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Big moment as street in New York co-named after Ganesh temple
Rediff.com4 Apr 2022Established in 1977, The Hindu Temple Society of North America Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam, popularly known as the Ganesh temple, is regarded as the first and oldest Hindu temple in North America.
More transmissible Covid variant found, can't reduce surveillance now: WHO
Rediff.com2 Apr 2022The World Health Organisation said in its latest update that the XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2) was first detected in the UK on January 19 and more than 600 sequences have been reported and confirmed since then.
In contact with India, others on mediation bids to end Ukraine war: UN chief
Rediff.com29 Mar 2022United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that he has been in 'very close contact' with India and other countries on mediation efforts towards bringing an end to the war in Ukraine.
India's 2022 GDP growth downgraded to 4.6%
Rediff.com24 Mar 2022India's projected economic growth for 2022 has been downgraded by over two per cent to 4.6% by the United Nations, a decrease attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from trade sanctions, food inflation, tightening policies and financial instability, according to a UN report released on Thursday. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report downgraded its global economic growth projection for 2022 to 2.6 per cent from 3.6 per cent due to shocks from the Ukraine war and changes in macroeconomic policies that put developing countries particularly at risk. The report said while Russia will experience a deep recession this year, significant slowdowns in growth are expected in parts of Western Europe and Central, South and South-East Asia.
India yet again abstains from UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine
Rediff.com24 Mar 2022The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the draft resolution 'Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine' by Ukraine and its western allies, with 140 nations voting in favour, five against and 38 abstentions. India abstained on the resolution.
India abstains on Russia-led resolution at UNSC, China votes in favour
Rediff.com24 Mar 2022India, along with 12 other United Nations Security Council members, abstained on a resolution by Russia on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
As global Covid cases rise, WHO chief warns it's juts tip of the iceberg
Rediff.com17 Mar 2022Fresh cases of Covid-19 are again spiking globally, especially in parts of Asia, after several weeks of decline and this rise is "just the tip of the iceberg", World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned.
India questions UN resolution on Int'l Day to Combat Islamophobia
Rediff.com16 Mar 2022The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, introduced by Pakistan's ambassador Munir Akram under agenda item culture of peace, to proclaim March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of impeding humanitarian corridors
Rediff.com8 Mar 2022Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told the UN Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine on Monday that "Ukraine deeply regrets that more than 2,000 citizens of India, China, Turkey, Pakistan and other countries suffer today along with Ukrainians from Russian aggression."
No safe corridor for students in Sumy despite repeated urgings: India to UN
Rediff.com8 Mar 2022"We have also assisted nationals from other countries, who approached us, in their return to their respective countries. And we will remain open to doing so in the coming days."
Russia ready to evacuate Indian students: Envoy tells UNSC
Rediff.com5 Mar 2022Russia has informed the United Nations Security Council that Russian buses are ready at crossing points to go to the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Sumy to evacuate Indian students and other foreign nationals who are stranded there, amidst the raging conflict in the East European country.
Ukrainians 'forcibly' holding over 3,700 Indians, reiterates Russia
Rediff.com5 Mar 2022Russia's Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia told an emergency UN Security Council meeting following the attack on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in Ukraine, that radicals and extremists in Ukraine 'were and are' under the 'close guardianship and protection' of Western nations.
India abstains from UNHRC vote on Russia, again
Rediff.com4 Mar 2022The countries voting in favour included France, Germany, Japan, Nepal, The United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Ukraine: India abstains on UNGA resolution deploring Russia
Rediff.com3 Mar 2022"India has been deeply concerned over the rapidly deteriorating situation in Ukraine and the ensuing humanitarian crisis," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said.
Ready to help stranded from neighbouring, developing nations: India
Rediff.com1 Mar 2022Tirumurti voiced deep concern for the safety and security of thousands of Indian citizens, including students, stranded in Ukraine.
India calls for end to violence, says honest dialogue can bridge differences
Rediff.com1 Mar 2022India has said that it was deeply concerned over the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and reiterated its call for immediate cessation of violence and end to hostilities.
Russia, Ukraine clash in UNGA's rare emergency session on escalating crisis
Rediff.com1 Mar 2022With the adoption of the UNSC resolution on Sunday, it was for the first time in 40 years that the council decided to call for an emergency special session in the General Assembly.
India abstains on vote to call emergency UNGA session on Ukraine
Rediff.com28 Feb 2022India abstained from a procedural vote taken in the United Nations Security Council to call for a rare special emergency session of the UN General Assembly on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, even as New Delhi welcomed Moscow and Kyiv's decision to hold talks at the Belarus border.
Explaining UNSC abstention, India bats for talks to end Ukraine war
Rediff.com26 Feb 2022Tirumurti also said India is 'deeply concerned' about the welfare and security of the Indian community, including a large number of Indian students, in Ukraine.
Should've voted to stop war: Ukraine to India, China
Rediff.com26 Feb 2022"I am saddened, however, that there is a small, handful of members that seem to be still tolerating the war," Sergiy Kyslytsya said after the Security Council voted on the United States-led draft resolution.