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Saturday, August 15, 2026
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

UN calls for peaceful protests without arrests as NEET row forces Pradhan’s resignation

In its first comments, the international body weighed in on the NEET paper leak protests, calling for protests to be allowed without fear of harassment or arrest.

Frontier model security risks, an annulled poll, deepfakes—UN report warns AI is outpacing safeguards

Prelim report of UN scientific body on AI names Anthropic's Mythos, saying that a 'frontier model with documented offensive cyber capabilities' was locked down for national security reasons.

How India can fill the human rights deficit in Trump era

Much like the failed League of Nations, today's multilateral institutions risk collapse under the weight of weaponised tariffs and budget cuts.

Iran allows Bushehr inspections but blocks checks on enriched uranium stockpile

Iran allowed IAEA inspectors to visit Bushehr nuclear plants but has not disclosed the status of its enriched uranium stockpile, raising concerns over monitoring and safeguards.

Iran war: America’s subpar diplomats are not the only option for world peace

The smash-and-grab culture promoted by superpower leaders does not serve the best interests of their own nations, never mind those of the world.

Karnataka’s Koraga tribe to urban renters—UN report highlights India’s housing inequality

The UN-Habitat World Cities Report 2026 highlights worsening rental affordability in India, with rent rising from 20 per cent of household income in 2010 to 26 per cent in 2023.

India isn’t ready to supplement labour shortages abroad. NITI Aayog flags critical skilling gaps

NITI Aayog working paper says states must build structured overseas mobility systems as ageing economies face labour shortages and India’s demographic window narrows

Why Britain wanted Nehru to take Kashmir issue to UN—Palestine, Zionism & oil

In 'Origins of a Dispute', Prem Shankar Jha revisits the birth of the Kashmir issue and reveals how it continues to shape the subcontinent today.

‘Terror, coercion’: Pakistan under scrutiny as UN flags forced conversion & marriage of minority girls

UN experts highlight ‘systematic discrimination’ against minority women, urge Islamabad to increase marriage age for girls to 18 in all provinces, criminalise forced conversion.

UN team says member state linked Jaish with Red Fort blast, outfit formed women’s wing a month before

The UN counter-terrorism monitoring team’s report said a member country highlighted JeM’s role in terror attacks, but another described the group as 'defunct'.

On Camera

First Vande Mataram, then Jana Gana Mana—Modi govt is changing India’s patriotism ritual

For turning a familiar national song into a live debate over patriotism, protocol, law, federalism and secular identity, Vande Mataram has sparked a political row.

Andhra’s Rs 150 cr exploration MoU for lithium, gallium as Centre pushes critical mineral self-reliance

Andhra Pradesh has signed an MoU for a Rs 150 crore exploration project to study lithium and gallium deposits in Kadapa Basin, part of the Centre’s drive to reduce critical mineral imports.

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance enters India’s defence race, joins Rolls-Royce bid to power AMCA

As part of partnership, Reliance & Rolls-Royce will explore formation of dedicated Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex that will be a centre of excellence for power and propulsion technology in India.

Gen Vaidya won 2 MahaVir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman