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Saturday, May 18, 2024
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Topic: United Nations

Not educating girls costs the world $30 trillion, or the GDP of a dozen Indias

According to the World Bank, on average, women with a secondary education earn almost twice as much as those with none. 

String of UN red flags about human rights violations – Is India’s global diplomatic clout fading?

After having raised the issue of human rights violations in Kashmir and Thoothukudi, two United Nations experts have now written to India to expedite the investigation into the alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur. Experts weigh in.

Battleground for tobacco control is in emerging markets like India

WTO has upheld Australia’s plain-packaging laws. But emerging markets may still deliver a new generation of addicts.

UN report says Pakistan continue to use children for suicide attacks

The UN report said Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released a video in January showing children, including girls, being instructed how to perpetrate suicide attacks.

To boost black money promise, Modi must start lobbying for India to lead FATF

India could use the platform of FATF to share its experience in dealing with hawalas/hundis and other forms of informal banking.

ISRO to launch free satellite training programme for students from developing nations

Students expected from 45 countries for 8-week course. Chief says ISRO will launch satellites that meet quality standards

Bilateral issues in focus as Nikki Haley set to visit India

Haley's visit comes in the middle of a deteriorating India-US relationship. She will deliver a talk at the Observer Research Foundation.

More than 7,000 people from India filed for US asylum in 2017: UN report

Developed countries were the most affected by people forced to displace due to wars, violence & persecution, said the report.

Nikki Haley is coming to town. Does she want to be US president?

The buzz is that Haley’s real purpose is to check India’s reaction to her possible candidature in the US presidential race.

Quality of information on Kashmir better in India, says controversial UN report

The UN said it relied on PTI, parliamentary questions, court orders, police reports and even RTI to get information from India.

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.