Countries failing to prevent violence against children, agencies warn
Global status report on preventing violence against children calls for more government action and warns of ‘dramatic impact’ of COVID-19
Aditi Bhaduri
India Elected for 8th Term as Non-Permanent UNSC Member
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks the International Community
Living On The Edge, Pakistani Hindus Still Feel Safer In India
Several of the refugees said they lived in better conditions in Pakistan, but they felt safer in India.
Photo: Residents at a Hindu refugee colony, New Delhi/ Reuters
India’s Jaishankar conveys strong message to Beijing
“What happened in Galwan was premeditated and planned action by China which was responsible for the sequence of events.”
WHO welcomes preliminary results about dexamethasone use in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients
For patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third, and for patients requiring only oxygen, mortality was cut by about one fifth,
Ladakh Face-off: Alert Issued in Himachal’s Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur Districts
Police said an alert and an advisory have been issued in Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts to take all precautionary measures to ensure security of local population and also to collect intelligence.
Lessons to be learnt from the Ladakh escalation
China needs to understand that India will continue to develop infrastructure on its side of the LAC, including feeder roads, like China, and continue to build its own capability to avert a contingency.
India blames Chinese attempts to “unilaterally change the status quo” for escalation in border tensions
The casualties on the border are the first ones since 1975 signalling an escalation of the border stand-off.
In border escalation Indian army officer, soldiers killed in Galwan
By PTI New Delhi: June 16: In a massive escalation of border tension, an Indian
Afghan Government, Taliban Agree On Doha As Venue For Peace Talks
This intra-Afghan dialogue, will be the first high-level meeting between the two sides after years of fighting and is a key clause of the agreement that the Taliban signed with the United States of America on February 29th in Doha.