Topic: United Nations

PM Modi calls him 'a conscience keeper of international peace and security'; as UN chief, Annan was critical of India’s nuclear tests in 1998.

In his Independence day speech, Chamling said that in Sikkim there is no animosity among people on the basis of caste and religion.

Modi announced India’s plan to eliminate TB by 2025 four months ago, but American intervention has put spanner in the works.

Antonio Guterres lauded the people of Pakistan for exercising their democratic rights and wished success to the new government.

Report mentions countries decriminalising sex work saw fewer workers contracting HIV.

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

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.

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

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.

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