Searched for
HUMANITARIAN CRISES AND MIGRATION
India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...- Cuba readies for first Russian oil shipment of the year as energy crisis deepensCuba anticipates its first Russian oil shipment this year amid ongoing power outages. A Russian tanker carrying 730,000 barrels is en route...
- US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to 'adapt or die'The United States has pledged two billion dollars for UN humanitarian aid. This move comes as the administration seeks reforms within the w...
- Over 72,000 migrants dead, disappeared globally since 2014: UNMore than 72,000 deaths and disappearances have been documented along migration routes around the world in the past decade, most of them in...
- International cooperation flatlined, some hope in climate finance, trade: WEFInternational cooperation has stagnated amid geopolitical tensions, with peace and security seeing the sharpest decline. However, progress ...
- Global Cooperation at a crossroads: Possibility amid rising geopolitical uncertainty: WEFInternational cooperation has stagnated due to rising geopolitical tensions, but progress in climate finance, trade, and technology offers ...
- Pope Francis calls for universal ban on surrogacy in global roundup of threats to peace and human dignity"I consider despicable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and t...
- One in four people in Asia, Pacific will be above 60 by 2050: UNFPAOne in four people in Asia and the Pacific will be above the age of 60 by 2050 and more than half of them will be women. The rate of increa...
- UAE publishes discussion paper on urgent threat of global water scarcityPublished by the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the sidelines of the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly in New Yor...
- "Agnipath is game-changer for Armed Forces," says book that marks nine-year anniversary of Modi governmentThe primary focus of India's foreign policy remains its immediate neighbourhood, under the 'Neighborhood First Policy'. This is supported b...
- India calls for 'purposeful engagement' by Russia, Ukraine in ongoing talks, hope understanding could be reached soonRussia and Ukraine held the latest round of talks on Tuesday in Istanbul. Moscow said that it will significantly scale back military operat...
- Budget: Child rights NGOs demand increased allocation for elimination of child labourExecutive Director Kailash Satyarthi Foundation Jyoti Mathur said the overall percentage share of budget allocation for children in the Uni...
- More than half of Afghans face 'acute' food crisis: UN agencieshe crisis is already bigger in scale than that facing Yemen or Syria, and worse than any food insecurity emergency apart from the Democrati...
- Mideast in shambles, but the world has moved on for nowThe situation in the Middle East has deteriorated significantly in more countries and in more ways in the last two years. Lebanon, Syria, I...
- EU ministers to weigh Afghan security, migrant challengesAfghans are among the biggest group of nationalities seeking sanctuary in Europe, after Syrians. According to some EU estimates, around 570...
- 2019 on course to be the second or third warmest year on record: ReportThe provisional report also took note of a number of record high temperatures in India, including 48 degree Celsius at New Delhi Airport on...
- Tillerson to visit India, Pakistan next weekTillerson will make Saudi Arabia his first stop on the week-long tour where he is expected to meet Saudi leaders and discuss the conflict i...
- MJ Akbar to address at UNGA summit for refugees, migrantsExternal Affairs minister M J Akbar will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts of different nations on the sidelines of the session.
- India has largest diaspora population in world: UN reportIndia ranked 12th out of these 20 countries, hosting 5.2 million migrants in 2015, a drop from 7.5 million in 1990.
- Agencies need $ 3.4 bn more to tackle global crisesThe UN agencies and various NGOs are facing major shortfall in resources to respond to growing global food shortages and environmental disa...
Load More
