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World population expected to cross 8 billion on November 15: UN report
According to a United Nations’ estimate, the world’s total population will reach eight billion by tomorrow. India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation in 2023.
Women and girls are the key in building better futures, says Priyanka
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas arrived in Lucknow and interacted with the children at Aurangabad’s Composite School and an Anganwadi centre.
India abstains from another resolution involving Ukraine
India has abstained on yet another resolution involving Ukraine, this time a motion sponsored by Russia at the UNSC that the US and Ukraine are carrying out “military biological activities”.
Day after UN resolution, Russia targets 40 Ukrainian cities with missiles
Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said today, after a United Nations General Assembly resolution.
Iranian woman who tied unscarved hair in viral video shot dead
Hadis Najafi, a young Iranian woman whose video tying her unscarved hair back and boldly stepping into the middle of a protest went viral, was allegedly shot dead in the country.
Defend proclaimed terrorists at your own peril: Jaishankar
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has asserted that nations who defend proclaimed terrorists in the United Nations neither advance their own interests nor their reputation.
India is on the side of peace: Jaishankar on Russia-Ukraine war
Speaking at the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said “India is on the side of peace in Russia Ukraine war”
Russia has shamelessly violated core tenets of UN charter: Biden
United States President Joe Biden rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s war on Ukraine at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
UN approves Austria’s Volker Turk as new Human Rights chief
The United Nations General Assembly has approved the appointment of Austrian diplomat and veteran UN staffer Volker Turk as the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
