70 years after South Africa's women challenged apartheid, some say their freedom isn't completeSouth Africa marks seventy years since the 1956 Women's March against apartheid laws. Many women still face significant gender-based violen...
08 Aug, 2026, 11.51 AM IST
Regime change? Inside Reza Pahlavi's faltering bid to lead IranReza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah, is facing growing questions over his leadership ambitions despite years of campaigning fo...
28 Jul, 2026, 10.32 PM IST
Since 2016, China has turned phone users' daily purchases into 122 million real trees; the digital forest now covers 112,000 hectares of drylandAn innovative Chinese app called Ant Forest encourages users to adopt greener habits. Everyday low-carbon actions earn users virtual points...
25 Jul, 2026, 08.24 PM IST
When Being a Family Business Becomes a Competitive AdvantageFamily businesses often underestimate the strategic power of their familial identity, defaulting instead to corporate models that erode the...
20 Jul, 2026, 01.06 PM IST
In Mexico, World Cup revives pain of missing loved onesAs the World Cup returns to Mexico, mothers like Norma Laguna are reminded of their missing children, a grim reality for over 135,000 famil...
24 Jun, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
Palestinian Embassy calls for urgent medical aid: "If not India and Indian people, then who?"Palestine's Embassy in India has issued a dire plea for immediate medical aid, warning of a healthcare sector collapse due to ongoing confl...
20 Jun, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
- US pays about $160 million of nearly $4 billion it owes United Nations
The United States has paid USD 160 million towards its substantial UN dues. This payment is for the UN's regular budget. The UN had warned ...
20 Feb, 2026, 12.31 AM IST
UN says it could have zero cash by July as US withholds duesU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned member states that the United Nations faces an “imminent financial collapse” due to unpa...
31 Jan, 2026, 06.39 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
Coronavirus-driven debt crisis threatens poor countries already at risk, says UN reportIn its report, the UN-led Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development explores the steps that governments must take to avert debt ...
11 Apr, 2020, 09.40 AM IST
UN's financial crisis real, we need a solution that works: IndiaThe UN owes India USD 38 million, among the highest it has to pay to any country, for peacekeeping operations.
07 Jun, 2019, 10.51 AM IST
- UN says financial crisis boosts organized crime
Financial crisis offers organized crime a unique opportunity to return to the global banking systems from which it had been barred by sanct...
09 Jul, 2009, 04.44 AM IST
- UN chief says crisis could result in failed states
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned that failing to act to halt global economic crisis could lead to widespread social unrest and failed states, ah...
02 Apr, 2009, 06.17 AM IST
- Reddy appointed to UN panel on financial crisis
Former RBI Governor Y V Reddy is among members of a high-level panel of economists appointed by UN General Assembly President Miguel d'Esco...
15 Nov, 2008, 03.57 PM IST
- Financial crash could deepen food crisis: UN
Govts should avoid reducing aid to developing countries' agriculture and introducing protectionist trade measures in response to the global...
15 Oct, 2008, 03.53 PM IST
- Left calls for reform of multilateral institutions
CPI has called for reform of multilateral institutions to ensure "full" participation of developing countries so as to achieve "genuine" co...
14 Oct, 2008, 09.05 AM IST
- Global financial crisis hangs over UN General Assembly debate
World leaders open their annual UN debate here Tuesday, with top geopolitical issues like the crisis in Georgia, Iran's nuclear ambitions a...
23 Sep, 2008, 08.00 AM IST