India drops two spots: As per a recent report by UNDP, India slipped two ranks to 131 in the Human Development Index India slipped two spots on the 2020 Human Development Index to 131 among 189 countries worldwide. As per a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday, Asia’s third-largest economy ...

The World Bank has agreed to pump in another $1billion into India’s efforts to give the economy a fresh growth impetus after the lockdown period has been decided to be extended by the Centre. Last month, the World Bank had already given India a loan of $1 billion to support the health sector. India seems ...

Bangladeshi security forces patrolled the streets of Dhaka today as protesters demanding PM Sheikh Hasina resignation threatened to take to the roads again following the deadliest unrest that the country has seen during last month since its freedom in 1971. There were nationwide clashes between the security forces that opened fire using rifles at protesters ...

India Wins UN: India ‘s Invest India project has received the prestigious United Nations Investment Promotion Award 2020 recently at the UNCTAD headquarters in Geneva marking the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Invest India is an investment promotion and facilitation agency of the Union government. Speaking to the agency, PM Narendra Modi ...

India Sides With UN Over Cannabis: The use of cannabis has been strictly controlled worldwide, due to its potent use as more of a narcotic than for medicinal purposes.  Trying to regulate its more positive usage, the UN in its 63th session has now decided to remove cannabis from the drug control list following a ...

Pakistani UN Showoff: The Pakistani UN representative Munir Akram recently tried to defame India by sharing a dossier alleging India’s involvement in acts of terrorism at a UN meeting. The same was met with a harsh rebuke from T.S. Tirumurti, India’s permanent representative to the UN, conveying the country’s position on this share of a ...