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'Vaccinationalism' is self-defeating, says UN chief; Covid toll over 2 mn

Since its discovery at the end of December 2019, COVID-19 has now spread to all corners of the world, with cases in 191 countries and regions

United Nations hopes to take first step to elect next chief by Jan 31

The General Assembly elects the secretary-general on the recommendation of the 15-member Security Council where the five permanent members have veto power

UN, Humanitarian partners seek $1.3 billion aid for war-torn Afghanistan

The UN and humanitarians in Afghanistan are seeking 1.3 billion to assist 16 million people in need of assistance because of decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters and the impact of Covid

India to get UN tag of international disaster response force for NDRF

India could soon be a part of UN mandated international disaster rescue operations as its federal contingency force, NDRF, is expected to obtain a globally recognised standardisation later this year

UN member states and leaders welcome countries including India to UNSC

UN leaders and member states welcomed India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway to the UN Security Council and said they look forward to working with the five new non-permanent members

India will be voice against enemies of humanity like terrorism: Tirumurti

India will be a voice for the developing world and against the common enemies of humanity like terrorism, India's Ambassador to the UN has said

UN adopts $3.2 billion budget for 2021 over US and Israel objections

UN members have adopted a budget for 2021 that was higher than Secretary-General Guterres proposed and was strongly opposed by the Trump administration

Maharashtra: Civic body to co-create India's first social impact bond

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in Maharashtra's Pune district has signed an MoU with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indian economy could be 'most resilient' in subregion in long term: UN

India's economy could prove to be the "most resilient" in the subregion of South and South-West Asia over the long term, according to a report by the UN

UN at 75 faces worst crisis since WW-II; India reaches out amid pandemic

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the pandemic was the "fifth horsemen" that added to the fury of the other four horsemen

Indian entrepreneur among 7 winners of UNEP prize for global change-makers

A 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur is among the seven winners of the prestigious "Young Champions of the Earth" 2020 prize given by the UN environment agency to global change-makers

India slips a spot in UN's human development index, ranks at 131 now

Human Development Index is the measure of a nation's health, education, and standards of living.

India's HDI rank slips two places to 131, still gets UNDP praise

India's Human Development Index or HDI position has marginally dropped after improving last year

Quarter of the world may not get Covid-19 vaccine till at least 2022: Study

"This study provides an overview of how high-income countries have secured future supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, but that access for the rest of the world is uncertain," the researchers said

Without clearing new farmland, two Earths' worth of people can be fed

By 2050-the year when a growing list of nations aim to have zeroed out their contributions to climate change-the UN projects the global population will be 9.7 billion

Somebody needs to press refresh button on United Nations, says Jaishankar

The narrow representation at the leadership levels of the UN is a challenge to its credibility, said Jaishankar, while suggesting that "somebody needs to press that refresh button on the UN"

80 mn forcibly displaced globally as of mid-2020, Covid worsened crisis: UN

More than 80 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide as of mid-2020, with existing and new conflicts as well as the Covid19 dramatically affecting their lives this year, a UN report has said

UN award proof of focus on making India favoured investment destination: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Invest India, an investment promotion and facilitation agency of the Union government, for winning the '2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award'. The award is a testimony to our government's focus on making India the world's preferred investment destination and improving ease of doing business, Modi said in a tweet. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) declared 'Invest India' as winner of the United Nations Investment Promotion Award 2020. The award ceremony took place on Monday at the UNCTAD headquarters in Geneva. The award recognises and celebrates the outstanding achievements of the world's investment promotion agencies. "Congratulations to @investindia for winning the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award given by @UNCTAD. This is a testimony to our government's focus on making India the world's preferred investment destination & improving ease of doing business," Modi said. The .

Covid-19 pandemic could push over 1 billion in extreme poverty by 2030: UN

The 'High Damage' scenario anticipates that 80 per cent of the Covid-induced economic crisis would persist in 10 years' time due to loss in productivity

People have right to protest peacefully: UN spokesman on farmers' agitation

India has called the remarks by foreign leaders on protests by farmers as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted" as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a democratic country.