India contributes $260,000 for memorial at UN

India has contributed USD 260,000 for a permanent memorial unveiled at the UN headquarters to honour the victims of slavery and transatlantic slave trade. The 'Ark of Return' was unveiled on......

UN declares June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'

Less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea, the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as 'International Day......

India gets re-elected to UN Human Rights Council

In a significant victory, India has been re-elected to the UN's main human rights body for the period of 2015-17, receiving the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. India is currently......

In US for second visit, PM Modi has a packed schedule

PM Narendra Modi gets a grand welcome from the Indian American community in New York. Photograph: SnapsIndia Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in New York on Thursday on his second visit......

Modi arrives in US; packed schedule ahead of him

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here on Thursday on his second visit to the US, has a packed schedule ahead of him, during which he will address world leaders at a landmark UN sustainable......

Focus on production by masses: India tells UN

India has called for giving impetus to ‘production by the masses,’ saying predominantly agrarian nations like it should generate mass manufacturing and foster industrialisation to......

India signs info exchange pact with 2 tax havens

To help in its efforts to crack down on suspected black money stashed abroad, India has entered into an information exchange pact with Saint Kitts and Nevis, a two-island Carribean country,......