Washington: Indian-American groups expressed their deep concerned on raising human rights violations in India and expressed grief over the death of Father Stan Swamy and described him as a social worker who dedicated his life to serving poor tribals in India. Eighty-four-year-old Swamy, who was arrested

New Delhi: While the inclusion of a Harvard University alumnus, Jyotiraditya Scindia, in the Narendra Modi government has led the ruling BJP to claim that the party and its regime give credence to both ‘Harvard and hard work’, an alumnus from that hallowed university has

Uttar Pradesh: Asha Devi does not remember how many meals she has skipped as she struggles to feed her family of seven in a remote corner of northern India where the novel coronavirus is compounding old problems of rural debt and poverty. Devi, 35, had to

London: The UK is experiencing a marked increase in new Covid infections, say experts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Latest data from swab tests in the community suggests one in every 160 people has the virus. That is up from one in every 250 in

Geneva: Health workers are struggling to get medicines and supplies into Afghanistan where facilities have come under attack and some staff have fled escalating violence, a World Health Organization official said on Friday. Taliban fighters have signalled they want continued support for health services in the

London: A British police officer on Friday pleaded guilty to the murder of a woman whose disappearance sparked outrage and a national debate about women’s safety. Wayne Couzens, 48, who served in the Metropolitan Police’s elite diplomatic protection unit, had already confessed to kidnapping Sarah Everard.

Paris: President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that France would start closing its bases in northern Mali before the end of the year, part of a drawdown of French troops fighting extremists in the Sahel. “The shutdowns of these sections will start in the second half of

Nur Sultan: Turkey, Iran and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to Syria’s sovereignty and pledged to cooperate on defeating terrorism in the war-torn country, the trio said in a joint statement following their latest round of Syrian peace talks. Earlier, representatives from the three countries gathered in

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti: At least 28 people carried out the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said, adding that 26 of them were Colombian and two were Americans of Haitian origin. “We have arrested 15 Colombians and the two Americans of Haitian origin. Three Colombians have