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‘Exercise utmost restraint’: India on Ukraine crisis at UNSC emergency session

The United Nations Security Council meets on February 21, 2022 after Russia recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities. (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 22, 2022, 10:55 AM IST

French woman held under 1897 treaty sues India

Marie-Emanuelle Verhoeven with her lawyer Ramni Taneja.

Updated on Feb 22, 2022, 3:26 AM IST

International Mother Language Day: PM Modi, CMs extend greetings

The United Nations said the theme for this year would be “using technology for multilingual learning: challenges and opportunities”.

Published on Feb 21, 2022, 1:07 PM IST

Threat of Russian invasion of Ukraine 'very high': Biden

US President Joe Biden

Published on Feb 17, 2022, 8:42 PM IST

Morning brief: India warns of wider ramifications of developments in Afghanistan

Permanent representative and Ambassador of India to United Nations TS Tirumurti.

Published on Feb 17, 2022, 9:01 AM IST

Wider ramifications of developments in Afghanistan to Central Asia: India at UN

India’s ambassador to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti (Twitter/@ambtstirumurti)

Published on Feb 17, 2022, 6:41 AM IST

Stakes 'never been higher' in climate fight: UN panel

In the last year, the world has seen a cascade of unprecedented floods, heatwaves and wildfires across four continents.

Published on Feb 14, 2022, 9:06 PM IST

UK officials hold talks with Taliban over humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Nick Dyer, the UK's Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, Hugo Shorter, Charge d'Affaires ad Interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan and Hester Waddams, Deputy Head of Mission and Political Counsellor, UK Mission to Afghanistan met senior Taliban officials including Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and Abdul Haq Wasiq.

Published on Feb 11, 2022, 1:17 PM IST

Victims of dastardly 26/11, Pathankot terror attacks yet to get justice: India

Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti.

Published on Feb 10, 2022, 12:42 PM IST

Terror groups re-branding themselves as humanitarian bodies: India at UN

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed runs charitable trust Falah-i-Insaniyat

Published on Feb 8, 2022, 11:39 AM IST

Iconic tapestry of Picasso's 'Guernica' is back at the UN

A vast tapestry representing Picasso's iconic "Guernica" has been returned by owners the Rockefeller family to its prominent place at the global body.

Published on Feb 6, 2022, 5:32 AM IST

Mount Everest's highest glacier rapidly losing ice: study

As the glaciers shrink, hundreds of lakes have formed in the foothills of Himalayan mountains that could burst and unleash floods.

Published on Feb 5, 2022, 6:28 PM IST

Afghan situation precarious nearly 6 months after Taliban takeover: UN Report

A displaced Afghan woman holds her child as she waits with other women to receive aid supply outside a UNCHR distribution centre on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Published on Feb 4, 2022, 10:02 PM IST

Over 100 ex-Afghan and international forces killed, UN says

Afghans walk past a Humvee with a Taliban fighter on it guarding the road in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 27, 2022.

Published on Jan 31, 2022, 5:33 AM IST

Afghanistan hanging by a thread; cannot abandon Afghan people, says UN Chief

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres  urged the Taliban to demonstrate real commitment to be part of the international community. "

Published on Jan 27, 2022, 7:54 AM IST

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Theme, significance, events scheduled

A man visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Published on Jan 27, 2022, 7:48 AM IST

UN urges Taliban to provide info on whereabouts of two missing women activists

Representational image

Published on Jan 22, 2022, 3:26 PM IST

UN approves resolution condemning Holocaust denial

This February/March 1945 file photo shows the entry to the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, with snow-covered rail tracks leading to the camp.

Published on Jan 20, 2022, 10:28 PM IST

Mumbai blasts perpetrators enjoyed 5-star hospitality in Pakistan: India at UN

India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti speaks.

Updated on Jan 19, 2022, 8:36 AM IST

Desperate Afghans queue for free bread as poverty crisis deepens

The United Nations has warned that half the country is threatened with food shortages. In picture - Women receive free bread distributed as part of the Save Afghans From Hunger campaign in front of a bakery in Kabul.

Published on Jan 18, 2022, 9:36 PM IST

One of the happiest moments of my life was when I spoke in Tamil at UN: PM Modi

The Prime Minister in an address to the United Nations in 2019 in the United States had spoken in Tamil.

Published on Jan 12, 2022, 8:29 PM IST

Reproductive health goals women should set for 2022: 5 tips by a gynaecologist

Reproductive health goals women should set for 2022: 5 tips by a gynaecologist

Updated on Jan 11, 2022, 1:43 PM IST

UN Security Council condemns Dec 25 killings in Myanmar

Credible reports suggested that four children were killed, including two 17-year-old boys, a teenage girl and a child approximately age five.

Published on Dec 30, 2021, 7:22 AM IST

UN 'horrified' by reports of civilians massacred in Myanmar, calls for probe

"People's Defence Forces" (PDF) have sprung up across the country to fight the junta, and have drawn the military into a bloody stalemate of clashes and reprisals. In picture - Smokes and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar.

Published on Dec 27, 2021, 1:49 AM IST

Afghanistan: Taliban leaders appeal for help as migrant crisis looms

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a function to mark International Migrants Day in Kabul.

Published on Dec 18, 2021, 9:59 PM IST

Taliban killed 72 former Afghan army personnel since August: UN

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said that Afghanistan witnessed the highest civilian casualty this year even before the Taliban took over.

Published on Dec 14, 2021, 6:10 PM IST

International Mountain Day 2021: Know its importance, theme, quotes

Sustainable tourism in mountains can be seen as a contribution to creating additional and alternative livelihood options and promoting poverty alleviation.

Published on Dec 11, 2021, 7:49 AM IST

Human Rights Day 2021 today: Theme, famous quotes

This year’s theme for Human Rights Day is Equality - Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights.

Updated on Dec 10, 2021, 8:15 AM IST

7 UN peacekeepers killed, 3 critically injured after IED blast in Mali

Soldiers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), looking out over the desert from a watchtower.

Published on Dec 9, 2021, 4:35 AM IST

Afghanistan on brink of ‘horrific’ mass starvation as harsh winter sets in

An Afghan boy carries a tray of bread on his head, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Published on Dec 6, 2021, 8:23 AM IST

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