Stan Swamy’s death shows India’s complex legal structure fails to protect individual liberty July 8, 2021 The death of Father Stan Swamy is a black day for the Indian judiciary, which was unable to even grant a basic right such as bail to a senior citizen with
London: Britain will work with the Taliban should they enter the government in Afghanistan, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace told the Daily Telegraph in an interview. "Whatever the government of the day is, provided it adheres to certain international norms, the UK government will engage with
Islamabad: Ahead of a fresh push by Afghan politicians to break the stalemate in Afghan peace talks, Pakistan once again urged Kabul and the Taliban leadership to show flexibility by agreeing to a political settlement so that further violence and bloodshed could be avoided. This message
London: Campaigners are hailing the end of opencast coal mining in Britain after a long battle to see off the final applications for new mines in former coal heartlands. The Banks Group’s decision not to appeal against the rejection of a proposed scheme on the outskirts
New York: Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, briefed ambassadors on latest developments under the accord that ended five decades of fighting between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP). The peace
Madrid: Countries across Asia, Americas and Africa are seeing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, forcing them to bring back or extend stringent lockdowns and hampering drives to vaccinate their population. EUROPE * Spain surpassed 4 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began after adding 43,960 new cases,
Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council called for those behind “massive scale” enforced disappearances in Syria over the past decade of conflict to be held accountable. The resolution, presented by Britain and a number of European countries, along with the US, Turkey and Qatar, decried that
Following are the correct figures of human rights violations committed by Indian forces in Indian administered Kashmir Total Killings 95,806 Custodial Killings 7,178 Arrested 161,878 Arson (Houses, Shops, etc.) 110,413 Women widowed 22,928 Children orphaned 107,824 Women gang-raped /
Tunis: The House of People's Representatives (ARP) approved the decision to deploy a military unit in the Central African Republic under the UN banner, with 105 votes in favour, 0 against and 4 abstentions. It is the Light Quick Reaction Force (LQRF) whose deployment in
Srinagar: Heavy security was deployed around a Srinagar graveyard today to prevent political leaders and others from paying their respects on Martyrs' Day - a day traditionally observed as an assertion of the people's fight for democracy and remembered for the killing of 22 people