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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: UNDP

UN Under-Secretary General calls for urgent aid to avert looming famine in Sudan

According to the latest UN report, more than 25 million people, over half the population, is facing acute food insecurity, with 18 percent of them in emergency Phase, risking famine.

UNDP selects ocean innovators for sustainable development

13 innovators from SIDS and LDCs to receive funding and mentorship

UNDP calls for massive investment in SIDS Climate Adaptation

Policy brief highlights urgent need to break costly disaster cycle

Government signs MoU with UNDP for capacity building and digitalization of vaccine cold chain management

This partnership aims to enhance the digitalization of vaccine cold chain management, capacity building, and communication planning in India.

Nearly 25 crore Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty in last 9 years, says NITI Aayog paper

According to report, UP registered biggest decline in number of poor, followed by Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, where 3.77 crore, 2.30 crore and 1.87 crore people escaped poverty in the period.

Multidimensional Poverty Index by UN shows India’s ‘remarkable’ poverty reduction

Besides India, China lifted 69 million out of poverty between 2010-2014, and Indonesia 8 million between 2012-2017.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.