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The President of the United Nations General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has paid rich tributes to Yoga. 
 

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India retaliated when China pitched for a discussion on Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council. After China once again pitched for a discussion on Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council, India on Thursday said that Beijing should draw “proper lessons” and “refrain” from repeating this step in the future.

China and Pakistan failed to rake up the Kashmir issue at the UN. South block officials that MyNation spoke with said that China was left isolated. 

Indian babies accounted for 17% of the estimated 3,92,078 babies that were born globally on New Year's Day.

Hansa Mehta was single handedly responsible for amending a critical feature of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights i.e. the UDHR, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. 

The India star was named the 2019 recipient of the Humanitarian Award by the United Nations Children's Fund in June this year and received the award at the Snowflake Ball here Tuesday night.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar expressed confidence in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that India would become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) “one day” and said the work in this direction was progressing step by step.

November 21 of every year is celebrated as World Television Day. The first World Television Forum took place on this day in 1996 and the UNGA decided to mark the day as World Television Day. 
 

PM Modi criticised the Congress for bringing in the angle of religion in its criticism of the government for abrogating Articles 370 and 35A 

October 16 marks World Food Day to create awareness globally on those who suffer from hunger and ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. World Food Day highlights the fact that food is a basic and fundamental human right. 

In 2010, the United Nations decided to recognise Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's birth date (October 15) as World Student Day.

The United Nations Organisation (UNO) had declared the former President APJ Abdul Kalam’s birth anniversary as World Student Day. APJ Kalam was the 11th President of India and was a motivational figure to many. 

India is among the very few countries that pay their regular budget dues in full and on time to the United Nations. Only 33 other nations paid their regular budget assessments in full within this 30 day due period.