From the Field: Eating our way to a healthier planet
The UN Food Systems Summit demonstrated the huge imbalances in the way we grow, produce, and consume food. But, as the UN Development Programme (UNDP)...
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Food Heroes: Ethiopian avocado farmer’s ‘transformational’ crop
An Ethiopian farmer has been talking about how avocados have transformed the lives of not just his family but also of people living in his...
Afghanistan: Reuniting families on the run should be priority, urges UNHCR
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are displaced...
Portuguese beaches lead the way during UN, EU clean-up campaign
In recent months, some 260 different clean-up operations have been undertaken across, aimed at protecting life under the sea, with the UN and European Union’s...
Recent Kosovo-Serbia tensions could ‘unravel steady but fragile progress’
Tensions over vehicle licence plates and anti-smuggling operations, between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, in recent weeks, may contribute to unravelling “steady but fragile progress made in rebuilding trust among communities” in Kosovo...
J&K: One more shot dead in targeted killing
A local street hawker was today shot in Srinagar. This is another case of targeted killings as per the media reports....
The right to a clean and healthy environment: 6 things you need to know
On 8 October, loud and unusual applause reverberated around the chamber of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. A battle fought for decades by...
One dead and 17 injured when a car rammed into a procession
Jashpur: In a shocking incident a speeding car on Friday rammed a religious procession in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur leading to death of one person and injuring 17...
Myanmar: In race against time, experts collect evidence of rights violations
For more than two years, a UN-appointed team of 59 people has been collecting and analyzing more than two million pieces of evidence about possible human rights violations in Myanmar. Working out of Geneva, there are experts in gender violence and crimes against...
Rakesh Tikait: ” Won’t stop the protest as the killer is caught”
New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader, Rakesh Tikait on Saturday said that the killer is arrested and because of the killing the protest won’t...