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I am a Stranger Here Myself: an unreliable memoir, by Bhaichand Patel HarperCollins pp 260; Rs 699.Books
Full and fancy life of a Fijian who found his roots in Delhi

Films were a passion in his life from his very young days and it is a passion that still continues.

15 Nov 2019 1:59 AM IST

The US last week formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate accord, a landmark global agreement which brought together 188 nations, including India, to combat global warming. (Photo: File)World
Garbage dropped by China, India into sea 'floats into Los Angeles':...

Terming climate change as 'complex issue', Trump said he considers himself to be, 'in many ways, an environmentalist,...

13 Nov 2019 3:36 PM IST

Further air-strikes in Gaza, which the Israeli military said targeted Islamic Jihad gunmen and various sites belonging to the group, killed eight more Palestinian men. (Photo: Twitter)World
Rockets rain from Gaza as Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander

As the rocket fire and Israeli air-strikes continued into the night, Gaza medical officials said 10 Palestinians had...

13 Nov 2019 10:02 AM IST

Greta Thunberg addresses the press before her march in Montreal. (Photo: AFP)World
Donald Trump's climate stand 'so extreme', it's waking people up:...

'He's so extreme and he says so extreme things, so I think people wake up by that in a way,' the 16-year-old said.

13 Nov 2019 8:38 AM IST

Sources say the IAEA took samples from the site in the Turquzabad district of Tehran in the spring and that Iran has been slow in providing answers to explain the test results.(Representational Image)World
'Uranium particles' detected at undeclared site in Iran: UN's nuclear...

Report from the watchdog says it detected natural uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at a location in Iran not...

12 Nov 2019 9:04 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)World
Uber chief terms Jamal Khashoggi's murder a 'mistake', apologises...

Khosrowshahi later said he regretted his comments, made during an interview with Axios on HBO.

12 Nov 2019 8:43 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama listening to a question during a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)World
US wants United Nations to take up Dalai Lama succession issue

The Dalai Lama once travelled incessantly, drawing huge Western audiences with his good-humoured lectures on compassion...

9 Nov 2019 10:48 AM IST

The UN has grown much since then, reflecting the changes in the world mostly due to decolonisation, fragmentation of the USSR, and the division of some founder member states like Yugoslavia.Opinion
It's high time to push UN's democratisation

The UN now has 191 members, and Switzerland was the last to join on September 10, 2002.

6 Nov 2019 1:16 AM IST

Antonio Guterress statement came ahead of the UN General Assembly session where Pakistan has said that it would raise the issue of Kashmir. The country is rattled by the Indian governments move to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)World
India, Bangladesh, Japan, China most vulnerable to rising sea levels,...

Guterres said the biggest threat to sustainability today in the world is climate change.

5 Nov 2019 1:05 PM IST

\They have softened their stance. They have invited me for a visit. These are good initiatives,\ BDNews24 quoted Momen as saying on Sunday. (Photo: ANI)World
Post ICJ hearing, Myanmar has 'softened' stance, says Bangladesh...

Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a repatriation deal two years ago, but virtually no refugees have been returned to date.

16 Dec 2019 1:48 PM IST

Combatants display total disregard for humanitarian law.Life
UN launches humanitarian appeal for nearly USD 29 billion

UN launches USD 29 bn emergency funding appeal.

4 Dec 2019 3:38 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi and Amit shah (Photo: File/PTI)India
Amit Shah praise PM Modi for speaking in hindi in UN meetings

BJP's Amit Shah heaped praises on PM Narendra Modi while referring to surgical strikes and his address in Hindi at the...

29 Jan 2019 4:06 PM IST

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