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India to be fastest growing economy in 2016: UN Report

As per recently released United Nations (UN) World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 Report, India will be the fastest growing big economy in the world in 2016. The report...

January 23, 2016

Kundhavi Kadiresan appointed as Assistant Director of FAO

Kundhavi Kadiresanwas appointed as the Assistant Director (AD) of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific. She was appointed at...

October 15, 2015

India economic growth to surpass China's in 2015-16: UN report

Recently released UN World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) Report for Mid update -2015 has projected that India’s economic growth will surpass China’s growth in 2016. The report has projected...

May 21, 2015

Farhan Akhtar named UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia

Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtar has been appointed as UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. He has become the first male to be appointed as Goodwill Ambassador in...

November 15, 2014

PM Modi’s UN Speech

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is known for his speech truly enthralled the world. The PM opened his speech with a tribute to the ancient civilisations of...

September 28, 2014

China agrees to end stand-off

India and China have resolved the stand-off which was continued for many days along the Ladakh border. The foreign ministers of both the countries have agreed to end...

September 26, 2014

India's ex-Ambassador to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri named Secy-general of ICM

Hardeep Singh Puri appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM). Hardeep Singh was former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN. Independent Commission...

September 24, 2014

UN to investigate ISIS war crimes in Iraq

The Iraqi government has asked UN to investigate the human atrocities committed by ISIS militants during their rampant progression of occupation and destruction in the country. The Geneva...

September 2, 2014

Ebola is a Public Health Emergency: WHO

The emergency committee of the World Health Organization has unanimously agreed to proclaim the Ebola virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As per the UN body, the...

August 8, 2014

Mangroves in Sunderbans losing capacity to soak up CO2: Research

As per a latest research financed by the Union government and headed by noted marine scientist Abhijit Mitra, the Sunderban’s huge mangrove forest is rapidly losing its capacity...

August 6, 2014

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