A university in India should be able to learn from one in Africa. A Latin American campus should be able to adapt an innovation developed in Asia. Universities should be able to compare pathways, learn from failures, share data and accelerate solutions. This is where SCCN can play a distinctive role
Unlike many regions where imported garments quickly become waste, countries such as India have built thriving ecosystems of repair, resale and recycling. Long before the "circular economy" entered policy vocabulary, informal markets and recycling clusters had already extended the life of clothing through reuse and material recovery.
If Earth Overshoot Day falls on 30 July in 2026 , humanity is currently effectively requiring nearly one and three-quarter Earths to sustain its present patterns of production and consumption.
Climate change is reshaping national security in South Asia. Military preparedness, though important, cannot make up for decaying infrastructure, failing water systems, or recurrent economic disruptions brought on by extreme weather. Governments must expand the definition of security to incorporate climate resilience as a central strategic goal.
Ahead of a United Nations Security Council session on Afghanistan on Wednesday, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen, who has been nominated by the Islamic Emirate as its envoy for the UN, renewed a call for the United Nations seat for the current Kabul regime
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to deliver additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan to storage facilities in the Uzbek city of Termez by the end of November, a UNHCR spokesperson told Sputnik on Tuesday
Pakistan on Tuesday reaffirmed its strong opposition to the move by the Group of Four – India, Brazil, Germany and Japan – for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
Professor Bimal N. Patel of India has been elected to the International Law Commission, a UN body of legal experts, for a five-year term beginning in January 1, 2023
India has paid rich tributes to all its women and men peacekeepers, including the 14 police officers who died in the line of duty to UN peacekeeping, of which India is a major contributor
The number of children with disabilities globally is estimated at nearly 240 million, according to a UNICEF report
India on Tuesday said that it is imperative that terrorism in any form or manifestation is condemned and those supporting it in any manner are held accountable, and also stressed that the “persisting exclusion and inequality in the membership of the Security Council needs to be addressed”
Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, has been designated as the 'creative city of craft and folk arts' by UCCN, UNESCO said in a statement
An estimated 23 million people in Afghanistan, out of its over 37 million population, are facing a dire food crisis and the UN is working on developing mechanisms to help prevent a humanitarian catastrophe
While the developed countries are failing to meet their targets for fighting climate change, India is overachieving and has exceeded its targets, according to the country’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav
India denounced Pakistan's efforts to defend China's persecution of its Muslim minority by attacking India with “false and malicious propaganda.”
The United Nations urged the Bangladesh government to take measures to protect minorities amid widespread violence targeted at the country’s minority Hindu community
The Taliban, the new rulers of Afghanistan, has assured the UN that they will “very soon” allow older girls to resume studies in secondary schools in the country, which was banned after the Taliban's takeover in the country
India was re-elected to the Human Rights Council on Thursday for another three-year term starting next year with a pledge to “to bring its pluralistic, moderate and balanced perspective to straddle various divides or differences in the Council.”
India on Tuesday hit out at double standards in fighting religious phobias that ignores “anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh phobias” and thus encourages those propagating those ideas
