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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Pak far-right parties have not got over Asia Bibi verdict yet as another march is in the offing

Here's what's happening across the border: Asia Bibi’s lawyer left Pakistan on UN, EU directives; Pak’s female comedian says it is always difficult for women.

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.

On Camera

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.