The year 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with a global average temperature 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) confirmed......
Syrian insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that has seen them take over some of Syria's largest cities, according to media reports citing......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not address the annual debate at the United Nations General Assembly session later this month, according to a revised provisional list of speakers issued by the......
United States President Joe Biden has announced that Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah have accepted a United States-brokered peace deal that is designed to be a "permanent cessation" of hostilities......
India on Monday flagged "regrettable incidents" of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh at a meeting in Dhaka between the foreign secretaries of the two countries, where Dhaka called it 'misleading......
To alleviate poverty and create more jobs, entrepreneurs should impart skills, particularly to people in rural areas in countries like India, Hinduja Foundation US Chairperson Shanu SP Hinduja......
The United Nations on Wednesday pared down India’s growth forecast by 20 basis points to 5.8 per cent for 2023 calendar year, citing higher interest rates and risks of recession in the......
At $100, a laptop is still beyond the reach of children in many poor nations, the United Nations has told a renowned computer scientist, who is behind the highly ambitious 'one laptop per child'......
India's economy is projected to grow at 7.6 per cent in 2017 as investment regains momentum and manufacturing base strengthens on the back of structural reforms in the country, a UN study said,......
About 30 crore people still live in extreme poverty in India even as the Millennium Development Goal (MGD) programme will expire in December, a United Nations report has said. "Still nearly......
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will deliver a keynote speech at the International Olympic Committee session this week before the start of the Sochi winter Games, IOC President Thomas......