UN chief proposes slashing 2026 budget by $577 million, cutting 18% of jobsThe UN faces a significant cash crisis, prompting Secretary-General Guterres to propose a $577 million budget cut and over 18% job reductio...
02 Dec, 2025, 07.37 AM IST
UN may cut staff by 20%, internal memo saysThe United Nations plans to reduce its budget by 20 percent. Around 6,900 jobs may be cut. This is due to a financial crisis. The United St...
30 May, 2025, 07.11 AM IST
WHO must cut budget by fifth after US pullout: emailThe World Health Organization, facing a funding gap of nearly $600 million in 2025, plans to cut its budget by 21% due to reduced US contri...
29 Mar, 2025, 07.14 PM IST
UN's peace building efforts struggling due to inadequate funding: India"The funds available for UN peacebuilding efforts are not even 1 per cent of the annual budget for UN peacekeeping," India said.
25 Apr, 2018, 05.51 PM IST
Economic development, military modernisation must go together: General RawatGen Rawat, quoting an internal study by the Army, said 35-37 per cent of the annual budget given to the force contributes towards nation bu...
01 Mar, 2018, 05.24 PM IST
US to review UN peacekeeping missionsNikki Haley said UN members have too often been bogged down in parochial questions, spending a lot of time worrying about which country or ...
30 Mar, 2017, 08.20 AM IST
Budget 2017 proposals receive mixed reaction from pharma sectorThe life sciences sector had great expectations from the Budget not only from a fiscal incentive perspective but also from a regulatory ang...
01 Feb, 2017, 07.49 PM IST
Budget 2016: To really transform India, focus on women firstMarkers like allocations for women’s ministries and Gender Budget Statement (GBS) can help assess the gender responsiveness of this Budget.
01 Mar, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
$650 billion spent on climate projects globally in 2011-12UN reports that "around 95 per cent of global total climate finance is spent on mitigation or cutting emissions with 5 per cent on adaptati...
04 Dec, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
UN General Assembly approves $5.53 billion budget for 2014-15The United Nations General Assembly has approved a $5.53 billion budget for 2014-2015, about one per cent lower than that of the previous b...
28 Dec, 2013, 11.56 AM IST
Rail Budget 2013: Amenities announced for differently-abled and elderlyThere would also be a provision of wheel chairs and battery operated vehicles at more stations and coaches would be made wheel-chair friend...
26 Feb, 2013, 07.12 PM IST
NRIs fear DTC taxing properties in India: SICCINRI industrialists here have expressed apprehensions about proposed DTC, which may tax their properties and foreign currency deposits in In...
27 Mar, 2012, 04.16 AM IST
- UN budget cut by 5 per cent for 2012-13
The budget was approved by the 193-member UN General Assembly after night-long negotiations over the weekend.
28 Dec, 2011, 12.03 PM IST
- Railway-dependent stocks derail as Mamata Banerjee fails to charm Street
Kalindee Rail Nirman, CCI, Kernex Microsystems, Texmaco, Titagarh Wagons fell 3-13% as new projects failed to find space in the budget outl...
26 Feb, 2011, 06.50 AM IST
- UN proposes $4.88 billion budget
Almost nine out of 10 countries that belong to the United Nations have not paid their dues in full, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday.
22 Oct, 2009, 08.28 AM IST
- 'Rich nations use 48% of global carbon budget'
The UN's World Economic and Social Survey Report 2009 has backed India’s stand against industrialized nations on emissions.
03 Sep, 2009, 07.32 AM IST
- RITES to get Rs 117.75 crore for Iraq project
Government has approved a payment of Rs 117.75 crore to RITES Ltd for a project in Iraq, for which the money was held up due to UN-imposed ...
08 Apr, 2008, 05.36 PM IST