Cherbourg, France: A shipment of nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium headed to the French port of Cherbourg overnight en route to Japan, according to environmental watchdog Greenpeace, which protested the transport. Before dawn, an AFP photographer spotted the controversial cargo in transit under heavy security,
Beijing: China said on Wednesday it is ready to maintain communication with the leaders of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, calling its establishment a "necessary step" in reconstruction. Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the comment at a daily briefing in Beijing when asked if
Washington: US President Joe Biden says Pakistan, Iran, China and Russia are working to negotiate and reach an agreement with the Afghan Taliban on certain issues. His comment came hours after the Taliban announced details of its interim government in Afghanistan. Biden said he was certain China
Haryna: Thousands of farmers gathered in the northern Indian state of Haryana to protest agriculture laws have pitched tents outside a key government office. After talks between farmer leaders and officials failed on Tuesday, protestors marched towards the office in Karnal district. Several farmer leaders were
Vikas Pandey The Taliban's blisteringly fast takeover of Afghanistan has stunned security and diplomacy experts worldwide. Days after the fall of Kabul, nations are hurriedly evacuating their diplomats and citizens, leaving behind two decades of work and investments. The Taliban's rout is likely to cause a significant
New Delhi: Several Indian news channels including India Today, Republic TV, Times Now, Navbharat, and Zee News ran footage of what they claimed to be visuals of Pakistan army’s support for the Taliban in Panjshir in Afghanistan in their nefarious attempt to malign Pakistan,. Republic TV
New Delhi: India recorded an average of 87 rape cases daily in 2019 and overall 4,05,861 cases of crime against women during the year, a rise of over 7 per cent from 2018, a latest government data showed. The country recorded 3,78,236 cases of crimes against
Calcutta: A day after promising to field its candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur bypoll, the Congress announced that it will not put anybody against the Trinamool Congress supremo. As instructed by the AICC, the Congress will neither field any candidate
Bulandshahr: A 16-year-old Dalit boy from Amroha, was found hanging in the bathroom of a juvenile home in Bulandshahr. His family has claimed that he had been allegedly beaten up by upper caste inmates for “daring” to run away with an upper caste girl. The boy’s father
Kuala Lumpur: November’s COP26 UN climate summit should be postponed, as an inclusive and safe event has become “impossible,” with delegates from poorer nations struggling to access vaccines and pay rising travel costs, a network of more than 1,500 groups said Tuesday. Civil society activists from