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India Chairs 68th Commission on Narcotic Drugs

India has been selected to chair the 68th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). This announcement was made by the Indian Embassy in Austria. Ambassador Shambhu...

December 7, 2024

India Re-Elected to UN Peacebuilding Commission for 2025-2026

India has been re-elected to the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for the 2025-2026 term. This reaffirmation of India’s role marks its commitment to global peace efforts, which was...

November 29, 2024

International Week of Science and Peace: November 9 to 15

The International Week of Science and Peace (IWOSP) occurs every year from November 9 to 15. This event promotes peace through scientific collaboration. It began in 1986 as...

November 11, 2024

India is set to deploy female peacekeepers to the UN Mission in Abyei

India is set to deploy a platoon of female peacekeepers to the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) on the border of Sudan and South Sudan...

January 9, 2023

‘World Migratory Bird Day 2022’

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is marked twice a year on the second Saturday in May and the second Saturday in October. When is World Migratory Bird Day...

May 17, 2022

India’s Contribution for Hindi @ UN project

India has contributed $800,000 to the Hindi@UN project to encourage the use of Hindi in the United Nations (UN). What is the ‘Hindi @ UN’ project? It is...

May 13, 2022

UN ‘Energy Plan of Action’

Recently, the United Nations launched the “UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025” and “Energy Compact Action Network”. What is the UN-Energy Plan of Action? It sets out a...

May 6, 2022

International Day to Combat Islamophobia

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution to proclaim March 15th as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia. About the resolution The resolution regarding...

March 16, 2022

UNESCO to revamp Lebanon’s heritage buildings

Recently UNESCO under the leadership of Audrey Azoulay, director-general of UNESCO announced the launch of new initiative “Beirut” named on the capital city of Lebanon. The said initiative...

August 29, 2020

August 12: International Youth Day

International Youth Day is celebrated each year on August 12 every year in order to signify and highlight the importance of young people, not just as future generation,...

August 13, 2020

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