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Protecting environment

The govt should revisit the draft EIA notification

Modi govt's environment rules overhaul sparks fears of return to grim past

Courts and tribunals have struck down at least three efforts in the past three years by the environment ministry to dilute or waive environmental rules

India's child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019, says UN

India's child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019 but the country, along with Nigeria, still accounted for almost a third of all under-five deaths last year, according to a new report which warned that COVID-19 pandemic threatens to undo decades of progress in eliminating preventable child deaths globally. The Levels & Trends in Child Mortality' Report 2020 said that the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 down to 5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990. Over the past 30 years, health services to prevent or treat causes of child death such as preterm, low birth weight, complications during birth, neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, as well as vaccination, have played a large role in saving millions of lives. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major disruptions to health services that threaten to undo decades of hard-won progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths. According .

UN rights chief urges Russia to conduct investigation in Navalny case

Navalny has been removed from a medically induced coma and is responding to speech, Berlin's Charite hospital said on Monday

India sending two teams to UN missions for Covid effort to Congo, S Sudan

India is contributing two teams of specialists to fortify medical facilities in UN peacekeeping operations in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to meet the Covid-19 challenge

UN experts raise concerns over Hong Kong security law, writes to China

In a letter, the experts said that the national security law raised a "serious risk" that fundamental freedoms, such as the freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, may be infringed upon

UN Secy-General calls for concerted action by G20 in combating Covid-19

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the G20 countries to take concerted action to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and build back better

Heavy rains in Yemen making catastrophic humanitarian situation worse: UN

For the third time this year, torrential rains have lashed Yemen, making "an already catastrophic humanitarian situation even worse", a UN spokesman said

India thanks UNSC for thwarting Pak attempt to list 2 Indians as terrorists

India has thanked members of the UN Security Council who thwarted Pakistan's bid to get two Indian nationals listed as terrorists by the world body's sanctions committee

Female poverty rate in South Asia projected to rise due to Covid-19: UN

The report, ''From Insights to Action: Gender Equality in the wake of COVID-19'', said that the gender poverty gap will worsen further still in South Asia

UNSC reforms shouldn't be held hostage by those opposing change: India, G-4

As the General Assembly rolled over on Monday the deadlocked IGN process to the next session that starts later this month, India's Deputy Permanent Representative Nagaraj Naidu issued the warning

UN chief terms Covid-19 a game-changer for international peace and security

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security.

Coronavirus reversed fragile progress on gender equality: UN chief

Although input prices rose at the sharpest pace in nearly two years, firms have cut prices of their goods for four months to boost demand

Qatar raises minimum wage by 25%, lifts restrictions on changing jobs

The new minimum wage, which comes into effect in six months and is 250 riyals more a month than the old one, is non-discriminatory and applies to all workers

United Nations stresses need to return to political process in Libya

It urged calm, the application of the rule of law and the preservation of the rights of all citizens to peacefully express their views

UN Security Council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought

The French-drafted resolution reduced the troop ceiling for the force, known as UNIFIL, from 15,000 to 13,000 under US pressure

United Nations resolution being voted on would cut Lebanon peacekeepers

The draft urges freedom of movement for UNIFIL and unimpeded access to all parts of the Blue Line, and condemns "in the strongest terms" all attempts to restrict UN troop movements

India can be 'global superpower' in fighting climate change: Guterres

India can lead the world's transformation to clean energy and become a "global superpower" in the war on climate change

US faces tough challenge at UN Security Council over Iran sanctions

The impasse sets the stage for a potential crisis in the Security Council next month

United Nations council rejects US demand to 'snap back' Iran sanctions

The president of the UN Security Council rejected the Trump administration's demand to restore all UN sanctions on Iran