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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

UN agencies urge humanitarian action in Sudan amid spreading famine

The agencies warned that more than half of Sudan’s population – some 24.6 million people – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity.

UN chief condemns killing of three World Food Programme staff

Three aid workers were killed in Blue Nile State after an airstrike in Sudan Thursday.

Former SC judge Justice Madan Lokur appointed chairperson of UN Internal Justice Council

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the retired top court judge would head the council, which also comprises other distinguished jurists, starting immediately.

Immediate, unconditional: UN General Assembly demands permanent ceasefire between Israel, Palestine

The resolutions are not binding but reflect a global view on the war. The US, Israel & 7 other countries voted against the ceasefire, while 13 countries abstained.

Does the old international order get the brave new India? What Dhruva Jaishankar says

In 'Vishwa Shastra', Dhruva Jaishankar offers his perspective on how India could define the emerging world order.

UN appoints new representative for Belgrade Office

Dominika Krois, a seasoned diplomat, takes over from Mari Yamashita, Secretary-General António Guterres announced.

‘2024 was deadliest year for aid workers’, says UNSC

Speakers at the UNSC Tuesday expressed concern over rising attacks on humanitarian workers noting deaths of over 200 personnel.

UN report claims Taliban detained journalists over 250 times since Afghanistan takeover

In a reply accompanying the report, the Taliban-led foreign ministry denied having arrested that number of journalists and added that those arrested had committed a crime.

Climate crisis could increase HIV infections and AIDS related deaths, UN warns

At the COP29 in Baku, UNAIDS and UNDP presented a report that highlights how climate change could exacerbate existing vulnerabilities to HIV.

Internal displacement in Ethiopia is reversing progress, UN agencies warn

UNDP, UNHCR and IOM call for shift from aid to development.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘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.