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October 9, 2024 1:22 PM

India makes significant progress in poverty reduction, electrification, clean water, and sanitation: UNFPA

India has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty, expanding electrification, and improving access to clean water and sanitation, said Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In an interview during her th...

October 8, 2024 3:59 PM

India critiques ‘Summit of the Future’ for insufficient focus on Security Council reforms at UN

India on Monday stated that the input from intergovernmental negotiations for the 'Summit of the Future' (SOTF) fell short in adequately addressing critical issues concerning UN Security Council reforms and its expansion. India's permanent represent...

October 7, 2024 1:48 PM

Criminal networks in Southeast Asia flourish in Telegram’s ‘underground markets’, UN says

Powerful criminal networks in Southeast Asia extensively use the messaging app Telegram which has enabled a fundamental change in the way organised crime can conduct large-scale illicit activity, the United Nations said in a report on Monday. The re...

September 30, 2024 10:53 PM

UN authorizes Haiti security force for another year

The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed on Monday (September 30) to authorize for another year an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti, but a U.S. push for a plan to transform it into a U.N. peacekeeping mission was dr...

September 28, 2024 12:34 PM

India hits back at Pakistan’s PM over Kashmir statement at UNGA, calls it ‘Travesty’ and ‘Hypocrisy at its worst’

India termed it a "travesty" that Pakistan, which has "a global reputation for terrorism," has the "audacity to attack" the world's largest democracy and raise the issue of Jammu and Kashmir on the platform of the United Nations. In a pointed rebutt...

September 28, 2024 10:47 PM

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu planning to visit India “as soon as possible”

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has said that he is planning to visit India as soon as possible, highlighting the significance of the bilateral relationship between the two nations. Speaking on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assem...

September 28, 2024 9:43 AM

EAM Jaishankar meets counterparts from Denmark, UAE, Singapore at UNGA

External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Denmark, the UAE, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Singapore on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly ...

September 27, 2024 5:00 PM

EAM Jaishankar meets UN Chief Guterres, discusses Pact for Future, climate action

India's External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, engaging in critical discussions on global issues including the Pact for the Future, climate action, and the ongoing conflicts in...

September 26, 2024 11:18 PM

Jaishankar attends joint ministerial meeting of L.69 and C-10 groupings of nations

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar participated in the first-ever Joint Ministerial Meeting of the L.69 and C-10 groupings of nations on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday. Dur...

September 25, 2024 7:54 PM

US to provide another $424 million in Sudan aid

The United States will give a further $424 million in humanitarian help to the people of Sudan, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Wednesday. War erupted in mid-April last year from a power struggle between th...

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