New Delhi: The Indian government recently notified new rules on how digital and social media platforms should operate in the country. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, tweaks protection available to social media and OTT companies, and expands their
Kabul: Over a thousand civil society activists gathered in Kabul to call for the inclusion of women, youth, the disabled and the media in the Afghan peace process. More than 1,300 representatives assembled in the open at the Chihilsitoon Garden in Afghanistan’s capital for the National
Ghaziabad: A Muslim boy was beaten in India for entering and drinking water from a Hindu temple, according to multiple Indian media outlets. The incident took place in the city of Dasna in Ghaziabad district, which lies in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The 14-year-old
New York: About 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees were still unaccounted for last week after a huge fire swept through the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. “Many families are still being reunited,” Andreij Mahecic, a spokesman for the U.N.
England: British state of England has included Pakistani dhol performance in its new curriculum for musical education. United Kingdom Department of Education had issued a press release on March 26 and added music from different countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, Brazil, India, Israel, Russia, Japan, the Middle
Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has said that the ongoing freedom movement in Kashmir is an indigenous movement and is deep-rooted in hearts of the people. In a statement, the APHC Working Vice Chairman, Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar praised the people’s unwavering commitment and their precious
Two-thirds of people in India live in poverty: 68.8% of the Indian population lives on less than $2 a day. Over 30% even have less than $1.25 per day available - they are considered extremely poor. This makes the Indian subcontinent one of the poorest
Minneapolis: George Floyd must receive justice, his family said ahead of opening arguments Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing the Black man, whose agonising death ignited protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the
COX S BAZAR: Hundreds of members of a hardline Islamist group attacked Hindu temples and a train in eastern Bangladesh, police and a local journalist said, as violence spread across the country in the wake of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Local police
New York: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world faces intense problems of debt sustainability because of the coronavirus crisis that have not been properly understood or addressed, the Financial Times reported Monday. “The response to Covid and to the financial aspects [of the crisis]