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June 20, 2021

New IT rules 'designed to empower' ordinary users of social media: India to UNHRC

The communication from United Nation Human Rights Council special branch follows a stand-off between the micro-blogging platform Twitter and the government

May 29, 2021
India hits out at UN General Assembly president for comments on Jammu and Kashmir

Volkan Bozkir, at a press conference in Islamabad along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday, said it was 'Pakistan's duty' to bring the issue of the Jammu and Kashmir more strongly to the UN.
May 24, 2021
Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, UN to launch Gaza aid appeal

Egyptian mediators have been shuttling between Israel and the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Hamas, to try to sustain the ceasefire and have also met the Islamist group's rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the occupied West Bank.
May 17, 2021
Israel launches dozens of strikes as Gaza fighting enters second week

Roads, security buildings, militants' training camps and houses were bombed in Israeli attacks that seemed to be focused on Gaza City.
April 28, 2021
'Indian strain' of coronavirus found in 17 countries: WHO

The B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV2 or the 'Indian strain', feared to be contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India, has been designated as the Variants of Interest by the WHO, the UN health agency said in its weekly epidemiological update on Tuesday.
April 28, 2021
India declines UN's offer of assistance from integrated supply chain, says it has 'robust system'

As India battles a crippling surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, the United Nations has been in touch at various levels with authorities in India.
March 29, 2021
Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

Mourners fled the shooting at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung in Bago near the commercial capital Yangon and there were no immediate reports of casualties, three people in the town told Reuters.

United Nations

New IT rules 'designed to empower' ordinary users of social media: India to UNHRC

India hits out at UN General Assembly president for comments on Jammu and Kashmir

Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, UN to launch Gaza aid appeal

Israel launches dozens of strikes as Gaza fighting enters second week

'Indian strain' of coronavirus found in 17 countries: WHO

India declines UN's offer of assistance from integrated supply chain, says it has 'robust system'

Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

India heeds UN call, rescue misson on to save adrift Rohingya refugees

US seeks to return to UN human rights body

Rohingya vessel in Indian waters, UNHCR calls for 'immediate' rescue