an orchard on Wednesday, authorities said.
Sep 07, 2022
New Delhi: United Nations announced it will organise the first UN Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism on September 8 and 9 to pay homage to victims of terrorism around the world, including the...
Aug 29, 2022
New Delhi: Praising the role played by India at the global body, President of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has called for reforms in UN governance on Monday.
Aug 03, 2022
Sustainable development has come to be defined by the movement of a country towards the gradual attainment of United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals.
Mar 02, 2022
India has slipped three spots from last year's 117 to rank 120 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by the United Nations member states in 2015, a new report...
Oct 03, 2021
President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid revealed that he had taken two doses of the India-manufactured Covishield vaccine.
Aug 01, 2021
On the 75th year of its Independence, India will have the honour to take over the Presidency of the UN Security Council on August 1 for a month.
Aug 02, 2020
The government of Nepal wants to send a new map showing the Indian territories as Nepal's to the United Nations, which the New York-based body will neith
Jul 18, 2020
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, July 17 said the fury of the COVID-19 pandemic provides the context for the "rebirth and reform" of the United Nations and called on nations to...
Jun 18, 2020
UNITED NATIONS: India was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term after winning 184 votes in the 193-m
Sep 25, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared few thoughts on Mahatma Gandhi during the inauguration of Gandhi Solar Park
Aug 12, 2019
Priyanka Chopra hit back at a Pakistani girl who called her a “hypocrite” for tweeting in favour of the Indian Army
Sep 27, 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on world leaders to embrace globalisation shunning natural patriotism that gets warped into aggressive nationalism leading to confrontations.
Sep 21, 2018
While India has taken tremendous strides in combating poverty in the past decade, Muslims, members of the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Dalits saw the most progress in in reducing the impact of poverty,...
Jul 13, 2018
Guterres backs Zeid’s call for Kashmir human rights probe
Jul 10, 2018
India slightly improved its rank in an index of the world’s most innovative economies, maintaining its position as the top exporter of IT services but still lagging in parameters of ease of starting...
Jun 30, 2018
Terror Groups Operating In Kashmir, Naxalites Recruiting Children: UN
Jun 22, 2018
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the United States today to rethink its decision to pull out of the world’s top human rights body, calling it a “key tool” in efforts to combat abuse.
Jun 21, 2018
A United Nations report published on Wednesday said in 2016, an estimated 4.2 million people died as a result of high levels of ambient air pollution.
Jun 14, 2018
The United Nations on Thursday released the first of its kind report on alleged human rights violations in both “Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir” and sought an international...
May 31, 2018
The past two days have seen the most serious escalation in Gaza since the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel, Mladenov told the UN Security Counci
May 23, 2018
Four Indian women pioneers at the UN were hailed on Tuesday as role models who worked to champion gender equality
Feb 02, 2018
Sex assaults on an infant in India and on a girl in Pakistan are “heart-breaking” but the “scourge” of violence against girls affects all countries
Dec 23, 2017
The resolution introduced by the US after intense lobbying won the support of China, which has had a special relationship with North Korea
Dec 14, 2017
The dangers come from “improper and unsafe treatment and disposal through open burning or in dumpsites
Dec 05, 2017
On a day the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) marked world’s first “Smog Day”, to remember those who died due to air pollution, Delhi-NCR’s air quality dipped to “severe” on Tuesday...
Dec 01, 2017
The Syrian opposition delegation arrived for the start of the talks on Tuesday
Nov 23, 2017
Popularizing millets would benefit future generations of farmers as well as consumers, he said in the letter dated November 10
Nov 18, 2017
Writer, film producer and former actress Twinkle Khanna participated in a panel discussion on “Sparking Confidence in Girls with Stars of Today
Nov 08, 2017
UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak is rebooting the Security Council reform process with call for an early start and the appointment of two new co-chairs for the negotiations.
Nov 08, 2017
UN members have not been able to agree on even a document that would be the basis of negotiating reforms
Nov 07, 2017
The Fund launched on June 8 is managed by the UN Office of South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and focuses on the least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Nov 04, 2017
Global solidarity and the support of the international community is essential for LDCs to achieve ambitious climate goals and protect people from the devastating impact of climate change that is...
Nov 04, 2017
The United Nations adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda
Oct 27, 2017
Over 600,000 members of the Rohingya minority, not recognised as citizens in Myanmar
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