New Delhi: The phone numbers of over 40 Indian journalists appear on a leaked list of potential targets for surveillance, and forensic tests have confirmed that some of them were successfully snooped upon by an unidentified agency using Pegasus spyware, The Wire can confirm. The leaked
India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the South Asian country. Most experts believe India’s
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s name in the list of potential ‘hacking’ targets in the Pegasus scandal underlines an inexplicable fact — his undying importance. The Congress leader may not be considered to be a heavyweight in terms of his political abilities and electoral successes; he
New Delhi: The Congress accused the Narendra Modi government of ‘treason’ and compromising national security reports of Pegasus software being used to spy on people and demanded the dismissal of Home Minister Amit Shah and an inquiry into the role of the Prime Minister. Following reports
Tamil Nadu: Dalit Christian organizations in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have urged a Vatican tribunal to end casteism and discrimination against Dalits in the Catholic Church. The group sent documents on July 10 highlighting the plight of Dalit Christians in India, especially in
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reaches out in all directions, across Central Asia into Europe, up into Russia, through the seas and oceans of Asia, out to Africa and of course, deep into Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asian leg of BRI consists primarily of a
United Nations: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “encouraged” by the agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban to expedite peace talks, according to Deputy Spokesman Farhan Aziz Haq. “The secretary-general is encouraged by the joint declaration issued in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, under
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was not prepared to impose lockdown restrictions to stop the spread of Covid-19 to save the elderly and denied the National Health Service would be overwhelmed, his former top adviser said in an interview. In his first TV interview since
New York: The Human Rights Watch has called a ruling by a top European Union court allowing employers to ban headscarves under certain conditions a "violation of religious freedoms", adding that Muslim women in Europe are being forced to choose between their faith and their
Damascus: Syrian air defences shot down Israeli missile over the northern province of Aleppo state media reported, in an attack that a war monitor said targeted positions of pro-regime groups. "At around 23:37 on Monday