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On 29th November 2024, the United Nations General Assembly made history by designating 21st December 2024 as the first-ever World Meditation Day. This groundbreaking resolution highlights the growing recognition of meditation as a cornerstone for improving mental and physical health and ...

Bengaluru, November 16, 2022: After the massive success of Aryaman 2022, Ekya Schools, in association with CMR National Pre-University College, launched its first-ever offline Model United Nations conference (MUN). Ekya Schools have been participating in various MUN conferences organised across cities, ...

On November 15, 2022, the world's population surpassed 8 billion, according to the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund). In 2011, the world's population was 7 billion, and today, only 12 years later, we have reached an 8 billion population.  The next 7 ...

World Thrift Day is being celebrated in several parts of the world to promote the habit of saving. Countries like Spain, the United States, and Germany celebrate World Thrift Day enthusiastically. World Thrift Day is an event for people to ...

United Nations Day: The Day to Celebrate the Coming Together of Countries for Better Future Every year on October 24, the United Nations (UN) Day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the formation of United Nations. The day highlights the ...

The new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new ‘poverty profiles' that can offer a breakthrough in development efforts to tackle the interlinked aspects of poverty. This analysis by the UNDP (United Nations ...

World Poverty Day, also known as the World Eradication Day for Poverty, is observed annually on October 17th. It is celebrated to raise awareness about the need to end global poverty in all its forms everywhere.   "Wherever men and women ...

Sep 28 (PTI): A women's rights activist from India, who traveled 3,800km through the length of the country in less than a year to raise awareness on gender-based violence and inequality, has won a prestigious honour at the UN SDG Action ...

Sep 23: The UN food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing "a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm" and urged donors, particularly Gulf nations and billionaires, to give a few days of profits to tackle a crisis ...

United Nations, Sep 20: Warning that the world is in "great peril," the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality - ...

World celebrates 28th Indigenous Peoples Day  Who are indigenous peoples? Indigenous peoples are tribes, native and exclusive to a particular region. They remained cut off from the mainstream world for such a long period that they developed a unique culture, language, ...

Newsmakers 2020: Even as 2020 nears an end, it will largely be reminisced as the 'year of pandemic' that impacted the lives and livelihood of millions people around the world, including several big time and small businesses. Another industry that was ...