New Delhi: Covering the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as it tore through Indian cities, towns and villages was overwhelming at times. Patients died at home, in their cars on the way to hospital and outside emergency wards because there were no beds for them. India
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that doctors need to be protected from the coronavirus infection as well as from the “callousness” of the Bharatiya Janata Party government. “Save the saviours,” Gandhi said in a tweet. Many doctors working on the frontlines have died since
Srinagar: National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah has said that he will continue to strive for the restoration of Articles 370, 35-A. Addressing a virtual meeting of his party’s provincial committee members in Srinagar, he said National Conference won’t give up on the peaceful and constitutional
Beirut: National elections scheduled for December 2021 make it imperative for Libya’s Government of National Unity to revise or revoke sweeping restrictions on nongovernmental organizations, Human Rights Watch said. The Presidential Council decree violates Libya’s international obligations to protect basic freedoms. “This decree unjustifiably restricts and
London: Senior aides to Queen Elizabeth II barred the hiring of “coloured immigrants or foreigners” in office roles at Buckingham Palace until at least the late 1960s, a media report said. The Queen and Britain’s royal household also negotiated an exemption from 1970s-era laws on race
New Delhi: Police in India have arrested seven people and seized 6.4 kilogrammes of uranium from their possession, Indian media reported on Friday, marking the second time in less than a month that authorities have captured a large quantity of the radioactive material from unauthorised
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Pakistan desires peace and stability in the region. In a statement on Friday, he said Pakistan has played positive and constructive role in the Afghan peace process but the irresponsible statements of Afghan security adviser are really regrettable
Isaac Mugabi In Africa, foreign military interventions are in the spotlight for failing to end conflicts at the continent's hotspots. Both internal and external political interests are contributing factors. Military interventions under the United Nations banner are deployed to deal with armed conflicts on the continent. However,
New Delhi: India reported on Friday 132,364 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 2,713. The tally of infections stood at 28.6 million and the death toll at 340,702, the health ministry said. Due to the unprecedented deadly second wave of coronavirus,
Aceh: A boat filled with dozens of Rohingya, mostly women and children, landed on an island off the Indonesian coast early Friday, according to an AFP reporter and the UN refugee agency. It is the latest wave of arrivals by the persecuted minority in Muslim-majority Indonesia,