Even full development of India’s permitted hydropower and storage rights under the Indus Waters Treaty expands utilisation, but does not translate into control over downstream flows into Pakistan. The debate, therefore, is not about the ability to stop water. It is about how effectively each side uses what geography and law already permit.
A just transition in India therefore requires targeted, context-specific strategies—supporting coal-dependent regions, strengthening reskilling and social protection (especially for informal workers), and aligning sectoral decarbonisation with employment generation. Ultimately, the transition’s success will depend not only on reducing emissions, but on its ability to protect livelihoods and enable inclusive, equitable growth.
While the rising sea level and warming oceans are undeniably a part of the crisis in the Sundarbans, other factors are also in play. It's a tale of criminal enterprise, regulatory failure and violent dispossession of some of the world's most vulnerable people.
India is not merely a buyer of cheap oil from Russia or an exporter of refined fuels to Europe. India is a system stabiliser, ensuring the flow of oil in the world market in the context of economic necessity as well as geopolitical compulsions. India ranks among the top five refining nations globally.
The Unicef has announced the launch of a COVID-19 vaccine market dashboard, an interactive tool to follow the developments of the rapidly evolving coronavirus vaccine market and the efforts of the COVAX Facility to ensure fair and equitable access for every country in the world
The Kerala government and UN Women have collaborated to establish India's first Gender Data Hub
Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), has called for ensuring that COVID-19 vaccines are accessible to all people
After months of negotiation with the Taliban, the United Nations (UN) has finally struck a deal to operate thousands of primary schools in insurgent-held areas in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported
The UN is only aware that one if the vehicles with its monitoring group in Kashmir was “hit by an unidentified object” and no one was hurt in the incident, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) could potentially transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines per month in 2021, should such quantities become available, according to a new assessment published on Friday
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), together with the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Preschools & Primary Educations, School Infrastructure & Education Services, and the Men Engage Alliance Thursday launched a media campaign titled “Equal Partners” to engage men and boys to advance gender equality in Sri Lanka
UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said she expects “violence will be a top priority when talks resume in early January next year,” TOLOnews reported
The need for greater investments in green jobs is at the top of the youth climate agenda for 2021, said a new report, compiled by the UN Secretary-General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
A delegation of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) led by its Technical Adviser on Digital Governance Tariq Malik called on Pakistan Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque on Thursday
India's Human Development Index or HDI position has dropped after improving last year. In the latest UNDP's HDI ranking, India stands at 131. Last year India's ranking was 129
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the United Nations Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer and the heads of UN agencies based in Colombo Monday at an event held at the Foreign Ministry to mark the 65th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s membership of the United Nations
Niranjala’s (name changed) husband started physically abusing her soon after they got married
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is going to replace its three contingents consisting of 320 members at the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)
UNESCO has launched an international award named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman following Bangladesh’s proposal
