Panama's next president says he will shut down one of the world's busiest migration routesPanama's President-elect Jose Raul Mulino aims to close a major migration route, impacting 500,000 people. Organized crime involvement and ...
11 May, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
New UN migration chief says private sector 'desperate' to take migrants despite negative narrativeThe new head of the UN's migration agency, Amy Pope, emphasized the economic benefits of migration, stating that the private sector is eage...
02 Oct, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
41 migrants missing after new Mediterranean shipwreckForty-one migrants including three children are feared dead after being shipwrecked last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citin...
10 Aug, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
UN says UK migration bill contrary to international lawThe United Nations has criticised the UK’s new Illegal Migration Bill, stating it sets a worrying precedent for global migration. The Bill ...
18 Jul, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
Companies like Microsoft can help manage migration: Incoming UN migration chiefWashington's candidate Amy Pope, who beat her Portuguese boss Antonio Vitorino in an tense election last month to head the organisation, sa...
02 Jun, 2023, 12.40 PM IST
UN Chief welcomes positive steps announced by Biden administration on migration, refugeesOn his first day in office, Biden reversed some of former President Donald Trump's immigration policies, such as lifting a travel ban on pe...
21 Jan, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Harris's election as US' first woman VP a milestone for gender equality, says UN leadershipTop United Nations leadership hailed the election of Democrat Kamala Harris as America's first Black and South Asian-descent woman Vice Pre...
10 Nov, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee must apologise for suggesting referendum on CAA: Prakash Javadekar"It is shocking that Mamata Banerjee is talking about referendum. Who is the UN body to monitor the referendum? This is an insult to the 13...
20 Dec, 2019, 03.40 PM IST
Madrid climate talks to focus on unresolved issues“This year, we have seen accelerating climate change impacts, including increased droughts, storms and heat waves, with dire consequences f...
30 Nov, 2019, 11.06 PM IST
UN grappled with pressing issues in 2017;India won 3 electionsWith a victory in the closely-fought election at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's primary judicial branch, India showed t...
22 Dec, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
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.
19 Sep, 2016, 04.15 PM IST
Pakistan court sentences Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain to 81 years in jailMuttahida Qaumi Movement's fugitive chief was sentenced to 81 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan for making anti-state ...
12 Oct, 2015, 05.31 PM IST
UN asks SE Asian nations to abandon migrant "push back" policyUN today called the "push back" migrant ships policy of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia as "incomprehensible and inhumane".
15 May, 2015, 07.38 PM IST
BJP criticises Congress over treatment to migrants, slum dwellersRajnath Singh took a swipe at Centre and Delhi govt, saying internal migration have taken place due to wrong policies of Cong and if voted ...
29 Nov, 2013, 08.27 PM IST
- Chennai emerging as transit hub for illegal immigrants: UN
Chennai is fast emerging as the transit hub for illegal immigrants, especially Sri Lankan Tamils from LTTE dominated areas, going to Europe...
09 Feb, 2009, 05.29 PM IST
- Climate change a new factor in global tensions: EU
The risks of climate change have turned from a threat to reality impacting the conflict in Darfur, migration from flood-prone Bangladesh an...
07 Mar, 2008, 10.14 PM IST
- Bird flu can strike again, FAO warns India
India may be free from highly infectious bird flu now, but the UN agency Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned the government that t...
02 Mar, 2008, 02.00 PM IST