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Friday, July 25, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Nehru’s words to UN in 1948 still ring true: ‘Forget politics, focus on economic troubles’

In his first speech to the UN 70 years ago, Jawaharlal Nehru had stressed on the need for peace, saying hatred & violence wouldn’t solve the world’s problems.

China still not willing to back India’s request for listing Masood Azhar as global terrorist

China communicated its position on Masood Azhar issue during the first India-China high-level meeting on bilateral security cooperation held Monday. 

Nikki Haley is a hard act to follow at the UN

Nikki Haley leaves with her reputation not just intact but burnished. The same cannot be said of Trump’s other departed top-level appointees.

Melania Trump wants proof with sexual assault claims, and China ‘legalises’ Uyghur camps

Donald Trump says daughter Ivanka would be 'dynamite' as Nikki Haley successor, and the China firm helping Indians answer calls with greasy hands. Sexual assault...

Nikki Haley’s exit gives Trump another opportunity to reshape his team in his image

Haley’s overarching goal was to avoid tying herself too closely to Trump personally without incurring his ire or that of his base.

Unlike Trump, Nikki Haley wasn’t a transactionalist but an exceptionalist

There were moments when Haley’s foreign policy differed with Trump’s and even UN’s philosophy. She did not think all countries are equal.

Nikki Haley steps down as US ambassador to United Nations

Haley was the senior most Indian-American official in the Trump administration.

Missing Interpol president resigns & this is what the Thailand cave boys are doing now 

Climate crisis on our doorstep, and a conman may have sparked honour killings in Afghanistan. 

India laments lack of UN action to counter international terrorism

The Legal Adviser in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, in a veiled reference to Pakistan, said some states were sponsoring terrorists to fulfil their political agenda.

Climate change can cost us even more than we think

Polarised politics within and among countries may not necessarily yield rational outcomes with respect to climate change policies. 

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.