India, China and Pakistan among 10 countries that account for 95% of HIV cases, according to UN’s latest report
Lifestyle | July 21, 2017 15:53 ISTThe numbers are sadly shocking in India, Pakistan and China
The numbers are sadly shocking in India, Pakistan and China
The 193- member General Assembly passed a unanimous resolution to create the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism that will be headed by an undersecretary general.
The UN chief, who is presently visiting Kabul, offered his good offices to promote cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan to jointly fight the menace of terrorism.
Yamamoto said that the UN chief’s surprise visit to Kabul signalled the United Nations’ solidarity with the Afghan people.
The report said that New Delhi is increasingly worried about China’s build-up of military forces and infrastructure along the disputed Sino-Indian border.
Indian Navy diving and medical teams have been deployed to assist Sri Lanka Navy operations in the flood-hit southwestern region.
In a snub to Pakistan, the United Nations on Wednesday refuted allegations that its observers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) came under attack from the Indian Army.
More than two-thirds of around 1.2 million deaths of adolescents due to preventable causes such as road accident injuries and suicide took place in low- and middle-income countries including India in 2015, the WHO said.
Vindicating India's stand on Kulbhushan Jadhav death sentence, a UN panel has asked Islamabad to transfer criminal cases against civilians from military courts to civilian courts.
Indian on Monday sought an immediate suspension of the death sentence awarded to alleged spy Kulbushan Jadhav in Pakistan saying there was a fear that he may be executed even before the decision of the international court.
Pakistan on Monday raised the Kashmir issue with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) envoys.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is keeping a tab on developments relating to India and Pakistan and he is in favour of dialogue between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres is "paying attention" to the India-Pakistan border tension, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric .
A survey by the UN Economic and Social Council for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) on Monday said that that India's growth rate is expected to reach 7.5 per cent in 2018 driven by higher private and public consumption and increased infrastructure spending.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin on Thursday announced that New Delhi has won elections to two subsidiary bodies of a UN organ focussed on social and economic issues.
The central government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that India has not signed or ratified over 200 conventions, protocols and agreements adopted by the United Nations (UN).
The United Nations today refused to comment on the death sentence awarded to former Indian Naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is all set to become the youngest-ever “Mesanger of Peace” of the United Nations (UN).
The United States on Wednesday hinted that it will take its own action in Syria unless the UN Security Council moves to prevent the use of chemical weapons in the war-torn country.
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