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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: UN

After IAF’s Balakot strike, fresh urgency at UN to blacklist Jaish chief Masood Azhar

US, UK and France set to move UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to get Masood Azhar listed, and will try to convince China not to veto the proposal this time.

India and Pakistan at the brink, foreign policy heads into the unknown in South Asia

Countries that wish for peace must press Pakistan to make better choices and uphold its obligations as a UN member state.

India moves to quickly mount diplomatic campaign against Pakistan at UN, FATF

India is seeking support of P-5 countries to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar & is looking to keep Pakistan on FATF's 'grey list'.

As the world warms up, it is nuclear power plants that hold hope for the future

Shut down of nuclear power plants could lead to 4-6 per cent increase in carbon emissions from the power sector by 2035.

Story of UN: How Lord Byron’s poem gave birth to the global crusader of human rights

As United Nations turns 73 Wednesday, ThePrint looks back at the circumstances that led to the creation of this international organisation.

Why two NASA space telescopes went offline in a week

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, will offer you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them. It’s your fix to stay on top of the latest in science. 

Supreme Court refuses to stop deportation of 7 Rohingya Muslims

The move comes after a Rohingya refugee sought to restrain the Central govt from deporting the refugees who completed their jail term in Assam.

Amit Shah’s ‘ghuspethiye’ word not covered under UN definitions of refugees or migrants

Lawyer Sanjay Hedge says those excluded from Assam NRC list had issues with their documents and this does not necessarily makes them ‘illegals’.

India prevails, US likely to exempt it from sanctions on arms import from Russia

US recommends waiver for India under CAATSA, which, many say, was aimed against New Delhi’s bid to buy S-400 air defence missile systems from Russia.

India disputes UN chief’s report on children and armed conflict

The report includes reference to incidents of violence against children in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and J&K

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.