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Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed by UN chief Guterres as his Envoy on Technology
United Nations, Jun 10 (PTI) Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill was on Friday appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology, with the UN describing…
Global wheat prices jump after India export ban and Ukraine war: FAO
United Nations, Jun 6 (PTI) The price of wheat has jumped in the international markets after India announced a ban on the export of the staple cereal and due to…
Nearly 40,000 people from Myanmar currently displaced in neighbouring India and Thailand: UN spokesperson
United Nations, Jun 2 (PTI) Nearly 40,000 people from Myanmar are currently displaced in neighbouring India and Thailand since the military coup in the Southeast Asian nation in February last…
Pak-based terror group JeM, LeT maintain training camps in Afghanistan: UN report
United Nations, May 30 (PTI) Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, led by 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, maintain their training camps in some provinces of…
US concerned over China’s efforts to restrict, manipulate UNHR Chief visit to Xinjiang: Blinken
Beijing, May 29 (PTI) The US has expressed concern over China’s “efforts to restrict and manipulate” the just-concluded visit of UNHRC chief, Michelle Bachelet to the volatile Xinjiang province to…
Pak FM Zardari writes to UN rights chief on situation in Kashmir
Islamabad, May 25 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has written to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to urge India to acquit Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin…
Pak FM Bilawal raises J&K issue with UN chief Antonio Guterres
United Nations, May 18 (PTI) Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres here on Wednesday…
Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine war exceeds 6 million -UN agency
WARSAW (Reuters) -The number of people who have fled Ukraine to escape Russia's invasion has passed 6 million, in Europe's worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two,…
How Russia-Ukraine Copied Finland War Without Lessons
Finland is a unique country with a distinct language and culture. However, its possession was always contested between Sweden and Russia. Though Finland mainly remained under Swedish control in 1809,…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Putin hopes talks with Ukraine will yield positive result
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine were continuing talks in an online format. At the start of his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General…
Russia’s Lavrov dismisses Kyiv’s proposal to stage peace talks in Mariupol
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday dismissed Kyiv's proposal to hold peace talks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said it was too early to…
U.N. chief Guterres heading to Turkey ahead of Moscow, Kyiv visits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Ukraine for talks with…
