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23 Sep 2024

Baat Pate Ki: PM Modi Addresses UN General Assembly on Multilateral Solutions

09 Aug 2023

Shehbaz Sharif Likely To Step Down As Pakistan PM Today

The five-year tenure of the lower house of the Pakistan's Parliament is ending on August 12 but it is likely to be dissolved on August 9.

23 Dec 2020

Dharmendra honoured by New Jersey Senate and General Assembly

Initial plans to invite the actor to receive the award at the New Jersey Senate were shelved due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions. Ambassador Jaiswal thanked Senator Doherty for leading the Resolution in the New Jersey Legislature to honour.

26 Sep 2020

Kerala reports 7,006 new COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths in 24 hours

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for the General Debate as the first speaker today in the 75th Session of the General Assembly. Prime Minister Modi is also expected to touch on India`s priorities at the United Nations. Since the UNGA in 2020 is being held in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is being conducted mostly virtually.

Dalveer Bhandari

21 Nov 2017

India's Dalveer Bhandari re-elected to International Court of Justice after Britain bows to UN majority

Bhandari won majorities in the Assembly in the first 11 rounds of voting over two meetings

23 Sep 2017

African countries call for support in peace, security efforts

African countries have called for international support in peace-keeping efforts and humanitarian work in the region at the annual United Nations General Assembly.

Rohingya Muslim

22 Sep 2017

Bangladesh calls on UN to find permanent solution to Rohingya crisis

Raising the issue of the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis in the region, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called on the United Nations and the international community to take immediate and effective measures to find out a permanent solution to the issue.

21 Sep 2017

North Korea shrugs off Donald Trump threat as 'dog's bark'

21 Sep 2017

Iran says it does not expect US to leave nuclear deal

Iran said on Wednesday it did not expect the United States to abandon the Iranian nuclear deal as U.S. officials sent mixed signals on what they plan to do about the international accord.

20 Sep 2017

Mahmud Abbas at UN calls for end to 'apartheid' for Palestinians

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday urged the United Nations to end what he described as an "apartheid" regime imposed by Israel in the Palestinian territories.

20 Sep 2017

South Korea president says Donald Trump's warning to North Korea 'firm and specific'

U.S. President Donald Trump`s speech to the United Nations, where he warned he would "totally destroy" North Korea if threatened, reinforced the need for Pyongyang to realise it must give up its nuclear weapons, South Korea said on Wednesday.

13 Sep 2017

Aung San Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN amid growing Rohingya crisis

More than 370,000 minority Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence since August 25, according to the United Nations, an average of almost 20,000 a day.

26 Jul 2017

PM Narendra Modi unlikely to attend UNGA session in September

The summit was the only forum when Modi and Sharif had come face to face during their visit for the UN General Assembly.

18 Jul 2017

Not bound by July 7 UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons, says India

In October last year, more than 120 nations had voted on a UN General Assembly resolution to convene a conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

counter terrorism

15 Jun 2017

New high-level UN office set up to fight terrorism globally, India welcomes move

According to diplomats, Russia is lobbying for the crucial new post of Under Secretary General for counter terrorism.

28 May 2017

Yoga is India's gift to the world: PM Narendra Modi

21st June has become one of the known dates across the world, the entire world celebrates International Yoga day.

28 Mar 2017

Can't allow 'bad actors' to have nuclear weapons: Nikki Haley

"Bad actors" cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons at the cost of those trying to maintain peace and safety, US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has said as she voiced opposition to a UN conference negotiating a legally-binding instrument to prohibit such weapons.

23 Feb 2017

India welcomes proposal for new United Nations counter terrorism office

India has welcomed a proposal by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to create a new office headed by an under-secretary-general to ramp up UN`s counter-terrorism efforts.

22 Feb 2017

UN General Assembly involved only with processes rather than substance: India

The UN General Assembly is involved only with pious expressions rather than leadership and concrete action, India has said, calling for reinvigorating the world body.

27 Jan 2017

Pakistan: PTI, PML-N members clash in National Assembly

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