20 aid trucks enter Gaza; not enough, says UN chief

United Nations leaders and agencies have welcomed the entry of a humanitarian aid convoy into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt but noted that it is only a small beginning, still far......

Iranian Nuclear Deterrent On the Horizon

The crises of the 21st century, 9/11, the economic meltdown, COVID-19, Russia-Iran war and the Hamas-Israel war seem to be never ending. In this situation, Iran might be contemplating a nuclear......

Putin's North Korea Gamble

Russia's unprecedented rapprochement with North Korea has raised concerns about the re-emergence of a Russia-China-North Korea alliance which could increase the probability of conflict on the......

Can India Raise Its Game, Quickly?

Even as India strives to climb the development mountain, the fact is that the mountaintop is already crowded.If it got there in 2047, India would be very much a late-comer, observes T N Ninan.......

India slips 2 spot to 132 in UN Human Development Index

India ranked 132 out of 191 countries in the 2021 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Kindly note that this image has been......

'The real GDP was captured better'

'Revision of the base year for both CPI and GDP are long overdue.''The basic data that went into the 2011-2012 series were mainly from surveys done in 2011 or earlier.''We have since seen the......

'India can continue to be fastest growing economy this decade'

'With a solid investment programme and sustainable development strategy, India can exceed 7 per cent growth per year, or a doubling of high-quality national income within a decade.' Illustration:......

India's top 10 states with lowest poverty

1. Delhi Amidst acute poverty across South Asia, the five states of Delhi, Kerala, Goa, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have the least number of poor people in India, according to a new measure of......

Sharapova to resume as UN goodwill ambassador in April

Maria Sharapova will be allowed to resume her role as a United Nations (UN) goodwill ambassador when her drug suspension ends in April, the body said on Thursday.Five-times Grand Slam champion......

U.N. suspends Maria Sharapova as goodwill ambassador

IMAGE: Russia's Maria Sharapova. Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters. Maria Sharapova has been suspended as a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations after the former world number one admitted......

Ronaldo, Zidane to play UN charity match

World champion footballers and United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors Ronaldo and Zindine Zidane have announced that the 8th Annual Match Against Poverty will raise funds for the nearly 25 million......