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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

71 years on, it’s time to review the basis for UN peacekeeping

Across peacekeeping, there has been a concerted call for the UN to be more robust, willing to take proactive forceful measures in contexts where civilians may be at risk.

India voices concerns over UN’s delays in reimbursements, says its a genuine expectation

The United Nations owes many countries, including India, several billion dollars for providing peacekeeping troops & police on its missions.

Population bomb or population decline: What does the future hold

Long-run population forecasting is quite the uncertain endeavor, which leaves scientists divided over the effects it could have on environment, socio-economic structures, etc.

Pakistan to freeze assets, impose travel ban on global terrorist Masood Azhar

Pakistan’s decision comes after the UN designated Jaish chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist on Wednesday.

Pakistani press says India’s claims of victory for UN blacklisting of Masood Azhar false

Chinese tabloid Global Times quoted its Foreign Military spokesperson Geng Shuang as saying that Pakistan has made 'enormous contributions to fighting terrorism'.

UN designates Masood Azhar a global terrorist after China clears final hurdle

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar has been designated a global terrorist, bringing into effect a travel ban and a freezing of his assets among other actions.

China says issue of listing Masood Azhar a terrorist will be ‘properly resolved’

China put a technical hold on a proposal to ban Masood Azhar, whose Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack.

Drug resistance could kill 1 crore people every year by 2050 across the world: UN

UN report on Antimicrobial Resistance says drug resistance may cause economic damage similar to 2008 crisis, force 2.4 cr people into poverty.

Arms Trade Treaty: Why Donald Trump junked UN pact that controls weapons sales

The Arms Trade Treaty is meant to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons and reduce the transfer of illicit weapons.

Bhopal Gas tragedy among world’s ‘major industrial accidents’ since 1919, says UN report

The UN report, which includes the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, said the Bhopal Gas tragedy affected more than 600,000 workers and their descendants.

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.

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.