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Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Mumbai among cities facing biggest threat as global sea levels rise, warns UN agency WMO

Report by World Meteorological Organization says sea levels rose 4.5 mm a year on average between 2013 & 2022, the highest ever, which could be disastrous for coastal cities.

Pakistan’s UN envoy gets flak for his remarks on Pashtun culture, apologises

During a UN briefing Wednesday, Munir Akram had said restrictions imposed on women's education by the Taliban stem not so much from religious factors but from Pashtun culture.

UN blacklists LeT deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki as ‘global terrorist’

The UN Security Council’s Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee added Makki Monday to its list of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo.

Around 50,000 dams globally to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050, says UN report

Dam capacity could drop from 6 trillion to 4.655 trillion cubic metres due to sedimentation build-ups, eroding global water & energy security.

Earth’s ozone layer on way to recovery, finds UN report, should mend by 2040

A panel examining the implementation of Montreal Protocol said decline in ozone-depleting substance emissions can avoid 0.5 to 1 degrees Celsius of global warming by mid-century.

Pakistan seeks help with $16 billion flood rebuilding at UN conference

Pakistan & the UN are holding a major conference in Geneva Monday to gather support to rebuild the country after devastating floods, which displaced 8 million people & killed at least 1,700.

UN to hold ‘no nonsense’ climate ambition summit next year, no repackaging old pledges

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also said hat he 'will not relent in the pursuit of peace in Ukraine in line with international law and the UN Charter.'

UN General Assembly decision on Afghanistan and Myanmar seats deferred twice

The 193-member U.N. General Assembly is on Friday due to approve the report, which now leaves the current envoys in the seats for their countries.

Iran banned from UN women’s rights group after US campaign

The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council adopted a US resolution to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women until 2026.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be put on ‘in danger’ list, recommends UN panel

The panel on Tuesday said that the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem has been impacted by climate change, warming of oceans and frequent bleaching events that also stunt growth.

On Camera

Potassium fertilisers can improve crop yields. Indian farmers must reduce nitrogen usage

Our study presents evidence suggestive of the fact that farmers who demonstrate greater knowledge about the importance of potassium tend to achieve higher yields and revenues.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.