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Here's how you can prevent food waste at home

They are simple tips that you can implement daily to be more sustainable.

16 Oct 2017 7:30 PM IST

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2017 set to be hottest non-El Nino year: UN

Some 30% of the world's population now experience "extreme hot temperatures" for at least several days each year, the UN...

6 Nov 2017 6:21 PM IST

Members of La Tricyclerie association collect organic wastes from restaurants and companies to supply a compost in Nantes, western France, on Sept 11, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

The waste-collecting cyclists who caught the UN's eye

The mission started with just eight restaurants on board, the anti-waste tour has grown to include 23 restaurants and...

25 Sept 2017 4:41 PM IST

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Sea level rise is accelerating: study

This acceleration has the potential to double the total sea level rise by 2100.

13 Feb 2018 9:02 AM IST

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, walk towards a refugee camp in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday. (Photo: AP)

7 Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years for Rohingya massacre

The Rohingya men from the northern Rakhine village of Inn Din were buried in a mass grave in September 2017 after being...

11 April 2018 11:06 AM IST

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Untouched ocean habitats rapidly shrinking: Study

Just five percent of the wilderness areas are in protected zones.

27 July 2018 12:23 PM IST

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UN says global fight against AIDS is at 'precarious point'

This rapid and sustained increase in people getting treatment helped drive a 34 percent drop in AIDS-related deaths from...

19 July 2018 11:11 AM IST

The developers services will be offered free by Facebook to government health organisations and UN health agencies. (Photo | Pexels - Syed Abdullah)

Facebook helps government, UN health organisations use Messenger...

The social media giant has also invited developers to build messaging solutions for access to accurate information on...

23 March 2020 2:38 PM IST

Crowded Sarojini Nagar market amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN...

The first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness was marked on December 27 last year

27 Dec 2021 9:55 AM IST

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India may overtake China as most populous country sooner than UN...

India is expected to add nearly 273 million people to its population between now and 2050

12 May 2021 10:17 PM IST

Bulgarias President Rumen Radev is seen on video screens as he addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly remotely, Sept. 21, 2021 at U.N. headquarters. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

AA Edit | Did UN chief cross a line?

Apart from pedantic calls for an immediate ceasefire, there is little the association of nations can do.

26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Finland is world's happiest country, US discontent grows: UN

Finland, rose from fifth place last year to oust Norway from the top spot.

15 March 2018 3:52 PM IST