May 2024

Algorand launches first layer one blockchain protocol backed Application Developer Course on NASSCOM's FutureSkills Prime platform, creating original  training content aligned with the National Occupational Standards (NOS) and…

CHENNAI : IIT Madras Zanzibar has launched a new MTech Program in Ocean Structures for the Academic Year 2024-25. The new two-year Master of Technology Program is open to candidates of all Nationalities and comes with two Streams -…

New York  – Ahead of the 4th International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4), held in Antigua and Barbuda on May 27-30th, a new policy brief by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) highlights a pressing need to massively invest in climate change…

New York – Embracing the spirit of diversity and inclusion, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ILGA World (the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) proudly announce the launch of the…

PANAMA CITY  – An increase in the number of children migrating through the dangerous Darien Gap so far this year puts the route on track for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of child migration, according to UNICEF analysis. In…

GOMA  – UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, Ted Chaiban, concluded a five-day visit to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where he met with authorities and witnessed firsthand the…

GENEVA  – “At least 1,993 children in Ukraine have been killed or injured since the escalation of war more than two years ago, an average of two child casualties each day. These are the figures the UN has been able to verify. We know the…

Vienna – QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has stressed the need to control food safety from the start – from our soil, water, agricultural and post-harvest practices –…

Geneva – The United Nations has a key catalytic role to play in leveraging the power of digital technologies, which is of utter importance particularly in rural areas, for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the…

Rome - From bees to earthworms, from coral reefs to rain forests - biodiversity helps to ensure our food diversity and must be key to transforming our food production systems, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…