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UN to cut 25% of global peacekeepers: 14,000 soldiers to return home | Here's why
The United Nations will cut around 25% of its global peacekeeping workforce, affecting 13,000 to 14,000 military and police personnel across nine global missions, a senior official has said.
2 min read9 Oct 2025‘Your countries are going to hell’: Key takeaways from Trump's UN speech as he flags teleprompter failure, bad escalator
Here are key takeaways from US President Donald Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday. While addressing world leaders, Trump flagged a teleprompter failure and a faulty escalator, among other issues. This was Trump's first speech at the UNGA since 2020.
2 min read24 Sep 2025'Should focus on its own challenges': India slams Switzerland's remarks on minorities at UNHRC
Noting that since Switzerland currently holds the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council, India said it is all the more important for Switzerland to avoid wasting the Council's time narratives that are ‘blatantly false and do not do justice to the reality of India’
1 min read10 Sep 2025Refugees in Africa fight over food as US aid cuts take hold
The impact of America’s cuts is rippling across the continent.
5 min read12 Aug 2025US blocked Afghanistan Foreign Minister's planned visit to Pakistan: What happened exactly
Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is under international sanctions, and is barred from foreign travel without a special waiver from the UN sanctions committee.
1 min read10 Aug 2025Stiglitz & Cuerpo: The world has an opportunity to join hands on development again
Initiatives being launched at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla represent only the beginning. Many pragmatic ideas exist that must be pursued if we are to put global development back on track.
4 min read2 Jul 2025António Guterres: The world needs a rescue plan for sustainable development
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla could help restore faith in global cooperation to achieve our common sustainability goals. The meeting isn’t about charity. It’s about justice and a future in which countries can thrive, build, trade and prosper together.
3 min read1 Jul 2025India makes strides on UN development goals, but challenges persist
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, agreed to by all governments in 2015, are non-binding policy objectives for sustainable development, and include targets such as removing poverty and hunger, and ensuring good health, quality education, and gender equality by 2030.
2 min read29 Jun 2025Macron warns of ‘worst-case scenario’ if Iran quits nuclear non-proliferation treaty, says US strikes had real impact
Backing the United States on its claims of destroying the nuclear sites in Iran during the strikes, Franc's Macron says the attacks had ‘real impact’ while also warning of a ‘worst-case scenario’
2 min read27 Jun 2025Israel-Iran war updates: UN Security Council to meet Friday after Iran's request, with support from Russia, China
The ongoing Israel-Iran conflict will be discussed in detail on Friday in the United Nations Security Council, after a request for the meeting was placed by Iran, with support from Russia, China and Pakistan.
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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