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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicUnited Nations

Topic: United Nations

Quality of information on Kashmir better in India, says controversial UN report

The UN said it relied on PTI, parliamentary questions, court orders, police reports and even RTI to get information from India.

The secret to ending a war? More women in peace negotiations

The UN Security Council has called for women to be more involved in conflict resolution.

Torture, detentions, pellet guns: 13 counts of rights abuse in Kashmir that UN wants probed

UN body indicts India over alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir between July 2016 and April 2018.

India plans to ignore Trump’s Iran sanctions but will comply with UN sanctions

Indian refiners had slashed purchases of Iranian crude to about half their previous levels when the UN, EU and US imposed a broad array of economic sanctions against Tehran.

‘Macaulay’s Children’: Do we really need an English Language Day in a post-colonial world?

Today, it is estimated that around 20 per cent of the world’s population, approximately 1.5 billion people, speak English. However, most of them aren’t native English speakers.

UN Secretary General says he is “concerned” about death of two Indian journalists

Sandeep Sharma and Naveen Nischal were killed in road accidents in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar respectively. 

It takes a very intelligent government to manage creative tensions in the Middle East

India continues with its pragmatic foreign policy. There is no need to vote differently from 128 countries on a sensitive matter. We have reason to be friendly with Israel and Arab countries. That tradition is continuing.

India’s vote at UN on Jerusalem is not a knee-jerk Cold War era reaction

India’s vote opposing Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, was a reflection of current international norm and legality.

India’s vote at the UN shows that there is no such thing as the Modi doctrine

It was not expected of Modi government to vote against the US and Israel, especially since the prime minister paid a historic visit to Israel last July, forging a strong and durable India-Israel strategic relationship.

On Camera

Asim Munir now has a Musharraf-style path ahead in Pakistan. It’s the 27th Amendment

Pakistan has been buzzing with rumours around the 27th Amendment for months, but the cat came out of the bag this week when President Asif Ali Zardari...

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘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.

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.