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Says nearly 400 deaths were reported between July 16 and August 4 while around 250 people were reportedly killed following new wave of protests between August 5 and 6

Parvathaneni Harish, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer was appointed as India's next ambassador to the United Nations in New York.

All houses in the villages burned; survivors sheltering at police station scared to name perpetrators

India's population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent

The size of the world's population in 2100 is now expected to be six per cent lower or 700 million fewer than anticipated a decade ago

Move comes as rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a US-led coalition

Dujarric stated Guterres would present Sen with the 2023 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award on Thursday, coinciding with the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.

Officials have struggled to provide accurate casualty estimates since the disaster, leading to varying figures on the number of people affected, creating uncertainty regarding the exact toll.

In a statement posted on social media platform X on Thursday, OCHA reported that key crossings for aid into Gaza have been closed for several days, making access to the Palestinian enclave unsafe and logistically unfeasible.

Though the support for Palestine to become a full member of the UN is heartening, it does not alleviate the suffering of its people

The Indian staffer, Waibhav Anil Kale, 46, was a former Indian Army officer and was working for the United Nations (UN).

No other region experiences more climate disasters than Asia, which has warmed faster than the global average since 1960

"In its ruling on Thursday, the ICJ stated that Israel must promptly and fully cooperate with the United Nations to guarantee the unrestricted provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian aid by all parties involved.

Though Iran says it does not want to be involved in a wider conflict, groups in its ‘Axis of Resistance’openly proclaim their solidarity with Palestinians

In a statement on Friday, UNRWA Chief Philippe Lazzarini noted that "half of the aid requests we've submitted to the north have been rejected since the beginning of the year."

Information Technology, Electronics & Communications department has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the 1M1B Foundation to set up the Green Skills Academy

Over 1 billion people live in ‘slums’ and are left dangerously exposed to heat stress by gaps in climate monitoring

Israel has so far failed to achieve either of its primary war aims: the destruction of Hamas and freedom for the remainder of the 240 Israelis taken hostage on October 7

UN Human Rights Office's spokesperson Seif Magango reported that more than 50 strikes occurred in central Gaza on December 24-25, targeting the refugee camps of Bureij, Nuseirat, and Maghazi, where two strikes hit seven residential buildings, killing at least 86 people

President of India Droupadi Murmu appreciated the Pochampally Ikat handloom weavers for passing on the art of weaving to the future generations and creating new trends in fashion designing