Stories from the UN Archive: Poetic traditions at the UN

PNP DeskMarch 21, 2024September 19, 202403 mins

UN rumour has it that the unofficial tradition began almost 40 years ago, when a delegate from the United Kingdom requested the floor to make a point of order at the end of an intense months-long session. The now annual tradition is flush with ribald diplomatic jocularity and acerbic wit. Watch the UK’s “poem lecture”…

Opposition leader’s poetic criticism of Modi

PNP DeskJune 7, 2023September 13, 202402 mins

New Delhi: President of the opposition party Congress in India, Mallikarjan Kharge, says that the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped the billionaires and cheated the poor. Congress president Mallikarjan Kharge targeted the Modi government and said that Modi has helped the rich and cheated the poor during his 9-year rule. While concluding, he…