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 UNITED NATIONS - In an unprecedented warning delivered at this world forum, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened North Korea with total destruction if his country is forced to defend itself and its allies against the threats from Pyongyang. Delivering his first address to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, Trump said that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un "threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of life"
 ACCRA - Describing terrorism as the "gravest threat the world has faced since World War Two", Indian Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar has blamed the UN for the growth of international terrorism because of its inability to agree on its definition for the last two decades. Speaking at a function here to mark India's 71st Independence Day on Tuesday, Akbar said: "It would be naive to think that terrorists do not have political...
 WASHINGTON - The US, which has announced its backing for India's membership of the UN Security Council, is to raise the issue at the UN where Nikki Haley will take it up, the State Department has said. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, in answer to a question if UN ambassador and Indian American Haley would be raising the issue of India's membership at the United Nations, answered in the affirmative.
 CHANDIGARH - A Sikh organisation on Tuesday sought the UN's intervention in the matter of various countries banning certain religious symbols of the community. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has urged the UN Secretary General to pass a resolution in the General Assembly of the world body to give exemption to Sikhs residing in different countries to wear their religious symbols.
 UNITED NATIONS - India has condemned countries playing the terrorism "card" in international relations and criticised the double standards in dealing with terrorists while warning about the emerging "apocalyptic" threats. "Terrorism is an international threat that should not be allowed to serve national strategy," India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin said on Friday during a General Assembly debate on the report of...
 UNITED NATIONS - UN chief Antonio Guterres has reiterated the need for engagement and dialogue between India and Pakistan for peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue. The remarks were made by Guterres' spokesman Stephane Dujarric during a press briefing on Thursday. When asked: "Was the Secretary-General going to pay any attention to what is happening over there (Kashmir)?" or "we are just waiting for some sort of big tragedy...
 UNITED NATIONS - India, which plays the role of the world's pharmacy by producing affordable drugs, was the top supplier in the health sector to the UN system last year with total sales of nearly $804 million in pharmaceuticals and medical services, according to a report by the world body. Pharmaceuticals continued to be the main procurement category for India, the report said. The UN procured goods and service totaling...
 UNITED NATIONS - An animated yoga asana show lit up the iconic glass face of the UN headquarters on Sunday ahead of the Third International Yoga Day (IYD) celebrations in New York this week. Actor and activist Anupam Kher, who turned on the light show, said: "It's great, great feeling, personally for me as an Indian, as a citizen of the world and (with the global recognition of) yoga today." A "Yoga Session with Yoga Masters" is planned...
 UNITED NATIONS - The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has ranked India as the top global exporter of information, computer and telecommunications (ICT) services. The WIPO's Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2017 released on Wednesday, ranked India 60 for innovation, up from 66 last year. "We see the rise of India, which is doing increasingly well along many metrics," said the report's co-editor, Soumitra Dutta,
 UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Ovais Sarmad of India as the Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the forum where the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change was negotiated. Sarmad's appointment comes as the Paris Agreement faces a potential crisis if the US goes through with President Donald Trump's threat to disown it.
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