New Delhi: India has become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China, data released by the United Nations today showed. According to UN estimates, India’s population is 142.86 crore against China’s 142.57 crore. This is the first time that India has topped the UN list of most populous countries since it started collecting population data…
UN Chief marks 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
September 11, 2021United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today issued a statement to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. “Today we mark a somber day seared in the minds of millions of people around the world — a day when nearly 3,000 lives from over 90 countries were taken…
IPS Officer Savita Hande helps evacuation from Kabul
August 22, 2021Bengaluru: IPS Officer from Karnataka Savita Hande, presently serving as Senior UN Security Officer in Kabul, is in a safe zone and helping in evacuation. A 1990-batch IPS officer and batch mate of ADGP (Railways) Bhaskar Rao and City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, she was deployed to Kosovo in 2000 after being relieved from cadre…
Every Mysurean should celebrate
June 1, 2019By Bhamy V. Shenoy All over the world, the 5th of June is celebrated as World Environment Day (WED) as designated by the UN since 1974. This year’s theme is “Beat Air Pollution” while the theme of the last year was “Beat Plastic Pollution.” Celebration of WED gives an opportunity to create a powerful platform…
Ananth Kumar: first person to speak in Kannada at United Nations
November 12, 2018Ananth Kumar was the first person from India to speak in Kannada at the United Nations on 15th of October, 2012. He described his experience thus: “I had the privilege of speaking at the United Nations headquarters in New York. My experience was made sweeter by the fact that I got to address the UN…
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