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TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

UN official raises concerns over hate speech in India, cites Subramanian Swamy’s comments

The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said India was seeing an increase in discrimination against minorities ever since the CAA was passed.

UN chief Antonio Guterres recommends scaled down annual meeting of world leaders in New York

It is likely the General Assembly gathering will be postponed or the event modified as New York remains one of the global epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ghani-Abdullah pact will help enable peace agreement, says UN chief Antonio Guterres

As per the pact, Ashraf Ghani will stay as the president while Abdullah Abdullah will helm the HCNR with executive authority and his team will have a 50% share in the Cabinet.

India gives $2 million aid to UN agency working for Palestinian refugees’ welfare

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency applauded India's financial support to keep basic services operating, especially under the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid pandemic may push 130 million people to extreme poverty by 2030, says UN

A UN study said the pandemic may accelerate digitalisation and automation, which would not only aggravate income inequality but eliminate many existing jobs.

International tourism could decline by 60-80% in 2020 due to Covid-19: UN report

The report states the pandemic has caused a loss of $910 billion to $1.2 trillion and placed millions of livelihoods at risk.

Over 5 million people internally displaced in India in 2019, says UN report

The Lost at Home' report said that over 25 million displacements were due to natural disasters & 8.5 million as a consequence of conflict and violence.

Must create jobs for those who lost them due to Covid-19: UN secretary general on May Day

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says the coronavirus crisis has made people realise 'as never before' how essential workers keep societies functioning. 

Extremists taking advantage of global Covid lockdowns to recruit youths online: UN chief

Listing startling numbers, UN chief Antonio Guterres said one of every five young people was already not in education, training or employment.

Trump backs off broader immigration ban, but says no new green cards for 60 days

From a US state suing China for coronavirus to risk of famines of 'biblical proportions' — ThePrint brings you 8 important global stories linked to Covid-19.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.