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External affairs minister S Jaishankar

India has 'good case' to become permanent member of the UNSC:...

Jaishankar also said a UNSC without India affects the United Nation's credibility.

2 Oct 2019 8:42 AM IST

Pakistans Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi made the remarks during a Security Council debate here last week on upholding international law within the context of the maintenance of international peace and security. (Photo: @LodhiMaleeha/Twitter)

Pak appoints Munir Akram in place of Maleeha Lodhi as UN...

However, it gave no reason for her removal.

1 Oct 2019 3:19 PM IST

Stressing that India is a part of the SCO dialogue mechanisms in counter-narcotics, Akbaruddin said that New Delhi is looking forward to organising an SCO event in the country on combating illegal financial flows related to narcotics trafficking in 2020. (Photo: ANI)

'Terror-crime nexus an existential global threat,' says Syed...

Akbaruddin highlighted nefarious activities of terror outfits designated by world body including Islamic State, LeT and...

20 Nov 2019 10:02 AM IST

Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region. (Photo: AFP)

Leaked govt files show how China organised mass detention of Uighurs,...

Beijing denies any mistreatment of the Uighurs or others in Xinjiang.

18 Nov 2019 12:19 PM IST

I am a Stranger Here Myself: an unreliable memoir, by Bhaichand Patel HarperCollins pp 260; Rs 699.

Full and fancy life of a Fijian who found his roots in Delhi

Films were a passion in his life from his very young days and it is a passion that still continues.

15 Nov 2019 1:59 AM IST

The US last week formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate accord, a landmark global agreement which brought together 188 nations, including India, to combat global warming. (Photo: File)

Garbage dropped by China, India into sea 'floats into Los Angeles':...

Terming climate change as 'complex issue', Trump said he considers himself to be, 'in many ways, an environmentalist,...

13 Nov 2019 3:36 PM IST

Further air-strikes in Gaza, which the Israeli military said targeted Islamic Jihad gunmen and various sites belonging to the group, killed eight more Palestinian men. (Photo: Twitter)

Rockets rain from Gaza as Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander

As the rocket fire and Israeli air-strikes continued into the night, Gaza medical officials said 10 Palestinians had...

13 Nov 2019 10:02 AM IST

Greta Thunberg addresses the press before her march in Montreal. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump's climate stand 'so extreme', it's waking people up:...

'He's so extreme and he says so extreme things, so I think people wake up by that in a way,' the 16-year-old said.

13 Nov 2019 8:38 AM IST

Sources say the IAEA took samples from the site in the Turquzabad district of Tehran in the spring and that Iran has been slow in providing answers to explain the test results.(Representational Image)

'Uranium particles' detected at undeclared site in Iran: UN's nuclear...

Report from the watchdog says it detected natural uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at a location in Iran not...

12 Nov 2019 9:04 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

Uber chief terms Jamal Khashoggi's murder a 'mistake', apologises...

Khosrowshahi later said he regretted his comments, made during an interview with Axios on HBO.

12 Nov 2019 8:43 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama listening to a question during a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

US wants United Nations to take up Dalai Lama succession issue

The Dalai Lama once travelled incessantly, drawing huge Western audiences with his good-humoured lectures on compassion...

9 Nov 2019 10:48 AM IST

The UN has grown much since then, reflecting the changes in the world mostly due to decolonisation, fragmentation of the USSR, and the division of some founder member states like Yugoslavia.

It's high time to push UN's democratisation

The UN now has 191 members, and Switzerland was the last to join on September 10, 2002.

6 Nov 2019 1:16 AM IST