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  Randeep Hooda removed as ambassador of UN's environmental treaty over his 'joke' against Mayawati

  Celebrities | May 28, 2021 15:43 IST

  Randeep Hooda has been under fire since Wednesday when a nine-year-old video of him making a "joke", which social media users termed casteist and sexist, went viral online.

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  UN agencies join forces for zero Ebola in West Africa

  World | March 12, 2015 7:15 IST

  United Nations: Two UN agencies -- the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) -- have come together to bring the cases of Ebola outbreak in West Africa down to zero, a

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  UN agencies call for actions against polio in Syria

  World | July 23, 2014 8:03 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund on Tuesday said in a report that actions are needed to protect children against polio in Syria as polio cases resurfaced in

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  UN agencies seek action to avert Somalia humanitarian crisis

  India | July 03, 2014 18:27 IST

  Nairobi: UN agencies are calling for urgent action from the international community to help avert a humanitarian crisis in Somalia.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Children's Fund (Unicef)

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  Sudan flood: 150,000 affected, more rains expected

  World | August 13, 2013 9:43 IST

  United Nations: UN agencies and humanitarian partners have been working closely with the government in providing relief to around 150,000 people affected by flooding in Sudan, the UN humanitarian arm said Monday."More rains are expected