UNITED NATIONS - India has contributed an additional $1 million to the India-UN Development Partnership Fund earmarked for South-South cooperation. The contribution made on Thursday aims to intensify its partnerships with other developing countries, the UN Office of South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) said. India has pledged a multi-year contribution of $100 million to the fund established in June 2017, 

UNITED NATIONS - United States Permanent Representative Nikki Haley has condemned as "highly offensive" and "disgusting" rumours spread about her personal life by opponents of President Donald Trump that highlight the ugly underside of American politics. The Indian-American member of Trump's cabinet told Politico that rumours of her having an affair with the President were "absolutely not true." The rumours illustrate a persistent problem...

UNITED NATIONS - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday reaffirmed that India's economy is projected to grow by 7.4 percent in the next fiscal year, regaining the rank of the world's fastest-growing large economy as China slows down. Like India's improving economic performance, the global economy was also on the uptick, estimated to have grown by 3.7 percent last year and forecast to grow this year and the next by...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Children’s Fund has estimated that nearly 386,000 babies were born on New Year’s Day, with India heading the list with 69,070. More than 90 percent of the births took place in less developed regions, reports Xinhua news agency. The Unicef reported that globally over half the births were estimated to have taken place in nine countries: India (69,070), China (44,760), Nigeria (20,210), 

ROME - Despite generally stable food commodity prices, the cost of food imports will reach $1.413 trillion this year - a six percent rise from the previous year and the second highest figure on record, the United Nations said on Thursday. Pricier food imports will impact the world's least developed and poorest countries the most, causing double-digit increases in their food import bills, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's...

UNITED NATIONS - India has pledged to contribute $100 million to the India-UN Development Partnership Fund to help the poorest nations achieve the world organisation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to reduce poverty and raise the quality of life. Anjani Kumar, a Counsellor in India's UN Mission, announced the multi-year contribution at the 2017 UN Pledging Conference for Development Activities on Monday.

UNITED NATIONS - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has told the UN Security Council that over 800,000 Myanmar Rohingya were probably in the "most acute" situation. Grandi made the remarks about Rohingya refugees, as in comparison to 65 million to 66 million people forcibly displaced in the world, Xinhua news agency reported. "We spoke about some of the most complex crisis in Africa especially South Sudan, 

UNITED NATIONS - Meeting under the grim shadow of the overnight Las Vegas massacre, the leadership of the global organisation on Monday renewed its commitment to embodying Mahatma Gandhi's belief in the power of nonviolence. Gandhi's principle of nonviolence was the core principle of the UN, said General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak speaking at the observance of Gandhi Jayanti as the International Day of Nonviolence here.