Nicosia, July 6 (IANS) India’s High Commissioner to Cyprus, Manish, on Monday congratulated Major K P Singh, the Staff Officer at United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), on being awarded the United Nations (UN) Medal.”High Commissioner Mr Manish participated in the UNFICYP medal Parade at the UN Cyprus HQs hosted by Lt. Gen. Mohd. Asadullah Minhazul Alam, Force Commander of UN Cyprus, in the presence of Mr Khassim Diagne, SRSG and Head of Mission, members of the diplomatic communi…
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New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The appeal by the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the Indian government for assistance underscores the depth of the crisis unfolding in the region.Protests have continued across PoK for more than a month, with neither the demonstrators nor the Pakistani establishment showing any signs of backing down.An official said that the nature of the appeal is particularly worrying, as people in PoK are seeking medicines and essential food supplies from India. This, th…
United Nations, July 6 (IANS) As artificial intelligence races at “runaway speed”, the UN launched on Monday a global meeting to ponder the existential question posed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: Will humanity “shape this transformation together — or let it shape us”? “Today, that question has an answer — right here, at this Global Dialogue on AI Governance,” he said. “For the first time, every country has a seat at the table, and we have a shared base of evidence.””Some lines, once …
Geneva, July 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) Kirti Vardhan Singh arrived in Switzerland’s Geneva on Sunday to participate at the inaugural United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance. India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Arindam Bagchi, welcomed the minister at the airport.”Hon’ble MoS for External Affairs; and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh arrived in Geneva today to participate in the Global Dialogue on …
New Delhi, July 7: China, on July 1, 2026, did not merely bring a new statute into force – it gave legal language to a long-running project of cultural control. The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress is presented by Beijing as a framework for harmony among China’s 56 officially recognised ethnic groups. But for Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, Hui, Kazakhs and others, its real danger lies in how it turns identity into a matter of state discipline. Across the world, Tibetan organisations and…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, will lead the Indian delegation at the inaugural United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Switzerland’s Geneva on July 6-7. The Global Dialogue on AI Governance is a universal, multi-stakeholder UN forum created under General Assembly Resolution 79/325, following the Global Digital Compact adopted as part of the Pact of the Future in September 2024, according to the statement released by t…
Washington, July 4 (IANS) China has been using Pakistan as a strategic conduit to advance its interests. The recent defence deal between Pakistan and the Libyan National Army, involving 16 JF-17 fighter jets, training aircraft and a broader military package worth more than $4 billion, illustrates how Beijing can expand its defence footprint while avoiding direct criticism, a report has stated. The deal has drawn condemnation for potentially weakening the United Nations arms embargo on Libya, esc…
United Nations, July 4 (IANS) In a significant recognition of India’s enduring contribution to global peacekeeping efforts, 651 Indian Army personnel serving under the United Nations were awarded the United Nations Medal during a ceremonial Medal Parade held at the Permanent Operating Base Sake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Army announced on Saturday. The medals were conferred on the peacekeepers during a ceremony held on Friday, July 3.The event was attended by senior offic…
Juba, July 3 (IANS) South Sudan is rapidly approaching a critical tipping point as humanitarian demands outpace the current international response, two United Nations (UN) agencies warned on Friday.The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organisation jointly noted that a devastating mix of escalating local conflict, climate shocks, and a severely underfunded aid budget has pushed the nation into its gravest hunger crisis since independence, Xinhua news agency reported.Due to acutely …
Beijing, July 3 (IANS) China’s new Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which came into effect on July 1, is pushing the ethnic minorities to integrate with Chinese identity and mandating that parents guide their children to “love” the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The law also “bans acts that ‘undermine ethnic unity or create ethnic division’ among China’s 56 officially recognised ethnicities, which include a Han Chinese majority that makes up over 90 per cent of the country’s …