Michelle Bachelet, who assumed the office of the UN high commissioner for human rights in 2018, ends her term on 31 August

Ruchira Kamboj will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the United Nations (UN). The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that Kamboj is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

“Poignant: A man draped in the Ukrainian flag embraces a woman wearing the Russian flag,” Mr Shashi Tharoor wrote while sharing the image on Twitter. “Let us hope love, peace and co-existence triumph over war and conflict,” he added.

Sneha Dubey who is India’s First Secretary at the United Nations, said on Wednesday that 200 million women from the country were now brought into the established financial structure of the country. Dubey was speaking at United Nation’s General Assembly’s 76th session.

This isn’t the first time Anjana Om Kashyap has been criticised for her brand of journalism.

Here are some highlights from Sneha Dubey’s UN speech that social media can’t stop talking about.

Pakistan nurtures terrorists in their backyard in the hope that they will only harm their neighbours: Sneha Dubey.

Arora Akanksha, an Indian-origin audit collector of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has decided to run for the post Secretary-General of the United Nations.

U.N. officials said courts should take into account factors such as a woman’s lack of criminal history and her caretaking responsibilities. Women who commit petty offences should not be jailed and under-18s only as a last resort, they said.

UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock described the released funds as “a smart investment” and “the right thing to do.”