Riyadh: Saudi women can now live on their own without requiring the consent of their father or male guardian after a new legal amendment by the Kingdom, according to media reports. Now, Saudi legal authorities removed paragraph (b) from Article 169 of the "Law of Procedure
Islamabad: The history of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is littered with several carnages, including of Chota Bazaar that tells a horrendous story of violence carried out by the Indian forces with impunity. Thirty years on, the memories of Chota Bazaar massacre still haunt
New Delhi: India began an inoculation drive for its 1.38 billion people in earnest in mid-January. Healthcare, frontline workers and the elderly were the first eligible, followed by people aged over 45 in April and then adults aged 18-45 in May. That last extension, covering around 43%
New York: The US Senate approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Zahid Qureshi, a magistrate judge in New Jersey, to the federal bench, making him the first Muslim federal judge in US history. The Democrat-controlled Senate voted 81-16 to confirm Qureshi, 46, who is the son
Falmouth, United Kingdom: G7 leaders on Friday open a three-day summit aimed at helping to end the -19 pandemic and forge a climate-centric economic recovery, after pledging to donate one billion vaccine doses for the world’s poorest countries. US President Joe Biden and his colleagues from
Srinagar: India has so far issued over 3.4 million fake domicile certificates to non-Kashmiris, Pakistan said Thursday, reiterating that New Delhi is trying to change the demography of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. “India continues with its design to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory
New Delhi: Vaccination is not a guarantee against the Covid-19 infection and it will only ensure that the infection does not become severe, experts have reiterated this, but now a preliminary study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has
Srinagar: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), over 500 doctors and around 900 paramedics have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir region alone. According to a top health official till May 30, 530 doctors and 860 paramedics tested
Jammu: A Muslim was arrested and his cattle was impounded by Kishtwar Police. The police during checking arrested Mohammad Ashraf, a resident of Brannar Lessu, Islamabad and impounded 21 bovines he was taking to Kashmir Valley. Police have registered an FIR No. 32/2021 U/S 188/IPC, 11 PCA
Geneva: Globally, the majority of mental health care continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals, and human rights abuses and coercive practices remain all too common. But providing community-based mental health care that is both respectful of human rights and focused on recovery is proving