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UN report flags presence of foreign terrorist groups in Afghanistan
The United Nations on Tuesday raised growing security concerns in Afghanistan while highlighting worrisome trends witnessed in recent months, particularly the continuing presence of foreign terrorist groups in the country.
September 27, 2022 -
Much awaited UN report on China says possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
A long-awaited report was released on August 31 in Geneva, minutes before Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human rights, was set to leave office.
September 1, 2022 -
Taliban refutes UN report on Afghanistan’s security situation
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has dismissed a UN assessment claiming that conflict between armed groups in the country is escalating, claiming that Kabul is not "facing any imminent or probable threat.”
June 5, 2022 -
India likely to grow by 6.4 per cent in 2022: UN report
Higher prices and shortages of farming inputs including fertilizers are likely to persist in the region, negatively impacting the agricultural sector in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. This will probably result in weaker harvests and exert further upward pressures on food prices in the near term, the report said.
May 19, 2022 -
By 2050, number of wildfires globally to rise by 30%: UN Report
UNEP will be exploring how further investments can be made to reduce fire risks in critical ecosystems around the world.
February 23, 2022 -
Farm subsidies distort prices, degrade environment: UN
The findings in a new UN report call for repurposing damaging incentives to achieve more of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and realize the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.
September 15, 2021 -
UN report: Earth warming likely to pass limit set by leaders
Each of five scenarios for the future, based on how much carbon emissions are cut, passes the more stringent of two thresholds set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
August 9, 2021 -
India’s 2020 GDP estimated to contract by at 9.6%, may grow at 7.3% in 2021: UN
Many of the jobs in these sectors cannot be performed remotely, making them vulnerable to lockdown and quarantine measures.
January 26, 2021 -
Despite Covid lockdowns, world heads to temperature rise: UN report
However, this dip only translates to a 0.01 degree celsius reduction of global warming by 2050. Meanwhile NDCs remain inadequate.
December 10, 2020 -
Infant mortality
The Sample Registration System reveals that the rate has gone up to 899 girls per 1000 boys in 2016-18 ~ up from 896 in 2015-17, in itself a minor gain.
July 3, 2020 -
14,000 grave violations against Afghan kids since 2015
According to the report, child casualties from aerial attacks have increased every year since 2015, reversing a downward trend.
October 5, 2019 -
North Korean prisoners killed for escape attempts: UN report
The secretary-general said the U.N. human rights office received and analyzed accounts of North Koreans who had experienced detention, the vast majority of them women who escaped initially to China
August 3, 2019 -
President Maduro rejects UN report on Venezuela’s human rights situation, calls it ‘false accusation’
"The report is unfortunately aligned with the media and political narrative imposed by Washington, which symbolically attacks Venezuela", the President added.
July 13, 2019 -
Venezuela death squads kill young men to instill fear: UN Report
UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet visited Venezuela last month and will present the report to the UN Human Rights Council on Friday.
July 5, 2019 -
7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013: UN report
The report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released Friday said the killings and injuries were among 11,779 grave violations against children between April 1, 2013, and December 31, 2018.
June 29, 2019 -
Indian economy to grow at 7.1% in FY’20: UN report
The Indian economy, which generates two-thirds of the regional output in South Asia, expanded by 7.2 per cent in 2018.
May 21, 2019 -
Kerala needs Rs 31,000 crore post floods: UN report
Besides, two experts on integrated water resources management from the Netherlands also provided support.
October 26, 2018
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