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The human rights situation in some of Myanmar’s states is deteriorating, with reports of the use of human shields by the armed forces, while the situation of Rohingyas has become “more complicated”, a United Nations (UN) investigator has said
Firstpost / July 2017
Clarifies trade policies vis-à-vis WTO
Firstpost / July 2017
Torture is "routine and endemic" in Sri Lanka and the Tamil community in the country has taken the brunt of it, a UN expert has concluded at the end of a fact-finding mission to the island-nation.
Firstpost / July 2017
The UN adopts first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Disarmament advocates see hope although N-armed nations are unhappy
Governance Now / July 2017
About 5500 families in Colombo were reportedly evicted and relocated involving the military without due process or compensation
Firstpost / July 2017
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reviews Pakistan
Firstpost / July 2017
Interview of Husam Alkatlaby, executive director of the Violations Documentation Center, a Syrian organisation that had been documenting all violations of human rights in Syria
Governance Now / June 2017
Four American lawmakers write to Trump to pressure Indian government
Firstpost / June 2017
"Blatant" abuse of human rights in Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including the persecution of minorities, is creating a "cauldron of tumult" in the entire region, accuses India
Firstpost / June 2017
A recent resolution at the WHO shows it will be a long, winding path before all can afford cancer drugs
Governance Now / June 2017
This comes amidst reports that the international coalition is using US-led coalition is using white phosphorous both in Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria
Firstpost / June 2017
There were about 450 ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 2016, and the number of terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir increased by 50 percent over 2015, India says
Firstpost / June 2017
UN use of phrase 'Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir' is artificial, has an elected government in place, says India
Firstpost / June 2017
Repeated high-level requests for visits to both sides of LoC denied, says the UN
Firstpost / June 2017
India has been upgraded to a country where there is an ongoing transmission of the virus in the WHO registers
Firstpost / June 2017
Winning the election may have been the easier task compared to what awaits the new DG
Governance Now / May 2017
In a first, the UN health chief agency was chosen through a voting process by member states
Firstpost / May 2017
The country’s human rights record came up for periodic scrutiny by the UN's highest rights body. The review was not as searing as it could have been
Governance Now / May 2017
One of the highest Maternal Mortality Rates in South East Asia, has one of the highest incidences of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Firstpost / May 2017
Call for government to “immediately” lift its ban on social media and mobile internet services
Firstpost / May 2017
Over 103 governments had recommendations for India
Firstpost / May 2017
Issues such as ratifying the UN’s Convention Against Torture, protection of religious and other minorities, criminalising marital rape and reviewing the Foreign Contribution Regulatory Act were raised by foreign governments
Firstpost / May 2017
UN human rights office’s report also mentions that "several incidents" at universities in 2016
Firstpost / May 2017
WHO and partners make fresh commitments to end neglected tropical diseases. India, battling leprosy, dengue and chikungunya, has high stakes
Governance Now / April 2017
Asks for details where Pakistani authorities have prosecuted members of terrorist groups
Firstpost / April 2017
A chemical attack, allegedly by the Syrian government, and the US missile attack on Shayrat air base. Countries react to the upturn in the conflict
Governance Now / April 2017
Pakistan closed the border between the two countries from 17 February after a surge of terrorist attacks
Firstpost / April 2017
An interview with Joseph A. Cannataci--the UN special rapporteur on right to privacy
Governance Now / March 2017
UN Human Rights Council discusses access to medicines and the right to health. Big question: Shouldn’t the right to life come before profits from IPRs?
Governance Now / March 2017
Recommends on-site court martial and live streaming of proceedings
Firstpost / March 2017
In the wake of growing international concern, Pakistan must shut down its terrorism factory, said India
Governance Now / March 2017
Pakistan has become the world's terrorism factory, says India
Firstpost / March 2017
Creating an international body with a pool of judges that will review and authorise states’ requests for data access
Firstpost / March 2017
The whole state of J&K is an integral part of India
Firstpost / March 2017
UN special rapporteur for adequate housing tells the UNHRC after her visit to India
Firstpost / March 2017
the world’s most wanted terrorists have found “succor and sustenance” in Pakistan
Firstpost / March 2017
The world trade body cannot be wished away soon but it faces “a lot of uncertainty ahead”
Governance Now / March 2017
The situation in Kashmir is an internal matter of India is factually incorrect, Pakistani law and justice minister
Firstpost / March 2017
According to India, eleven measures adopted at the state level in the US to promote renewable energy violate WTO rules
Governance Now / February 2017
India asked 152 questions and six additional queries to the US during its trade policy review
Firstpost / February 2017
Sources indicate that the selection committee proposed the following names in order of preference: Nigeria’s Muhammad Ali Pate, Britain’s Subhanu Saxena and New Zealand’s Helen Clark
Firstpost / February 2017
A report on WHO executive board meeting: India tries to discuss access to medicine, next chief’s selection makes progress and Gates Foundation faces flak
Governance Now / February 2017
India has registered its concerns regarding American measure on L-1 and H-1B visas in March 2016
Firstpost / February 2017
A new ILO report warns of high global unemployment levels in coming years. It also makes special mention of the vulnerably employed
Governance Now / February 2017
Since 1995, the US has initiated six dispute cases against India while India has initiated ten cases against the US. However, there are only two active US-initiated cases against India
Governance Now / January 2017
Xi gets an unprecedented welcome by the UN in Geneva
Firstpost / January 2017
Trump and some of his advisors ascribe to the “America First” camp of Republican foreign policy that takes a non-interventionist, anti-globalist stance
Governance Now / January 2017
Access to affordable medicines is not an exclusive concern of the poorer countries. The US, Europe too find it tough to keep essential drugs reasonably priced.
Governance Now / December 2016
Interview with Dr Peter Ghys, interim director, strategic information and evaluation, UNAIDS
Governance Now / December 2016
At least 591 people died in police custody in India between 2010 and 2015
Firstpost / December 2016
"White van" abductions have continued after the end of the civil war
Firstpost / December 2016
Dr Adel Abdellatif, chief UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States
Governance Now / December 2016
A UN human development report reveals the extent of unemployment, among other problems, which plague young people in many Arab states
Governance Now / December 2016
Interview of Loren Persi, global victim assistance coordinator, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
Governance Now / December 2016
Interview of Mary Wareham, advocacy director, Arms Division, Human Rights Watch
Governance Now / December 2016
Anti-personnel landmines continue to kill innocent civilians long after the conflict. India, among its largest stockpilers, should rethink its strategy
Governance Now / December 2016
India third largest stockpiler after Russia, Pakistan
Firstpost / November 2016
About 95 percent of the Indian population resides in malaria-endemic areas
Governance Now / November 2016
Transparency, financial crunch and economic divide are key issues the next WHO chief would need to address
Governance Now / November 2016
North Dakota pipeline protestors oppose ‘environmental racism’, Greenpeace had red-flagged Trump’s commercial interest in project
Governance Now / November 2016
The big powers seem to be in no mood to loosen their stranglehold on Syria
Governance Now / October 2016
India has an uphill task of securing strong commitments on Mode 4 services from the US, EU
Governance Now / October 2016
Takes strong stand to save generic drugs industry, calls for transparent health assessment
Firstpost / November 2016
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has increased MSP for kharif since October
Firstpost / November 2016
Cancer-preventing HPV vaccines are substantially over-priced, says study
Firstpost / November 2016
The treaty that has been touted as a model for post-Brexit negotiations by UK’s Conservative politicians has tripped near the finishing line
Firstpost / October 2016
The US has slapped a retaliation fee of $450 mn on India
Firstpost / October 2016
India has registered a similar complaint against the US on DCR and subsidies provided by the govt
Firstpost / October 2016
TB kills about 5,000 people every day globally with India continuing to take more than a third of the global burden of the disease
Firstpost / October 2016
The High Commissioner seriously concerned about the rising tensions between India and Pakistan
Firstpost / October 2016
Culling dogs may have detrimental impact on fights against rabies
Firstpost / September 2016
The United Nations has become the new platform for a shrill spat between the neighbours on human rights violations in Kashmir and Balochistan
Governance Now / September 2016
India said it still awaits “credible action by the Pakistani government to bring the perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai attacks and the 2016 Pathankot attacks to justice
Firstpost / September 2016
India called upon the UN Human Rights Council to ask Pakistan to vacate the illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir
Firstpost / September 2016
India lost an appeal on Friday against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that it has violated global trade rules by discriminating against foreign products in imposing a “domestic content requirement (DCR)” on Indian solar power developers.
Firstpost / September 2016
Ola Suleiman is a Syrian from Homs works closely with the Syrian White Helmets and reports many of the attacks, including cluster strikes which the White Helmets respond to
Governance Now / September 2016
Many nations are pledging to stop the use, production and support of cluster bombs. But change can come only when key players including Russia carry the same intent
Governance Now / September 2016
UN recommends binding treaty de-linking drug prices from research and development
Firstpost / September 2016
Both countries exhausted their rights iof reply before the volley of accusations stopped
Firstpost / September 2016
emphasises its claim on the whole state of Jammu and Kashmir
Firstpost / September 2016
UN human rights chief slammed India and Pakistan at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for denying his team access to visit both sides of the Line of Control (LoC)
Firstpost / September 2016
India has filed a new dispute against the US at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) challenging the domestic content requirements and subsidies allegedly provided by eight American states.
Firstpost / September 2016
Globally, every 40 seconds someone dies by suicide. India is one of the top 10 countries in the world in crude suicide rates.
Firstpost / September 2016
As India ranks a low 66th in a UN report on innovation, much more is required – investment in education, for one – before programmes like Make in India can truly take off
Governance Now / September 2016
Strains of multidrug-resistant gonorrhoea that do not respond to any available antibiotics have been detected, World Health Organisation (WHO) said , as it urged national health authorities for updating their treatment for this common sexually transmitted
Governance Now / September 2016
Interview with Soumitra Dutta, co-editor and author of Global Innovation Index
Governance Now / August 2016
A conversation with the legendary comedian’s sons as the first museum in his memory opens in Switzerland
Governance Now / August 2016
a US request for $450 million per annum retaliation pending with Appellate Board
Firstpost / September 2016
UNCERD asks Sri Lanka if if Indian Tamils were allowed to get back to their homeland
Firstpost / August 2016
Pakistan defends human rights record in Balochistan
Firstpost / August 2016
UN rights chief seeks 'full and unhindered' access to Valley, PoK
Firstpost / August 2016
Only 39 countries fully comply with WHO recommendations on cracking down on the baby food industry
Firstpost / August 2016
The attempt at carving out spheres of influence in the European continent is turning out to be a risky game
Firstpost / August 2016
Why crisis diplomacy is urgently needed between Russia and the West to temper down the heat building up in the Black Sea peninsula
Governance Now / August 2016
India failed to comly with a ruling within a given time frame, the US says
Firstpost / July 2016
Interview with Russia's deputy energy minister Sentyurin Yuri
Firstpost / July 2016
The total civilian casualties in the country recorded by the UN between 1 January, 2009 and 30 June, 2016 is almost 64,000, according to conservative estimates
Firstpost / July 2016
Interview with UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi
Governance Now / July 2016
A top Russian official said that Russia was “shocked” over the “monstrous” attacks in Nice and emphasised the urgent need for the adoption of the long-stalled convention on terrorism at the UN which India and Russia are pushing for
Firstpost / July 2016
The UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced on 7 July new generic manufacturing licensing, for antiretrovirals (ARVs) and direct acting anti-viral (DAA) for treating hepatitis C, with seven pharmaceutical companies, six of which are Indian
Firstpost / July 2016
The resolution will examine the relation between intellectual property rights, trade agreements and access issues – sponsored by a group of developing countries, including India
Firstpost / July 2016
The referendum outcome also seems to be a commentary on economic inequality and wealth gap
Firstpost / June 2016
Interview with sociologist Dipankar Gupta
Firstpost / June 2016
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) jumped to $1.76 trillion in 2015 while foreign investment inflows to India reached a high of $44 billion almost touching record levels of 2008
Firstpost / June 2016
Reviews ties, negotiates for a 'yes' on inclusion into NSG, and broaches black money issue
Governance Now / June 2016
Thanks to Switzerland’s backing, India got its first fillip for its effort to be a member of the exclusive Nuclear Suppliers Group
Governance Now / June 2016
Switzerland to back India's entry into elite nuclear club
Firstpost / June 2016
Interview with Anju Malhotra, principal adviser, Gender and Development, Programme Division, UNICEF
Governance Now / June 2016
Will create an expert technical commitee and a global observatory for health R&D
Firstpost / May 2016
Shortage of anti-venom puts more lives at risk
Firstpost / May 2016
Regional trade pacts should be within WTO ambit, says India’s minister of state for health
governancenow.com / May 2016
Will countries adhere to International Humanitarian Law after UNSC adopts another resolution?
Governance Now / May 2016
Why India should worry about heatwave conditions
Firstpost / May 2016
Globally life expectancy increased to 71.4 years in 15 years
Firstpost / May 2016
Aim to spread Ayurveda globally
Firstpost / May 2016
80 percent of urban residents are exposed to air quality that do not meet WHO standards
Firstpost / May 2016
The process of selecting United Nations secretary-general has often been questioned and criticised. Will this year see some transparency in selection?
Governance Now / May 2016
UN report nails Panama model
Firstpost / May 2016
Raises concerns on India's pharma sector
Firstpost / April 2016
UN's IP agency holds meet on challenges of digital content
Firstpost / April 2016
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held a hearing on 19 April to debate the compatibility of privatised dispute settlement mechanisms in trade agreements, particularly in the context of the TTIP
Firstpost / April 2016
Ban Ki-moon holds a high-level conference on preventing rather than countering extremism. Hopes to leave behind a legacy.
Governance Now / April 2016
Interview of Jehangir Khan, director of Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)
Governance Now / April 2016
Interview with Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate, on LAWS
Firstpost / April 2016
Govts hold informal meetings to discuss LAWS
Firstpost / April 2016
50% increase in cases since 1990, but investment by govt remains abysmal
Firstpost / April 2016
NGO says candidates "biased"
Firstpost / March 2016
No quick fixes to Europe's confrontation with the enemy within and the enemy without
First Post / March 2016
Interview of Aleppo Bishop Antoine Audo
First Post / March 2016
Syrian envoy rubbishes possibility of Kurds declaring separate federal region
First Post / March 2016
"Humdreds of laws" remain that do not comply with human rights obligations, says UN expert
First Post / March 2016
UN expert "hopes" that the Supreme Court does away with sodomy laws
First Post / March 2016
Giant corporations suing poor farmers from developing countries, says UN report
First Post / March 2016
Registers GATS dispute at the WTO
First Post / March 2016
US says toughest sanctions in the history of the UN
First Post / March 2016
Says ISIS is using sophisticated chemical warfare agent
First Post / March 2016
Govts of the UK and Sweden setting dangerous precedent of undermining the UN Human Rights system, say signatories
FirstPost / March 2016
UN human rights chief slams leaders for pandering to "simplistic nationalism"
FirstPost / February 2016
WTO panel rules that domestic content requirements in the Indian national solar mission violates international trade law
FirstPost / February 2016
Rampant breaches of international law in all active conflict zones, says the UN
FirstPost / March 2016
Zika will affect 3 to 4 million people in the Americas over the next year
FirstPost / February 2016
India was among the top three most disaster-hit countries in 2015
FirstPost / February 2016
A UN panel terms the restriction on the whistleblower’s movement as arbitrary, but the governments of Sweden and the UK are in no mood to let him breathe easy
Governance Now / February 2016
Interview with Roland Adjovi Setondji, vice chair of the UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) that ruled in Julian Assange's favour
Governance Now / February 2016
Rupa Kumar Kolli, chief of Climate Predictions and Adaptation Branch and an El Niño expert at the WMO
Governance Now / February 2016
All warring parties commiting war crimes and crimes against humanity
Press Trust of India / February 2016
Interview of Christophe Peschoux, chief of section for special procedures
FirstPost / February 2016
UNWGAD asks for "enforceable compensation" for Assange
Press Trust of India / February 2016
Allegations againt many troops over the years across all nationalities, says the UN Human Rights chief
FirstPost / February 2016
The appeal from the UN rights expert comes just before 12 trade ministers from the Pacific Rim countries gather in Auckland, New Zealand on February 4 to sign the TPP
Press Trust of India / February 2016
In 2013-14, adolescents in the US were exposed to 3.1 billion in-cinema tobacco use impressions, 46% of which were from PG-13 films
Press Trust of India / February 2016
Zika outbreaks have followed Dengue and Chikungunya outbreaks in many parts of the world
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Ahead of Syria peace talks, top UN humanitarianofficials today made a fervent appeal to the warring parties saying "enough is enough"
Press Trust of India / January 2016
The UN-sponsored talks, earlier scheduled to start today were re-scheduled after disagreements among the 17-nation International Syria Support Group (ISSG) on who should represent the Syrian opposition.
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Temperature rose by a gaping 0.76 Celsius from baseline of 1961-90 average global temperatures
Press Trust of India / January 2016
US tops the chart as the top country for FDI destination, India comes seventh
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Interview of the UN Special Rapporteur on occupied Palestinian territories
Governance Now / January 2016
197.1 million unemployed people, 927 million working poor and 1.5 billion vulnerably employed people in the world
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Around 900 children have been recruited by ISIS from Mosul
Press Trust of India / January 2016
A 22-year-old woman has died affecting about a 100 contacts
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Liberia has passed the 42-day incubation period but residual risks continue across the three West African nations
Press Trust of India / January 2016
The latest addition may push total global supply of oral cholera vaccines to 6 million doses
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Refugees and asylum seekers are in limbo as Europe battles its own demons
Governance Now / January 2016
Saudi-led coalition used cluster bombs, says OHCHR
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Succeeds Antonio Gueterres who led the UN Refugee Agency for 10 years
Press Trust of India / January 2016
UN Special Rapporteur says that Israel has been uncooperative throughout his tenure
Press Trust of India / January 2016
Sectarian strife set to deepen in Middle East after execution of Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
Press Trust of India / January 2016
There were 1,000,573 arrivals by perilous sea in 2015 with 84 per cent of the arrivals coming from ten refugee producing countries
Press Trust of India / December 2015
The deadliest outbreak of the virus killed more than 11,000 people in two years in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Press Trust of India / December 2015
Need to radically change global trading system to conform to human rights obligations, says UN expert
Press Trust of India / December 2015
Syrians accounted for about half a million crossing the Mediterranean in 2015
Press Trust of India / December 2015
Forced displacement exceeded 60 million in 2015
Press Trust of India / December 2015
2015 is very likely going to be the hottest year on record in the last 136 years with nine of the first 11 months breaking all records
Press Trust of India / December 2015
Almost 590 million people relieve themselves in the open in India
Press Trust of India / December 2015
44.3 percent are migrant female workers, says ILO
Press Trust of India / December 2015
Interview of Peter Maurer, chief of ICRC
Governance Now / December 2015
It is Africa, not the West, that has taken the brunt of terrorism
Governance Now / December 2015
Since beginning of October this year 21 Israelis and 117 Palestinians have been killed
Press Trust of India / December 2015
UN Committee Against Torture says problems entrenched both in legislation and practice
Press Trust of India / December 2015
Hostilities reduced but ceasefire fragile, says OHCHR
Press Trust of India / December 2015
US presidential campaign is putting Syrian resettlement programmes at risk, says UNHCR
Press Trust of India / December 2015
More than a 125 million people will need humanitarian assistance to survive in 2016
Press Trust of India / December 2015
Rights abuses by security forces and other ethnic and religious groups in ISIS-freed areas
Press Trust of India / December 2015
WHO releases first-ever report on food borne diseases
Press Trust of India / December 2015
As global community prepares for the climate conference next month, can we hope for a new agreement?
Governance Now / November 2015
Even as India aims to climb ranks in world development indicators, it fails miserably in the area of social protection, where it is just as weak as Sub-Saharan Africa
Governance Now / November 2015
The pitfalls of a demographic dividend
Governance Now / October 2015
Interview of Amb Joachim Ruecker
Governance Now / October 2015
WTO's revised forecasts for 2015 and 2016
First Post / September 2015
Interview of Dr. Bertrand Desmoulins, UNICEF chief in FYR of Macedonia
Governance Now / September 2015
UN rights chief releases reports on war crimes in Sri Lanka
First Post / September 2015
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein speaks of OHCHR report
First Post / September 2015
Interview of Wendy Doniger
BBC / September 2015
Interview of Elhadj As Sy
Governance Now / September 2015
In spite of the wide socio-economic disparities, India can learn a thing or two from Switzerland, the happiest country on the planet
Governance Now / August 2015
Interview of Vincent Cochetel
Governance Now / August 2015
A total of 2,24,000 migrants and refugees have reached Europe in the first seven months of 2015
Governance Now / August 2015
UNSMIL says positive atmosphere
Press Trust of India / August 2015
First country to lift scanctions that were suspended since Jan 2014
Press Trust of India / August 2015
UNSMIL hopes to reach agreement before UNGA
Press Trust of India / August 2015
Major spike in harsh prison terms under lese-majeste law
Press Trust of India / August 2015
UN Special Committee to submit full report in the 70th session of UNGA
Press Trust of India / August 2015
Fourth blogger killed in Bangladesh this year
Press Trust of India / August 2015
Spike in women and children casulaties through suicide attacks
Press Trust of India / August 2015
Outbreak may end this year
Press Trust of India / August 2015
Vaccine tested through the ring trial method. May be used for outbreaks
Press Trust of India / July 2015
Pharmas cite lack of capacity to ramp up production of vaccines with huge expected outbreak in Africa of meningitis C next year
Press Trust of India / July 2015
WHO to give recommendations in November
Press Trust of India / July 2015
Global health body prepares to combat Hepatitis B and C
Press Trust of India / July 2015
Interview of UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples
Governance Now / July 2015
Interview with Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Ambassador of Ecuador to the UN Office at Geneva
Governance Now / July 2015
Debate in the UNHRC on TNCs and human rights
Governance Now / July 2015
The making of the Swiss chocolate industry
Governance Now / July 2015
Six countries including the US abstain from voting
Press Trust of India / July 2015
19.3 million people displaced last year globally due to disasters
Press Trust of India / July 2015
India has more than one third of the world's suicides
Press Trust of India / July 2015
22 percent people living with HIV globally are not under ART
Press Trust of India / July 2015
Unilateral coercive measures violate human rights, says UN expert
Press Trust of India / July 2015
Pay special attention while lending to countries with armed conflicts, says UN expert
Press Trust of India / July 2015
Myanmar rubbishes the notion that human rights of Muslims were being violated
Press Trust of India / July 2015
India for the first time abstains from voting on Palestine, marks policy shift
Press Trust of India / July 2015
Expect heatwaves to become more intense
Press Trust of India / July 2015
"Collateral damage" in urban warfare says Israel
Press Trust of India / June 2015
China world's largest recipient of FDI, US largest outward flow of FDI
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Interested states continue to supply parties with more money, weapons and training
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Current accountability mechanisms not adequate says UN independent Commission
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Time of great opportunities for multilateralism says Michael Moller
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Michael Moller to be the chief guest
Press Trust of India / June 2015
More than half displaced are children
Press Trust of India / June 2015
One-third of girls in developing countries are married before they are 18 says Zeid
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Militarised deterrence and enforcement policies will fail says Zeid
Press Trust of India / June 2015
UN chief calls for humanitarian pause in Yemen during Ramadan
Press Trust of India / June 2015
47.5 million adolescents between the age of 15 and 17 are globally employed in hazardous occupation
Press Trust of India / June 2015
There are 168 million child labourers, more than half in dangerous forms of work
Press Trust of India / June 2015
India at ASPAG and BRICS meeting at ILO
Press Trust of India / June 2015
UNHRC will begin its 29th session from June 15
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Indian ban on import of poultry meat, eggs and live pigs from the U.S. was “inconsistent”
Press Trust of India / June 2015
S Korea has seen the biggest outbreak outside the Middle East
Press Trust of India / June 2015
US questions India at a Committee on Agriculture meeting
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Tie between Finland and Russia in the final round
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Four contenders for the top meteorological post
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Violations could amount to war crimes says the UN
Press Trust of India / June 2015
White House says Iran talks will not be affected
Press Trust of India / June 2015
Kerry injured after attending nuclear talks
Press Trust of India / May 2015
UN says address root causes pushing migrants out
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Structural changes at WHO overdue
Governance Now / May 2015
Landmark resolutions on AMR and emergency reforms at WHA
Press Trust of India / May 2015
AMR adopted after closed door discussions at the behest of India
Press Trust of India / May 2015
India says it needs financial and technological support and access to new antibiotics
Press Trust of India / May 2015
India contributes to voluntary funds at WHO
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Chan makes reforms in emergency response programme
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Migrants floating on seas while SE nations squabble
Press Trust of India / May 2015
WHO reports incredible global progress but falls short of achieving MDG targets
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Activists critise US' response in the UPR
Press Trust of India / May 2015
US faces flak at its second UPR
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Five people dead in Zurich
Press Trust of India / May 2015
EML includes Hepatitis C and cancer drugs
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Maldives' UPR at the U.N. rights body
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Norwegian Refugee Council says 2014 record-breaking year of IDPs
Press Trust of India / May 2015
UN special envoy says talks are to operationalize Geneva Communique
Press Trust of India / May 2015
Swiss pharmaceutical industries want India to strengthen IP laws
Press Trust of India / May 2015
WHO submits draft Global Action Plan to the 68th World Health Assembly to combat resistance to antibiotics and other microbial medicines
Press Trust of India / April 2015
UN Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs releases fund from CERF
Press Trust of India / April 2015
IFRC chief says fund will target 75,000 families
Press Trust of India / April 2015
"Sombre progress" made by member states says John Adank
Press Trust of India / April 2015
India has seen a major decline in malaria deaths in the last three years
Press Trust of India / April 2015
UN asks the EU to resume search and rescue operation
Press Trust of India / April 2015
UN and aid agencies warn of dire situation in Yemen
Press Trust of India / April 2015
Terrorism charges cannot justify violations of human rights
Press Trust of India / April 2015
An interview with German Velasquez
Governance Now / April 2015
China tops while India 19th in global merchandise exporting
Press Trust of India / April 2015
Global trade growth sluggish this year and next
Press Trust of India / April 2015
UNCTAD chief says agricultural issues should be resolved quickly at the WTO
Press Trust of India / April 2015
IOM sends first plane in to Yemen
Press Trust of India / April 2015
C-Sec has consequences says WHO
Press Trust of India / April 2015
WHO launches network of global medical teams
Press Trust of India / April 2015
Yemen descends into chaos as air strikes continues
Press Trust of India / April 2015
Obama calls the Iran nuclear framework a historic deal
Press Trust of India / April 2015
OHCHR to submit report on Boko Haram in September
Press Trust of India / April 2015
The atrocities of the militant group may constitute crime against humanity
Press Trust of India / April 2015
India lags behind on readiness for e-commerce
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Talks in Geneva on food security have begun with two dedicated sessions on stockpiling
Governance Now / March 2015
India votes in favour of relsolution on Palestine in the 28th session of UNHRC
Press Trust of India / March 2015
New Indian Ambassador and PR in Geneva
Press Trust of India / March 2015
US proposal exceeds mandate says India
Press Trust of India / March 2015
US proposal 'academic' says G33
Press Trust of India / March 2015
IP in India gaining attention says WIPO chief
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Future of Rohingyas uncertain after March
Press Trust of India / March 2015
UN CoI opens to cooperation with states investigating war crimes
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Slave-like condition of North Korean overseas workers
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Abysmal rates of women's participation in Indian parliaments
Governance Now / March 2015
India rejects Spl Rapporteur, Juan Mendez’s accusation
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Large Hadron Collider ready to re-start at CERN
Press Trust of India / March 2015
UN Spl Rapporteur, Juan Mendez rejects US invite
Press Trust of India / March 2015
UN Special Rapporteur, Marzuki Darusman on North Korea
Press Trust of India / March 2015
OIC appeals to India for resolution of Kashmir issue at the UNHRC
Press Trust of India / March 2015
North Korea warns the US at the Conference on Disarmament
Press Trust of India / March 2015
EU on Iran nuke deal
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Ninth report of the UN on human rights violations in Ukraine:
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Talks in Geneva ended with the adoption of a draft negotiating text for Paris
Governance Now / March 2015
US defends Israel at the UNHRC
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Kerry on Russia and Lavrov on the first day of the 28th session of the UNHRC
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Kerry and Zarif on the first day of the 28th session ofUNHRC
Press Trust of India / March 2015
Decision for Ebola vaccines by August this year
Press Trust of India / February 2015
WHO commends India for tobacco control
Press Trust of India / February 2015
UNHRC President defends decision to defer Sri Lanka report
Press Trust of India / February 2015
Kerry Zarif end first round of nuclear talks in Geneva
Press Trust of India / February 2015
Kerry and Zarif begin talks in Geneva
Press Trust of India / February 2015
India rejects the concept of differentiation introduced by the US at WTO
Press Trust of India / February 2015
The evolution of Swiss banking secrecy
Governance Now / February 2015
UN defers Sri Lanka CoI report
Press Trust of India / February 2015
Geneva draft for climate change talks adopted
Press Trust of India / February 2015
US and India disagree on UNFCCC
Press Trust of India / February 2015
EU and India disagree at ADP
Press Trust of India / February 2015
India offers waiver of visa fees for LDCs
Press Trust of India / February 2015
Afghans return after Peshawar school attacks
Press Trust of India / February 2015
GVK Biosciences under scanner in Europe
Press Trust of India / February 2015
High prevalence of measles in India
Press Trust of India / February 2015
An analysis in the aftermath of the Paris attacks
Governance Now / February 2015
UNCTAD analyses FDI trends
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Disagreement in WTO
Press Trust of India / January 2015
UNICEF secures release of children
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Libya talks end in Geneva
Press Trust of India / January 2015
India and US in DSB
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Wikileaks slams Google
Press Trust of India / January 2015
IOM on immigration issues
Press Trust of India / January 2015
DPRK asks UNHRC for probe into CIA torture
Press Trust of India / January 2015
HR chief slams sexist remarks on Spl Rapporteur, Yanghee Lee
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Guy Ryder says MGNREGS should be continued
Press Trust of India / January 2015
OHCHR wars that educated women are being targets for ISIL
Press Trust of India / January 2015
ILO says that global enemployment to go up
Press Trust of India / January 2015
WHO's global status report on NCDs
Press Trust of India / January 2015
WESP says India will grow at 6.3 percent in 2016
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Libyan military declares ceasefire ahead of the Geneva talks
Press Trust of India / January 2015
An interview with David Davidar, author and renowned publisher
Governance Now / January 2015
Libyan factions agree on a unity govt
Press Trust of India / January 2015
UN official cancels visit
Press Trust of India / January 2015
UNHCR concerned about Nigerian refugees
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Kerry supports Russian initiative for peace in Syria
Press Trust of India / March 2015
UN holds Libya peace talks
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Boko Haram intensifies attacks
Press Trust of India / January 2015
UNOG pays tribute to victims of the Paris attack
Press Trust of India / January 2015
Ebola Vaccines
Press Trust of India / January 2015
An interview with Shujiro Urata
Governance Now / December 2014
An interview of writer Stephen Alter
Governance Now / December 2014
Performance of SEZs in India
Governance Now / December 2014
An interview with Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace International
Governance Now / December 2014
An analysis of the sterilisation deaths in Chhattisgarh
Governance Now / December 2014
Book reviews of Arun Ferreira’s Colours of the Cage and Leila Seth’s Talking of Justice
Governance Now / November 2014
An interview of Justice Leila Seth
Governance Now / November 2014
An interview of the petroleum and natural gas minister
Governance Now / November 2014
A look at the part contentious, part ruthless and fully fascinating innings of Naveen Patnaik
Governance Now / November 2014
India and other developing nations in climate change negotiations
Governance Now / October 2014
An interview of Vinod Rai
Governance Now / October 2014
An interview of Goutam Ghose
Governance Now / September 2014
UNGA President for its 69th session
Governance Now / September 2014
India in the UN
Governance Now / September 2014
Book review of Navtej Sarna's Indians at Herod's Gate
Governance Now / September 2014
India-Pakistan relations in context of the cancellation of FS-level talks
Governance Now / September 2014
An interview of Vikas Swarup
Governance Now / August 2014
A report on the Modi-Kerry meeting in New Delhi
Governance Now / August 2014
A Singapore-India special edition
Governance Now / August 2014
An interview of Neelam Mansingh
Governance Now / August 2014
A story on Mansoor Khan
Governance Now / August 2014
A report on how the Kerala nurses were freed from the Islamic State
Governance Now / July 2014
How Somalian piracy is a threat to the Indian coastline
Governance Now / July 2014
An interview of Medha Patkar
Governance Now / July 2014
A report on the Sardar Sarovar Projects
Governance Now / July 2014
An interview of Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy
Governance Now / June 2014
A case study of Barefoot College in Tilonia
Governance Now / June 2014
Book review of Damon Galgut’s 'Arctic Summer'
Governance Now / June 2014
An article on SAARC
Governance Now / June 2014
An article on Afghanistan
Governance Now / June 2014
Interview of Andre Beteille
Governance Now / May 2014
Book review of Sam Miller’s 'A Strange Kind of Paradise'
Governance Now / May 2014
Book review of Simon Denyer’s 'Rogue Elephant'
Governance Now / May 2014
Russia's annexation of Crimea and its geopolitical implications
Governance Now / April 2014
What to expect in diplomacy if Modi becomes the PM
Governance Now / April 2014
India's commercial cooperation with Africa
Governance Now / April 2014
Interview of Susanne Rudolph and Llyod Rudolph:
Governance Now / May 2014
An account of landfills in India
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An interview of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho
Governance Now / April 2014
A student remembers Wendy Doniger
Governance Now / April 2014
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