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UN report on Kashmir reflects clear bias, not fit for consideration: India
Pakistan raked up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a UN session Monday, the third time it did so in as many weeks
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India wins elections to crucial United Nations' subsidiary bodies
The ECOSOC focusses on advancing the three dimensions of sustainable development - economic, social and environmental
In 2017, India emerges as a force to reckon with at UN, Pak more isolated
India was perhaps the only country at the United Nations to have won three major elections in one calendar year
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United Nations calls for record $22.5 bn funds for global aid in 2018
Number of people in need of international assistance has risen more than 5% from last year's estimate: UN
India urges UN to push use of millets to combat hunger, climate change
India has asked the United Nations to declare 2018 as the 'International Year of Millets' and promote it as nutrition-rich smart food across the world. A letter in this regard has been written to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. In the letter, Singh said there is a need to promote millets as the "awareness is low" among consumers, policy makers, industry and R&D sector. Sorghum, Bajra and Ragi are some popular millets in India. "Promotion of production and consumption of millets through conscious efforts at global level is likely to contribute substantially in the fight against the targeted hunger and mitigate the effects of climate change in the long run," he said. The yield of millets can be increased three times and they have multiple untapped uses such as food, feed, biofuels and brewing. Therefore, millets are smart food and good for consumers, farmers and the planet, he added "Considering the importance of
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World leaders to tech firms at UN: Remove terror posts in 2 hours
Beyond wiping terrorist messages off the web, the leaders agreed they needed to help moderate voices counter those messages
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India needs regulatory reforms to tackle data fraud: UN
Current protocols for encrypted data transfer to be shared between many companies, says UN
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United Nations votes for ICJ ruling on British-ruled Chagos islands
Dispute relates to UK's decision to set up a joint military base with the US on Diego Garcia islands
Here's the Major Driver of India's Impressive Economic Growth
India is one of the shining economies in the Asia-Pacific region
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US funding cut to UNFPA may have devastating effects: Antonio Guterres
He said cutting financial support is ased on a misinterpretation of the agency's work
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India's contribution to UN increases to Rs 244 crore
UN officials are exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them
UN says world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945
More than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine
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With 20 mn people starving, world faces greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945: UN
Unicef has already warned that 1.4 million children could starve to death this year
UN: If confirmed, chemical attacks in Mosul a war crime
UN says, 'There is never justification none whatsoever for the use of chemical weapons'
Work from home may increase stress, insomnia risk: UN study
Report recommends promoting formal part-time teleworking for better ties with co-workers
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Can the United Nations adapt to Donald Trump?
Trump has called the UN an organisation where people just talk and have a good time
UN court to decide Marshall Islands case against 3 nations
Marshall Islands in the heart of the Pacific Ocean was the scene of numerous nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958
UN deducts payment to India citing faulty supplies to troops
Reimbursements for UN peacekeeping missions are based on the actual strength of troops in UN missions and the equipment held by them
World leaders adopt declaration on refugees at UN
MJ Akbar said terrorism is principle cause of large-scale refugee movement and hypocrisy towards menace is unacceptable
UN holds first-ever summit on refugees and migrants
Leaders are expected to approve a document aimed at unifying UN's 193 member states behind a coordinated approach that protects human rights of refugees