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TV grab taken from the World Health Organization website shows WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as he delivers a news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 30, 2020. (AFP)

Covid-19 is this century's global inflection point

In the post-Covid-19 world the institutions of global governance would have to be revisited and remodelled

31 March 2020 11:56 AM IST

WHO to review virus response as Trump renews attack. (AFP Photo)

WHO to review covid response after Trump attack

WHO Director-General Tedros us acknowledged there had been shortcomings and told the virtual assembly he welcomed calls...

19 May 2020 1:12 PM IST

India received USD 51 billion in foreign investment in 2019. (PTI Photo)

Ninth largest recipient of FDI in 2019, India will continue to attract...

Investments from India are expected to decline in 2020, with largest MNEs revising their earnings down by 25% in early...

16 Jun 2020 12:19 PM IST

Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) work to control bird flu in Indonesia. (Photo- UN news)

To prevent outbreaks like COVID-19, zoonotic diseases need to be...

COVID-19 is one of the worst zoonotic disease, but it is not the first. Ebola, SARS, MERS, HIV, Lyme disease preceded...

7 July 2020 12:41 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India to restore 26 million acres of degarded land, says PM Modi

'Sadly, land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today,' Modi said

15 Jun 2021 6:59 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) leader and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: file)

Hafiz Saeed files petition to challenge ban on social welfare...

Saeed said the FIF owns 369 ambulances, helped 72,000 persons to charity hospitals and treated 600,000 patients only in...

16 March 2018 8:53 AM IST

Seven of Trumps fellow Republicans joined Senate Democrats to back the measure. (Photo: AFP)

In rebuke to Trump, US Senate blames Saudi crown prince for...

Trump said he wants US to stand by Saudi govt and prince, despite CIA assessment it was likely he ordered Khashoggi's...

14 Dec 2018 8:36 AM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)

Independent, transparent investigation: UN chief on recent clashes in...

15 people were killed and more than 750 wounded by Israeli fire as Palestinian protesters marched to Gaza's border with...

31 March 2018 4:08 PM IST

The minister of state for foreign affairs, Mohammed Shahriar Alam, said on Friday that Bangladesh was paying the entire roughly USD 280 million to build homes and fortify the muddy island in the Bay of Bengal from cyclones, and that it was mulling a formal request for international funds. (Photo: AP)

We don't see much help from foreign donors for Rohingya refugee...

Some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims crossed the border from Myanmar's Rakhine state since August, and are in cramped camps at...

27 March 2018 1:20 PM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the companys headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Social media must block hate speech: UN rights boss

Facebook said on Monday it was removing several Myanmar military officials from the social media website.

30 Aug 2018 8:15 AM IST

If China would not have extended the technical hold, Azhar would have automatically been designated under the UN as a terrorist. (Photo: AFP)

China extends technical hold on Masood Azhar by 3 months on UN terror...

China had in February this year blocked the US move to designate Azhar as a global terrorist at UN.

3 Aug 2017 10:24 AM IST

As reported by the Guardian, Rights group estimates that 75,000 Rohingya have fled to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya Muslims 'abused': Myanmar rejects UN interference

Reports of atrocities inflicted upon the minority community have surfaced despite the government's denial.

3 May 2017 5:02 PM IST