Over the past seven weeks, there have been widespread international protests, including in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, in support of the now 45-day-long agitation Indian farmers are mounting against the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s pro-agribusiness laws. In
Srinagar: The Indian authorities have extended the ban on 3G-4G internet till January 22. According to the details, an order issued by the Principal Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabrra while quoting so-called security concerns reads: “Certain restrictions have been placed on access to high speed mobile data
Suprakash Majumdar New Delhi: Somewhere on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in the scorching heat, a group of migrant workers can be seen walking home. Kanti, a tribal woman from Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, had migrated to a remote village near the India-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer in search of work.
Kathmandu: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has appealed to citiens to stay alert about bird flu. The ministry has urged the people, especially in the Terai region, to remain alert as bird flu has been confirmed in various parts of India. The ministry directed
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “United Nations support for the right to self-determination — while slower than it was at its historic peak in the twentieth century — remains both a source of pride for the Organization and a crucial pillar of its work going forward,” António
Amman: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with US Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn. Safadi and Rayburn discussed means of advancing cooperation between the two countries within the framework of the Jordanian-American strategic partnership, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Talks during the
New Delhi: A leading Indian think tank United Services Institution (USI) has revealed that every year, the Indian Army loses its personnel to suicides, fratricides and untoward incidents and in the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in the stress levels of
New Delhi: As temperatures plummet, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children continue to spend bone-chilling days and nights in makeshift shelters across multiple protest sites encircling New Delhi. These widespread farmers’ protests have entered their second month to rage against new contentious farm laws
Kabul: The Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Haneef Atmar, has held a VTC meeting with the US State Department’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, according to a statement on Friday. During the meeting, which was attended by the US Charge d’Affairs in Kabul
Hanoi: Vietnam will continue to seek measures to enhance the efficiency of and expand the areas of engagement in UN peacekeeping operations, heard a conference held by the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on January 7 to review Vietnam’s involvement in the operations in