United Nations, Jan 8 (IANS) A latest report has projected India to be again the fastest growing major economy this year at 6.6 per cent, demonstrating a resilience undeterred by the upheavals in trade and the US tariffs.The UN’s flagship economic report attributed some of its performance to “recent tax reforms and monetary easing”.India’s “resilient private consumption and strong public investment”, the report said, “should largely offset the drag from higher United States tariffs…
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United Nations, Jan 6 (IANS) Facing criticism at the Security Council from allies and adversaries for capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the US has defended it as a “a law enforcement operation” and not a war. At the Council’s emergency meeting on Monday, France and Britain, US allies with permanent membership on the Council, lobbed mild criticism at Washington from an international law perspective. The other two permanent members, China and Russia, lashed out at the US, demanding …
United Nations, Jan 4 (IANS) The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday on the US operation against Venezuela, the council presidency said.”The presidency intends to hold the emergency meeting on Monday morning at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT),” said Khadija Ahmed, spokeswoman for the Somali Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Somalia holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of January, Xinhua news agency reported.The United States launched an operation…
United Nations, Jan 3 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply alarmed” by the US action on Saturday in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro and called it “a dangerous precedent”. Guterres’s Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general is worried the military action “has potential worrying implications for the region”.“Independently of the situation in Venezuela, these developments constitute a dangerous precedent”, the spokesperson said in …
United Nations, Dec 30 (IANS) Warning that the world is surrounded by “chaos and uncertainty”, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his New Year message that was also issued in a Hindi version for the first time, appealed for prioritising development aid over military spending.“On this new year, let’s resolve to get our priorities straight.”, he said. “A safer world begins by investing more in fighting poverty and less in fighting wars”.”Peace must prevail,” he declared.As the In…
United Nations, Dec 29 (IANS) As the Security Council wallowed in veto-induced inertia in 2025, the UN’s peace-making initiatives moved away towards the White House, which brokered an end to the seemingly intractable Gaza conflict and put others like that between Thailand and Cambodia in check.Yet also, in a symbol of the UN’s enduring global influence, US President Donald Trump, who had constantly denigrated the UN, had to get the Council’s stamp of approval for potential partners to sign…
United Nations, Dec 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres unequivocally condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a mosque in Homs, Syria, his spokesperson said in a statement.The attack occurred during Friday prayers at the Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab neighborhood of Homs, according to the statement issued by spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, Xinhua news agency reported.Guterres reiterated that attacks against civilians and places of worship are unacceptable, stressing …