Countries from Kenya to Mexico are reporting higher food costs. The surge has stirred memories of 2008 and 2011, when price spikes led to food riots in more than 30 nations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin further said all member countries shall jointly uphold real multilateralism, abide by the UN charter and reject hegemonic bullying.
UN agencies led by China are linked to domestic agendas like the BRI, Make in China 2025 and the rise of Chinese companies, Mumbai-based think-tank Gateway House's study says.
Guterres, the 9th Secretary-General of the UN, took oath in 2017 and his first term ends on December 2021. The term of the next Secretary General will begin on 1 January, 2022.
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that in Myanmar, as of last week, approximately 60,700 women, children and men have been internally displaced.
While confronting the pandemic, those without Internet access have been unable to benefit from remote education, work, or health services, said Prasad at the UN's thematic debate.
Deputy Spokesman for the UN chief Farhan Haq said that UN's own staff in India are taken care of so that they don't place a burden on the country's healthcare system.
The State of the Global Climate 2020' report, released Monday, said that extreme weather combined with Covid dealt a double blow for millions of people in 2020.
Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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