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Sunday, November 9, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Curbing gender violence must find place in govts’ larger Covid strategy

The UN’s resources can only enhance existing mechanisms. The need of the hour is increased govt investment for prevention and response to gender-based violence.

Covid pandemic could lead to 1 billion living in extreme poverty by 2030, says UN study

The study, however, also found that investment in a set of focused Sustainable Development Goals over the next 10 years could exceed development trajectory to the pre-pandemic era.

People have a right to demonstrate peacefully—UN spokesperson on farmers’ protest

Stephane Dujarric's remarks came while he was responding to a question on farmers' protest, even as India has called remarks by foreign leaders on the protests as 'ill-informed'.

Why India wants UN to stop being ‘selective’ with Abrahamic religions, not take sides

India feels that Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and Christianophobia are implicitly being placed on a pedestal.

As NCB continues arrests, India votes at UN to declare cannabis a less dangerous drug

Experts say India's move to have cannabis removed from Schedule IV of 1961 UN convention could soften its stand on the plant drug, but will have no impact on laws unless they are amended.

Vaccine can’t undo Covid damage that will stretch for decades, says UN chief Guterres

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Guterres pointed out that extreme poverty is rising, the threat of famine looms and the world faces the biggest global recession in eight decades.

India says UNGA fails to acknowledge hatred, violence against Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism

At a UNGA session on 'Culture of Peace', India pointed out that UN resolutions on important issues speak only of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

US accuses China of seeking to undo North Korea sanctions

The US relationship with Beijing has soured as Donald Trump has sought to blame China for the Covid pandemic & pressure it over the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.

A billion people have no legal identity, but this new app can change that

The United Nations wants everyone to have a legal identity by 2030.

Donors pledge $13 billion for Afghanistan as US looks to exit

About 70 countries & 30 international organisations offered $3.3 billion for 2021, with commitments expected to be the same for the next 4 years, says the UN.

On Camera

Skoda Octavia RS combines performance with practicality—without breaking the bank

Ashish Gupta, Brand Director for Skoda India, said while performance cars like the Octavia RS are not too cheap, ‘car buyers who know and love their cars find them to be far better bang for the buck’.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘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.