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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: United Nations General Assembly

How global push to phase out antibiotic use in agri-food sectors will boost India’s fight against AMR

India is among signatories to UN declaration on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Despite existing action plan, India reports cases of superbugs—pathogens resistant to multiple antibiotics.

What is High Seas Treaty India is set to ratify & how it’s different from UNCLOS

The High Seas Treaty, which would allow for better administration of high seas, was adopted by UN on 19 June but can only come into force once 60 countries ratify it

Unsafe food causes half the deaths in Asia-Pacific. Be your own risk manager

World Food Safety Day is an opportunity for everyone to take a moment to pay closer attention to something many of us take for granted – the safety of the food we eat.

UNGA President defends world body’s effectiveness, says Security Council ‘paralysed’

Speaking at event in Delhi, UNGA President Dennis Francis said some UN personnel in war-torn Gaza even took their children to work when Israeli airstrikes were pounding enclave.

India abstains from voting on UN resolution calling for ‘truce’ in Gaza over failure to condemn Hamas

Apart from India, UK, Canada & 42 others also abstained from voting. Canada proposed an amendment to the resolution seeking explicit condemnation of Hamas, which India supported.

UN Credentials Committee that will review Taliban nomination likely to meet in November

In light of the Taliban nominating Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's envoy to the UN, General Assembly President Friday said the matter will be decided on once the committee submits its findings.

UNGA, the diplomatic mela in New York, gets US green signal but with conditions

The US is recommending that the event follows social distancing and has no more than 2 participants per delegation allowed in the hall during leaders’ speeches from the podium.

India votes in favour of Covid-19 resolution in UNGA, calls for multilateral cooperation

The US was among the few nations who opposed the resolution, which acknowledges WHO's key leadership role in responding to the outbreak.

Ready to help India, Pakistan on Kashmir issue if requested by both, says UNGA President-elect

Volkan Bozkir, the UNGA President-elect who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, said the resolution of Kashmir issue was vital for sustainable peace in South Asia.

Amit Shah and Fadnavis play hardball with Sharad Pawar as Mehul Choksi is now ‘unwanted’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.