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March 23, 2023 03:09 PM IST Guterres will be a guest at an EU summit in Brussels, days after the renewal of a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey on the safe export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
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March 23, 2023 01:31 PM IST From droughts stifling once-reliant sources to destructive downpours and floods, what the world does about its water woes is the central question at the U.N.'s three-day water conference that begins on March 22. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of World Water Day, it's the first dedicated U.N. conference on water in nearly 50 years.
- March 23, 2023 07:31 AM IST
"Glaciers are critical to all life on earth. Over centuries, they carved out the landmasses we call home. Today, they cover 10 per cent of our world. Glaciers are also the world's water towers," Guterres said in his remarks to an event on the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation Wednesday.
- March 22, 2023 08:35 AM IST
The UN World Water Development Report 2023 painted a stark picture of the huge gap that needs to be filled to meet UN goals to ensure all people have access to clean water and sanitation by 2030.
- March 22, 2023 12:23 PM IST
World Water Day 2023 will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 22. First observed in 1993, the objective of World Water Day is to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the water and sanitation crisis.
- March 21, 2023 07:17 PM IST
The report stated that energy efficiency and renewable energy are the most affordable path to faster emission reduction. Scientists in the IPCC said that as per their study, providing energy access to low-income sub-Saharan Africa could be one of the highest return opportunities for developed countries.
- March 20, 2023 09:47 PM IST
India welcomed the report, but it also highlighted that it talks about the need for increased climate funding and reminded the $100 billion promise made by the developed countries to the developing nations.
- March 21, 2023 06:21 AM IST
The official, who was traveling on an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi, wrote on his Twitter handle about the presence of cockroaches and the absence of entertainment/call buttons/reading lights on the flight
- March 19, 2023 07:24 AM IST
The Commission on the Status of Women expressed grave concern at the interrelation between offline and online violence, harassment and discrimination against women and girls and it condemned the increase in these acts.
- March 11, 2023 07:20 PM IST
Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari admitted on Friday that his country has found it difficult to bring Kashmir into the “centre” of the United Nations agenda due to India’s diplomatic efforts.
Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Zardari said: “Whenever the issue of Kashmir is brought up… our neighbouring countries strongly object, vociferously object and they perpetuate a post facto narrative.”
Bhutto mistakenly referred to India as a "friend" before fumbling and circling back to calling it a "neighbour"
Watch to know more!
- March 06, 2023 08:42 PM IST
International Women's Day 2023: This year's theme is 'DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality'.
- March 06, 2023 08:14 AM IST
The ocean supplies half the planet’s oxygen, absorbs more than a third of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and feeds billions of people.
- March 03, 2023 10:15 AM IST
The comments by the UN body came as videos and images showing a 'Kailasa' representative speaking on behalf of Nithyananda's fictional state on 'indigenous rights and sustainable development' at one of the events went viral on social media.
- March 02, 2023 06:34 AM IST
'Kailasa', the 'country' set up by self-styled godman and rape-accused Nithyananda, recently participated in a United Nations meeting in Geneva where a representative said Nithyananda is being 'persecuted' by India.
- March 01, 2023 03:44 PM IST
Nithyananda is the main accused in several cases in India, including rape. Kailasa, reportedly located off the coast of Ecuador, has its own passport, flag and even a 'Reserve Bank of Kailasa'.
- February 27, 2023 11:15 PM IST
Afghanistan is gripped by a winter that Afghan officials and aid group officials are describing as the harshest in over a decade, battering millions of people already reeling from a humanitarian crisis.
- February 25, 2023 12:23 PM IST
The First G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the G20 Indian Presidency, is taking place from February 24-25, in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- February 24, 2023 10:45 PM IST
The council met to mark the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which was launched on Feb. 24 last year as the 15-member body met in New York over Western concerns that Moscow was planning such a move.
- February 24, 2023 09:56 PM IST
India was among 32 countries that abstained in the UN General Assembly on Thursday (February 23) on a resolution that underscored the need to reach as soon as possible a "comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in Ukraine in line with the principles of the UN Charter.
The 193-member General Assembly adopted the draft resolution, put forward by Ukraine and its supporters, titled "Principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine".
The resolution called upon member states and international organisations to redouble support for diplomatic efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine, consistent with the Charter.
Watch why India voted to abstain!
- February 24, 2023 11:42 AM IST
Speaking at ABP Network's Ideas of India Summit here, Truss also there was a need to fast-track Ukraine's NATO membership.
- February 23, 2023 08:08 PM IST
External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar on Thursday slammed the United Nations for its unwillingness for reforms. Speaking at the Symbiosis Institute in Pune, the EAM said that the UN "works like a company where the shareholding has changed but the management has not."
- February 22, 2023 10:43 PM IST
The actions that the United States has taken against Russia in partnership with more than 30 countries constitute the broadest set of sanctions and export controls ever imposed against a major economy.
- February 14, 2023 10:32 PM IST
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said megacities on every continent will face serious impacts including Cairo, Lagos, Maputo, Bangkok, Dhaka, Jakarta, Mumbai, Shanghai, Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, New York, Buenos Aires, and Santiago.
- February 06, 2023 09:57 PM IST
On the global financial system, Guterres called for a new commitment to raise the "dramatic needs" and voices of developing countries.
- January 26, 2023 04:49 PM IST
The report said this year's 1.9 per cent economic growth forecast down from an estimated 3 per cent in 2022 is one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades.
