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Sachin named UNEP's Goodwill Ambassador

Ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was Thursday named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme. Tendulkar will use his massive global popularity to raise awareness and harness......

PM Modi receives UN's highest environmental honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded with the United Nations’ highest environmental honour, bestowed upon five other individuals and organisations, for his leadership of the......

'Howdy, Modi': Houston all set to welcome PM

The gates of NRG Stadium will open at 6 am to accommodate and seat 50,000 people by 9 am, after which cultural programme will begin and continue till 10:30 am, and will be broadcast live......

Libya: Gaddafi struggles to hold on to power

Libya's embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday scrambled hard to stick to power as anti-regime protesters gained control of several eastern cities and the revolt moved closer to the capital......

The Perkovich Alternative: Inadequate Indeed

With all its negative elements, George Perkovich's critique of the India-US nuclear deal (Faulty Promises: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) is essentially sympathetic to India and its......

Indian green economist wins 'environment Nobel'

Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the ‘Nobel Prize for the......

5 Ways to Make India Inc Great

Arindam Banerji's strategic plan to make corporate India and the Indian nation forces to reckon with globally. The concludingsegmentof a three-part series.Part I: India Inc: What Next?Part II:......

Vikram is the youth envoy of UN Habitat

Catch the action in the Tamil film industry right here! Tamil actor Vikram has been selected as the Youth Envoy for the UN Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme). Out of the four......

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......

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......

Ebola unites football icons Zidane, Ronaldo

Zinedine Zidane, right, greets Ronaldo. Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images Football idols Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo will lead a star-studded team in a friendly match on Monday aimed at raising......

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......

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