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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Brazil’s president wants to deforest the Amazon, and the UN has few options to stop him

The Amazon is a crucial carbon sink, which makes responding to Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro's deforestation efforts a matter of international responsibility.

On Malala Day, a look back at her powerful UN speech that continues to inspire

Soon after her speech at the UN headquarters, 12 July was declared by the international agency as Malala Day to honour the young activist.

Global population could peak sooner than we think, but it may not entirely be bad news

As populations grow -- India is set to overtake China as world’s most populous country by 2027 -- falling fertility rates and socio-economic pressures could see the numbers being capped.

This World Refugee Day, 65 million people are displaced from their homes—highest since WWII

The United Nations has been observing World Refugee Day since 2000, and has urged solidarity with displaced people around the world.

UN panel lauds India for economic inclusion in its digital initiatives

A high-level panel on digital cooperation launched in by the UN Secretary General praised 'India Stack', which helps govt agencies & entrepreneurs achieve economic inclusion in India.

On World Day Against Child Labour, a look at the hard-hitting statistics of India

India this year ranked 113 out of 176 countries on well-being of children. The 2011 Census says around 259.6 million children in India work as labourers.

In a first, India votes in favour of Israel at UN against Palestine human rights body

India changes its decades-old position on two-state theory, votes to deny observer status to Palestine body ‘Shahed’ at UN.

On World Environment Day, a look at the global green problems killing Mother Nature

The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is ‘Beat Air Pollution’, which assumes importance for India as it is facing a major air quality crisis.

The UN went to one of world’s richest countries to look at poverty – this is what it found

People in the UK are having to choose between eating or heating their homes and children go to school hungry.

Indian army officer appointed force commander of UN mission

Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar will succeed Lieutenant General Frank Kamanzi of Rwanda as the new force commander of South Sudan's UN mission.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

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.

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.