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West Asia conflict to cut Arab countries' GDP by up to $194 billion: UNDP report

Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage in Kuwait City on March 25, 2026. (AP)
Updated on Mar 31, 2026 10:25 pm IST

Gaza Sits Under 68 Million Tons of Rubble. A Look at the Daunting Task Ahead.

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Updated on Dec 09, 2025 10:23 am IST

Delhi to microchip 1 million stray dogs with UNDP aid in 2 years

The announcements were made after the meeting of the Animal Welfare Board at Delhi Secretariat on Wednesday. (AFP)
Updated on Sept 11, 2025 10:55 am IST

Uttar Pradesh, UNDP sign agreement to strengthen disaster management

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath is greeted by UNDP India head and resident representative Angela Lusigi in Lucknow on Wednesday. (SOURCED IMAGE)
Published on Jul 17, 2025 08:26 am IST

World Environmental Health Day| Prajakta on youth's role in saving environment

Prajakta Koli on World Environmental Health Day
Published on Sept 26, 2024 09:35 am IST

International Women's Day 2024: Promoting gender equality at workplace

The hiring practices of firms need to be revamped to include diverse candidates, including women at all levels of the organisation.
Published on Mar 08, 2024 12:47 pm IST

UN praises 'remarkable' India as 415 million exit poverty levels in 15 years

25 countries, including India, successfully halved their global MPI values within 15 years, showing that rapid progress is attainable. (File)
Updated on Jul 11, 2023 05:24 pm IST

Afghanistan's banking system on verge of collapse, warns UNDP report

Afghanistan's total credits fell to USD 307 million in September from USD 33 billion at the end of last year. In picture - Afghan money exchange dealers wait for customers at a money exchange market.
Published on Nov 23, 2021 06:33 am IST

India’s aspirational districts programme resulted in sectoral growth: UNDP

Suggesting that the programme has acted as a catalyst for development, the UNDP report found that Aspirational Districts (AD) outperformed non-ADs.
Published on Jun 11, 2021 10:39 pm IST

International Human Solidarity Day 2020: History and significance of this day

On December 22, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal values that should underline relations between people from around the world in the 21st century. The General Assembly, thus, proclaimed December 20 of each year as International Human Solidarity Day.
Updated on Dec 20, 2020 07:19 am IST

India slips a spot in UN’s human development index, ranks at 131 now: 8 points

Indians wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus shop at a market in New Delhi, India.
Updated on Dec 16, 2020 08:02 pm IST

Sonu Sood mortgages 8 Juhu properties to raise 10 crore for needy: report

Actor Sonu Sood won praise from all quarters for his untiring efforts to help migrant workers during coronavirus lockdown.
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 12:13 pm IST

Sonu Sood conferred with Special Humanitarian Award by UNDP, joins likes of Priyanka Chopra, Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio

Actor Sonu Sood accepted a Green India Challenge and planted saplings at Ramoji Film City.
Updated on Sept 29, 2020 07:00 pm IST

HUL and UNDP successfully implement robust plastic waste management model in Mumbai

They established three material recovery facilities (Swachhta Kendras) to create value out of waste.
Updated on Sept 14, 2020 06:30 pm IST

Covid-19 pandemic will push 47 million more women, girls into extreme poverty by 2021: UN

The poverty rate for women was expected to decrease by 2.7 per cent between 2019 and 2021, but projections now point to an increase of 9.1 per cent due to the pandemic and its fallout.
Published on Sept 03, 2020 09:36 am IST

India’s first snow leopard conservation centre to come up in Uttarakhand

A snow leopard camera trapped in Gori Valley in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district.
Published on Aug 01, 2020 10:18 pm IST

UN calls for basic income to help world’s poorest in coronavirus fight

The virus has brought havoc to the developing world where millions work in the informal economy with little access to government welfare or other support.
Published on Jul 23, 2020 01:54 pm IST

India gets USD 43 million from Green Climate Fund to boost climate resilience in 3 coastal states

India on Wednesday kicked-off a USD 43 million project to boost climate resilience in three coastal states in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme
Updated on Nov 14, 2019 07:37 am IST

130 crore allocated to protect endangered snow leopard in Himachal

The project will be implemented in tribal districts Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur and Pangi in Chamba district.
Published on Sept 19, 2019 10:40 pm IST

Where women inclusion went missing

A female project manager raised the issue of the difficulties faced by young girls and women in going to skill development institutes and joining the workforce.
Updated on Sept 19, 2019 12:04 pm IST

Andhra Pradesh tops in employability level among states: India Skills Report 2019

Another insight from the report was that close to 80 per cent of candidates assessed were keen to explore internship opportunities as they believed it would help them in being more employable.
Published on Nov 23, 2018 12:05 pm IST

How rapes are impacting the mobility of women

Members of All India Democratic Women's Association and various other organisations protest against the Rewari gang rape case, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi, September 17, 2018
Updated on Sept 21, 2018 05:51 pm IST

India up one notch to 130 in UN’s Human Development Index

India’s Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2017 is 0.640, which put the country in the medium human development category.
Updated on Sept 14, 2018 08:25 pm IST

Women should lead the way in rebuilding Kerala

Following a disaster, incidents of sexual and domestic violence shoot up and there is often a spike in the trafficking of children and women.Relief camps leave many women feeling vulnerable.
Updated on Aug 24, 2018 07:07 pm IST

Government to revamp planning strategy to ‘end poverty, check hill migration’

In Uttarakhand’s hilly interiors, rural settlements are fast turning into ghost villages with people migrating to the plains in search of employment and for education.
Updated on May 17, 2018 10:02 pm IST

International Jazz Day: Be part of this seven-hour celebration of jazz in town

Enjoy the best of jazz at this celebration.
Updated on Apr 29, 2018 05:53 pm IST