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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: UNGA

PM Modi was right when he said the time is not for war, says French President Macron at UNGA

Macron emphasised on the urgent need for all sovereign states to come together & face challenges collectively. Last week, Modi had told Vladimir Putin that 'today’s era is not of war'.

Arvind Kejriwal praises Atishi for her UNGA speech on AAP govt’s ‘Delhi model’

Congratulating Atishi for the feat, AAP national convenor said the world is looking at Delhi for solutions in many areas of urban governance.

UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council, India abstains from voting

94 members voted in favour of suspending Russia while 24 voted against, and 58 abstained. Vote was moved by US over Russia's 'crimes against unarmed civilians'

Return to ‘path of diplomacy’, India says at UN special session on Ukraine

T.S. Tirumurti, Indian representative at the UN, also thanked Ukraine's neighbours that have opened their borders for Indian citizens and given facilities to missions.

World leaders thank India at UNGA session for Covid vaccine shipments, medical supplies

India has exported over 66 million vaccine doses to nearly 100 countries but the country stopped the shipment after the second Covid wave in April this year.

These Indian women diplomats have given fiery responses to Pakistan at UN in last 5 years

Sneha Dubey, India's First Secretary at the UN, made waves for her reply to Pakistan PM last week. She joins the ranks of diplomats Eenam Gambhir, Vidisha Maitra and Paulomi Tripathi.

Jaishankar agrees to take India-Nepal alliance forward in meeting with Nepalese counterpart

This was the first meeting between the two ministers. On 22 September, Nepal PM had appointed Narayan Khadka as foreign minister to lead the country's delegation to the ongoing UNGA.

Fire Imran Khan or the speech writer? People ask after Pakistan PM’s mujahideen claim at UNGA

At the UNGA forum, Khan said the ‘mujahideen’ were considered ‘heroes’ and that former US President Ronald Reagan had invited them to the White House.

Pakistan on Modi’s mind: PM ‘calls out’ neighbour in talks with Biden, hints at it in UN speech

On his first US visit since Biden came to power, Modi made counter-terrorism measures against Pakistan a key issue, referred to it without taking its name at UN General Assembly.

UN must work on effectiveness & reliability to stay relevant, PM Modi says at UNGA

To push his view, the PM quoted Chanakya: “when the right action is not taken at the right time, then it is time itself that causes the action to fail”.

On Camera

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.