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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh led India's representation at the 25th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government, held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Discussions at the meeting centre...
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls on 17 October each year. First marked on 17 October 1987, it was formally recognised by the UN General Assembly through a 1992 resolution. Its aims are to elimin...
New Delhi hosted the first-ever Home Ministers' Meeting of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), which ended with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration 2026. The groupi...
The World Day Against the Death Penalty is observed on 10 October every year. The day aims to build public awareness in favour of abolishing capital punishment and to strengthen the protection of human rights across the...
World Architecture Day is marked every year on the first Monday of October and fell on 5 October in 2026. It seeks to build awareness of the part architecture plays in society and in shaping human settlements. The theme...
World Habitat Day falls on the first Monday of October each year, and was observed on 5 October 2026 with the theme "Adequate Housing for All". Designated by the United Nations (UN) in 1985, the day draws attention to th...
New Delhi was the venue for the 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC), hosted by India. Talks centred on joint action against cross-border crimes such as...
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh is heading India's parliamentary team at the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), under way in Arusha, Tanzania. The Assembly's theme is “Enhancing good governance...
The International Day of Sign Languages is observed on 23 September to stress the recognition, protection and promotion of the human rights of deaf people through national sign languages. The 2026 theme is "Declaring Dea...
The International Day of Democracy is observed on September 15 to promote and uphold democratic principles. The UN General Assembly created the day in 2007 through a consensus resolution, and it was first marked in 2008....
In Geneva, 128 countries agreed by consensus on a text defining Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). LAWS can detect, select and engage targets using pre...
The International Day to Protect Education from Attack is observed every year on 9 September to stress the need to safeguard education during armed conflict; its 2026 theme is “Can Education Survive Attack? The Resilienc...
