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Jaishankar meets Guterres, conveys India’s support for his candidature as UN Secretary General

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.

Estimated 4,000-6,000 refugees from Myanmar sought safety in India since military coup: UN

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.

Faster, cheaper, and high-quality — these 3 countries are embracing 3D printed homes

By 2030, three billion people will need improved housing. That means building 96,000 new homes every day, according to UN Habitat.

Covid pandemic laid bare issue of digital divide, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

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.

United Nations offers aid of integrated supply chain to India amid Covid spike

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.

Amphan costliest cyclone in North Indian Ocean, resulted in loss of $14 billion: UN report

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.

India’s 2021 economic output could remain below 2019 level, UN survey says

Due to Covid, an additional 89 mn people in Asia-Pacific region could have been pushed back into extreme poverty, annual UN survey says.

We have supplied more vaccines globally, than vaccinated our own people, India tells UN

India's UN Ambassador said that we will not only be vaccinating 300 million of our own frontline workers over the next 6 months but have also supplied vaccines to over 70 nations.

UN chief ‘concerned’ over violence against Asians, people of Asian descent during pandemic

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' statement comes against the backdrop of multiple shootings this month around Atlanta that killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women.

South Asia will see 5 lakh more Covid deaths, over 4.9 lakh will be in India, says UN report

New UN report states that India is likely to bear the highest cost of pandemic economically apart from registering highest mortality of mothers and children under the age 5.

On Camera

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.