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  Localisation of SDGs imperative to achieve 2030 Agenda: India at UN

  Business | July 09, 2021 9:08 IST

  India has said that there is no "one size fits all" approach but countries can certainly share experience and learn from each other.

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  High time to urge Pakistan to take verifiable action against terror outfits: India at UN

  World | June 29, 2021 12:11 IST

  The possibility of the use of weaponized drones for terrorist activities against strategic and commercial assets calls for serious attention by the global community, India has told the UN General Assembly.

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  Pak should be held accountable for hosting 'dreaded, listed' terrorists: India at UN

  World | June 22, 2021 23:39 IST

  India's remarks come after Khalil Hashmi, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN in Geneva, tried to raise Kashmir's issue at the interactive dialogue on the annual report of the High Commissioner.

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  India receives $64 bln FDI in 2020, fifth largest recipient of inflows in world: UN

  Business | June 21, 2021 14:41 IST

  The World Investment Report 2021 by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), released Monday, said global FDI flows have been severely hit by the pandemic and they plunged by 35 per cent in 2020 to USD 1 trillion from USD 1. 5 trillion the previous year

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  New Indian IT Rules do not conform with international norms: UN Special Rapporteurs

  India | June 19, 2021 10:28 IST

  Experts at the United Nations Office of the Human Rights Commissioner have said in a report that it is concerned that India's Information Technology, does not conform with international human rights norms.

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  Top US, China and Russia diplomats to speak on cooperation

  World | May 07, 2021 10:24 IST

  Top American, Chinese, and Russian diplomats, as well as other ministers, will attend a Security Council meeting on Friday

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  Pakistan backs second term for UN Secretary General Guterres

  World | March 20, 2021 7:14 IST

  Pakistan has welcomed a second term for Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary-General, expressing its complete support to him.

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  Airlifted COVID vaccines to 9 countries, will gradually supply to WHO's COVAX facility: India at UN

  World | January 26, 2021 9:30 IST

  India has informed the UN Security Council that it will gradually supply vaccines to the COVAX facility of the World Health Organisation and undertake contractual supplies to various countries in a phased manner, as more than six million doses have been airlifted to nine countries under New Delhi’s “vaccine diplomacy.”

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  United Nations must hold China accountable for coronavirus, says Trump

  World | September 22, 2020 23:27 IST

  US President Donald Trump lashed out against China on Tuesday demanding that the UN should hold Beijing responsible for the consequences of unleashing the plague of COVID-19 on the world.

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  Without comprehensive reforms, UN faces 'crisis of confidence', says PM Modi

  India | September 22, 2020 7:06 IST

  The United Nations faces a "crisis of confidence” without comprehensive reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, asserting that the world needs a reformed multilateralism that reflects today's realities, gives voice to all stakeholders, addresses contemporary challenges and focuses on human welfare. 

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  UN chief calls for efforts to protect health, rights of women, girls

  World | July 12, 2020 8:52 IST

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for efforts to protect the health and rights of women and girls.

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  US formally notifies UN of decision to withdraw from WHO

  World | July 08, 2020 8:58 IST

  The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization, officials said, breaking off ties with the global health body amid the expanding coronavirus pandemic.

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  'Misinfo-demic' about COVID-19 proliferating falsehoods, putting more lives at risk: UN Chief

  World | April 15, 2020 9:28 IST

  UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that “misinfo-demic” about COVID-19 on various social media platforms such as WhatsApp is proliferating falsehoods and announced a new UN initiative to flood the internet with facts and science to counter the “poison” of misinformation that is putting more lives at risk.

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  Trade impact of Coronavirus epidemic for India estimated at 348 million dollars: UN report

  World | March 05, 2020 10:12 IST

  The trade impact of the coronavirus epidemic for India is estimated to be about 348 million dollars and the country figures among the top 15 economies most affected as the slowdown of manufacturing in China disrupts world trade.

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  Situation in NW Syria dire with 21 civilians killed: UN

  India | February 27, 2020 13:06 IST

  The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the the situation in Idlib was dire, referring to the beleaguered governorate in northwest Syria where at least 21 civilians reported killed in the last 48 hours.

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  Pak PM Imran urges UN to honour its commitments on Kashmir

  World | February 18, 2020 0:08 IST

  Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged the UN to fulfil its commitments with the people of Kashmir and help them achieve right of self-determination as he met chief of the global body Antonio Guterres. 

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  Guterres to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib during trip to Pakistan

  World | February 11, 2020 13:04 IST

  UN Chief Antonio Guterres will visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, in Kartarpur during his visit to Pakistan next week. The UN Secretary-General will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday and will hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on that day and speak at an event on sustainable development and climate change. Guterres will “travel to Kartarpur to visit a holy site, Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib,” Deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters here on Monday.

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  UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya

  World | December 28, 2019 11:54 IST

  The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Friday strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention. 

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  Rohingya await justice as UN court begins hearing genocide allegations

  World | December 10, 2019 9:46 IST

  The Gambia, a tiny West African Muslim-majority country, filed the case in November at the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing the Myanmar government of carrying out mass murders, rape and suspected ethnic cleansing operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine state, reports Efe news.

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  India ranks 73rd in UN index assessing e-commerce readiness

  Business | December 04, 2019 15:59 IST

  India has ranked 73rd out of 152 countries in a business-to-consumer E-commerce index that measures an economy’s preparedness to support online shopping, moving seven places up in the list.