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India pays $37.64 million to UN regular budget for 2025, joins 35 member states
India has paid USD 37.64 million to the UN Regular Budget for 2025, joining 35 member states who met their payment obligations on time
Published on Feb 04, 2025 09:31 AM IST
PTI |
Get Set, Go... 2020
Battling disease, checking pollution, protecting global biodiversity... a checklist of targets to be met by the coming year
Updated on Dec 27, 2019 07:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
World Food Day 2019: Significance, history, date and theme
World Food Day 2019: The United Nation Organisation’s Food and Agriculture Association (FAO) was established on 16th October in 1945. To commemorate this day, World Food Day is celebrated every year with a new theme.
Updated on Oct 16, 2019 11:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Neharika Prakash
Terror gravest threat to Asia: S Jaishankar
Addressing the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit in the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe, he said many of the 26 member states of the grouping were victims of terrorism.
Updated on Jun 15, 2019 09:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
India slams secrecy in working of UN’s terrorism sanctions panel
Without having to publicly justify its decision, China had blocked Azhar’s designation as a terrorist for 10 years in the secretive al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee, which deals with groups and people associated with it and the Islamic State.
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 01:38 PM IST
United Nations | Indo Asian News Service
Plea to WHO: Don’t approve traditional Chinese medicine
Wildlife scientists around the globe have warned about TCM’s alleged ties to the decline of wild animals, especially threatened big cats.
Published on May 21, 2019 04:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | HT Correspondent
Participation in Asean, East Asia summits a sign of continued commitment, says PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is participating in the Asean-India and East Asia Summits in Singapore on November 14-15.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Bimstec to launch ambitious land, air, sea transport plan
The draft connectivity master plan has been arrived at after over a decade of discussions at various levels.
Updated on Sep 17, 2018 08:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta & Jayanth Jacob
Bimstec officials discuss charter, development fund
A technical team will be formed to finalise the modalities of the Bimstec Development Fund while another team will draft the charter of the grouping.
Updated on Aug 29, 2018 08:11 AM IST
Anil Giri
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth backs son Charles to take on Commonwealth role
The Commonwealth evolved out of the British empire in the mid-20th century, and the Queen has been its head since her reign began in 1952.
Updated on Apr 19, 2018 09:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
SAARC nations’ business leaders discuss regional economic integration in Nepal
At the conclave, SAARC Secretary General Amjad Hussain Sial highlighted the importance of regional economic integration.
Updated on Mar 17, 2018 09:11 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Kathmandu | Press Trust of India