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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
TopicAntónio Guterres

Topic: António Guterres

Iran allies China, Russia, Pakistan draft UN resolution seeking immediate ceasefire in Middle East

New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Iran’s global allies Russia, China, and Pakistan Sunday circulated a joint draft resolution calling for...

UN chief visits Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazaar as WFP faces aid cuts after USAID shutdown

WFP warns it may cut Rohingya food rations from $12.50 to $6 per month in April due to funding shortages, sparking fears of rising hunger in overcrowded camps.

UN chief calls for ‘united’ world in 2025

Guterres urges nations to unite for a more peaceful, equal, stable, and healthy world.

UN chief condemns killing of three World Food Programme staff

Three aid workers were killed in Blue Nile State after an airstrike in Sudan Thursday.

UN chief welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

Guterres hopes the agreement ends violence and suffering.

‘World must speak with one voice’, says UN Secretary-General

António Guterres called for an end to nuclear testing and enforcement of the CTBT.

‘Unites our divided world’ — UN calls for action to check extreme heat in 1st-of-its-kind joint report

UN Secy Gen outlined four areas of focus while releasing report on extreme heat: caring for vulnerable; protecting workers; boosting resilience; and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5℃.

Only 17% of SDG targets on track, progress stalled for over a third, says UN report

Report calls for ambitious climate action, digital connectivity, and improved access to finance.

UN award for peacekeeper Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh who died while on Congo mission

In mission area, he was instrumental in functioning of Level-1 hospital ensuring round-the-clock operability of critical care & medical support. Award will be conferred 30 May.

‘Absurd’: Elon Musk bats for India’s permanent UNSC seat, slams ‘those with excess power’ not giving up

China has been blocking reforms to allow new members in an expanded Security Council. For long, New Delhi is calling for inclusion of new members to reflect new world order.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.