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International Youth Day 2025: Theme for this year, history, significance and moreInternational Youth Day, celebrated annually on August 12, highlights the importance of empowering young people. The 2025 theme focuses on ...
International Mountain Day 2023: Date, theme, history, significance and key factsMountains are vital for human existence and livelihoods as they provide essential resources like freshwater, energy, and food. Conserving t...
World Wildlife Day: Why is it celebrated on March 3? Know the significance of CITES agreement on its 50th anniversaryDiscover the reason behind the Annual observance of UN World Wildlife Day and the landmark CITES for protecting flora and fauna.
What India’s overtaking of China's population means in 5 chartsIndia’s population remains largely rural, unlike China’s. Even as both countries are seeing workers migrate to megacities seeking better pr...
Must consider environmental dimension of justice now: President Droupadi Murmu"I wonder what would the animals and trees around us tell us if they could speak. What would our rivers say about human history and what wo...
2020 saw environment bounce back to its glory, even if temporarilyAccording to the Central Pollution Control Board, there was a significant improvement in air quality during lockdown (from March 22 to May ...
View: Nature has to be central in the post-Covid economyThe current pandemic has made evident the extent of global interconnectness between our economies, health, environments and, more broadly, ...
India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
Visaka receives global IEC certification for ATUM PV modulesATUM, which the company claims as the world’s first integrated solar roof, has passed the stringent solar PV module tests prescribed under ...
Antonio Guterres says he highly appreciates India's support to his UN reform proposalOn the first day of his visit to India, the Secretary-General will formally open the new UN House in New Delhi.
Mahatma Gandhi's message of communal harmony and tolerance remains as relevant as ever: Antonio Guterres, UN chiefHe said India has a special role to play in the global effort for democratisation and the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger around ...
UN chief Antonio Guterres to visit India in OctoberThe UN chief will also be participating in the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention the same day as well as the fourth annive...
Can't allow our seas to turn into zones of contention: IndiaThe rapid economic growth across oceans is proof that the world's economic engines are purring to a new tune in the 21st century. We must t...
Election to UN-Habitat is recognition of India's efforts: Venkaiah NaiduUN-Habitat is an organ of the United Nations promoting sustainable human settlements across the globe.
UN Chief names Indian for urban development panelSheela Patel, a Padmashree awardee, is Founder and Director of the SPARC and a global expert on urban poverty alleviation and advocacy for ...
CAG Shashi Kant Sharma signs 27 audit reports at UN's Board of Auditors sessionSharma also met Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet of the United Nations and discussed the present status of the auditing work of the UN and ...
India elected to four key subsidiary bodies of UN ECOSOCIndia was elected by acclamation, a form of election that does not use a ballot, to the subsidiary bodies of the UN Economic and Social Cou...