New York: The United Nations has raised India's growth forecast to 7.5 per cent for calendar year 2021, marking a 0.2 per cent increase from its projection in January, but said the country's outlook for the year remains highly fragile. The surging Covid-19 infections and inadequate
New York: Amnesty International said Israel is using "abusive and wanton force against largely peaceful Palestinian protesters" in east Jerusalem clashes that have wounded hundreds of demonstrators and dozens of police. Israel on Tuesday firmly defended the conduct of its officers, insisting they have responded to
New York: The UN Secretary-General said he was "gravely concerned" at escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, while the UN rights office, OHCHR, appealed for “a redoubling of efforts to restore calm”, after airstrikes and days of clashes between protesters and Israeli police. The ongoing
Paris: Around 400 million people are at risk across the world as hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves, and pollution, according to a report released Wednesday. Fast-expanding urban areas are home to more than half the
London: Thousands of people gathered in London to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza and ongoing police brutality at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Protesters gathered in front of government offices at 10 Downing Street in the evening under heavy police presence. Some banners carried at the rally read
Geneva: The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in
Shazia Anwer Cheema Pakistan Armed Forces are under attack again from Afghan soil and there is a reason to believe this is a tactical move from someone to build pressure on Pakistan so Pakistan builds pressure on the Taliban to accept US terms for peace. There is
Uttar Pradesh: As COVID-19 is wreaking havoc across India, at least forty-four employees of the Aligarh Muslim University – 19 professors and 25 non-teaching staff – have died after contracting the virus. These deaths have sparked concern as yet more cases, and deaths, are emerging from
Tamil Nadu: Production of the Apple iPhone 12 at a Foxconn factory in India has slumped by more than 50 per cent because workers infected with Covid-19 have had to leave their posts, two sources told Reuters. The Foxconn facility in the southern state of Tamil
New Delhi: Ambulance staff in India have been accused of dumping the bodies of Covid-19 victims into the Ganges River, as corpses washed up on its banks for the second consecutive day. An MP from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janardhan Singh Sigriwal, claimed that