UNGA votes to suspend Russia from UNHRC, India among 58 nations to abstain

Russia was suspended from the UN Human Rights Council after the 193-member General Assembly on Thursday voted to adopt a resolution moved by the US that received 93 votes in favour and 58......

Change in authority in Kabul was neither through negotiations, nor inclusive: India

The change in authority in Kabul was neither through negotiations, nor inclusive, India said at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, underlining that it has consistently called for a......

India records largest reduction in poverty in 10 yrs, says UN report

About 273 million Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-6 and 2015-16, according to a United Nations report, which noted that India has recorded the largest reduction in the......

What got the world talking in 2014

The year 2014 is coming to an end. It was the year of conflict, the year of strife. Year 2014 will be remembered for several reasons -- the rise and threat of the Islamic State, the downing of two......

Sachs's initiative to end poverty

The fight to end poverty sometimes looks like an industry that depends on the poor's impoverished state for its own survival. Jeffrey Sachs's (noted US economist and Director of the Earth Institute......

Meet Bob Dhillon: Likely billionaire

Bob Dhillon will go on to become the first Sikh billionaire in North America. Predictions on these lines began when he went to do his MBA at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, nine......

A dummy's guide to immigration to the US

The Indian Merchants' Chamber and Cyrus Nallaseth's US immigration consultancy firm organised a seminar in Mumbai recently on the rules governing issuance of visas to foreigners by the United......

Young African footballers duped, dumped by traffickers

'More boys drop out of school to pursue football, pinning their hopes on the sport as a way to improve their lives' 'When you combine boys who want to leave Africa and dream of being the next......