Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a hectic round of diplomacy here on Friday ahead of his address to the United Nations focusing on terrorism, the economic slowdown and the vexed Palestine issue.

Amid a last-ditch American effort to head off a Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations, India has reiterated its absolute 'unequivocal support' for a Palestinian state.

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Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal and some of the world's other poorest countries helped lead the way in spending for maternal and child health over the past year , a new study says.

The report came out as

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called upon all nations to address the multiple challenges the world is facing today, such as economic slowdown, terrorism and unrest in West Asia and North

United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast enticed underage girls in a poor part of the West African nation to exchange sex for food, according to a United States Embassy cable released by WikiLeaks.

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it was sending 600 tons of food and 500 tons of water to the Libyan capital Tripoli to aid civilians affected by the conflict in western Libya.

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The UN Security Council has reaffirmed its primary responsibility for peacekeeping under the UN Charter with India highlighting the 'severe mismatch' between the resources and the mandates of peacekee

The United Nations today said it is 'temporarily' withdrawing some of its staff from Syria amid concerns over the violent crackdown on civilian demonstrators by the authorities in the country.

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India will focus on the issue of UN peacekeeping during its UN Security Council presidency for the month of August, Hardeep Singh Puri, permanent representative of India to the UN has said.

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Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organisations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world.