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TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Iran will upgrade its weapons when UN embargo expires, warns Pentagon

The US is pushing the international community to keep Iran from purchasing advanced weapons, arguing it will add to instability in the region.

India increases it UN pledge to $5 million for Palestine refugees

India said it will give $5 million in 2020, increasing its contribution to the UN's core budget from $1.25 million, but also demanded transparency in how funds are managed.

PM Modi calls for reform of United Nations, says some countries use it as a ‘tool’

Speaking at an event in Riyadh Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the UN should not merely be an institution but also an instrument for positive change.

This man-made disaster is under your feet ⁠— shrinking river flows dry up the ground

By 2050, more than half of watersheds where groundwater is pumped out may see river flow drop, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

Pakistan’s new UN envoy Munir Akram is ‘girlfriend basher’, India hater and war monger

Akram, who was Islamabad’s envoy at the UN from 2003 to 2008, had once called India ‘mother of terrorism’ and Kashmir 'India’s Afghanistan'.

No restrictions in Kashmir, only misinformation about it being spread, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah said the issue of J-K was not raised by a single leader at the UN General Assembly and hailed it as a 'big diplomatic victory' of PM Modi.

Why the new UN report on climate change is alarming for India’s fishing ecosystem & oceans

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, with contributions from over 100 scientists, says heatwaves in oceans have globally doubled in 30 yrs.

Greta Thunberg is done with making friends

Greta Thunberg had two choices — being a celebrity and making speeches or opting for increasingly radical rhetoric that will put her outside the mainstream.

Don’t bet on the UN to fix climate change – it’s failed for 30 years

At the UN climate summit, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg told leaders 'we are watching you'. But getting 197 nations to agree on anything is a fool’s errand.   

Pakistan’s verbose foreign minister ruined Kashmir case. Imran Khan at UN now the only hope

One doesn’t expect the UN to deliver justice on the horrifying human rights situation in Kashmir. Still, international opinion matters.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

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.