Reliance Foundation: Building new ideas to strengthen early action during disasters, Reliance Foundation and the United Nations India convened stakeholders from the Global South to deliberate multi-hazard, multi-stakeholder approaches to …
Reliance Foundation organises a program on Odisha Disasters Read More
New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the United Nations World Geospatial International Congress, via video message, today. Welcoming International Delegates, the Prime Minister said, “the people of India …
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Rome/Bhubaneshwar: Odisha’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took the stage at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome to share the transformational progress by the state on strengthening …
Naveen shares Odisha’s achievements on food security at WFP headquarters in Rome Read More
The Samikhsya Bureau NEW DELHI: Deforestation rates are significantly lower in indigenous and tribal territories where governments have formally recognized collective land rights, according to a new report launched, Food …
Indigenous and tribal people are ‘the best guardians’ of forests Read More
United Nations: Negotiations for reforming the Security Council has been postponed indefinitely dealing the decades-long unproductive process a further setback. Reem Abaza, the spokesperson for UNGA President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, said on …
UN Security Council reform dealt setback; negotiations shelved Read More
United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he has decided to extend the current telecommuting arrangements at UN headquarters in New York through June 30. “After consulting with senior …
UN chief extends telecommuting arrangements to June 30 Read More
United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to do more to address various challenges faced by young people who are encountering such problems as inadequate participation opportunities …
UN chief urges more efforts to address challenges faced by young people Read More
United Nations: A United Nations spokesman said that as of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the entire UN system across the world, including three deaths. “As …
189 UN staffers infected with COVID-19 Read More