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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

UNDP commits to global development with ‘Pact for the Future’

UNDP Administrator at the UN Summit for Future Monday reassured support to 86 countries in areas such as gender equality and nature.

UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI

Since the release of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022, the use of AI has spread rapidly, raising concerns about fueling misinformation, fake news.

SubscriberWrites: Are all nation-states equally sovereign

Sovereignty, traditionally, means independence in domestic and foreign affairs, but today's global trade reduces countries to being sovereign only in theory, not in practice.

UK calls for UN probe into Bangladesh violence, mum on Hasina asylum. US seeks ‘accountability’

Canada too has called for a 'full and impartial' probe, criticised internet blockade and 'lethal force' unleashed by the Awami League government on protesters.

SC advocate’s book on Kashmir suggests going to ICJ, receives support at launch event

At the re-release of Supreme Court advocate Aman Hingorani's 'Unravelling the Kashmir Knot', former foreign secretary Shyam Saran raised the limitations of legal approaches. 'It makes us vulnerable.'

‘Unites our divided world’ — UN calls for action to check extreme heat in 1st-of-its-kind joint report

UN Secy Gen outlined four areas of focus while releasing report on extreme heat: caring for vulnerable; protecting workers; boosting resilience; and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5℃.

SubscriberWrites:League of Nations and United Nations

The League did manage to solve some territorial disputes. United Nations could have too played a greater role in the current Russia-Ukraine war.

Tibet has little chance to get help from UN against its powerful occupier

In his book 'Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty', Dilip Sinha unravels Tibet's complex geopolitical entanglements and the Chinese occupation.

India donates $2.5 million to UNRWA amid Israel-Hamas war while US, UK funds remain frozen

India began extending financial support for UNRWA in 2002, far later than the US and European Union (EU), which began donations in the 1950s and 1970s, respectively.

Global peak, ageing population & low fertility rates — takeaways from UN’s revised population report

According to UN report, global population is expected to peak in 2080s before declining & 1 of every 4 individuals lives in a country where population has already peaked.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.