London: Prince Michael of Kent was willing to use his royal status for personal profit, and provide access to Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, a Sunday Times and Channel 4 report says. The Queen's cousin was filmed at a meeting in which undercover reporters were told

New Delhi: Covid-19 is surging through India, resulting in record-breaking numbers of new cases with medicine, oxygen, and vaccines in tragically short supply. Amy Braunschweiger speaks with South Asia director Meenakshi Ganguly about how this humanitarian crisis is exposing India’s underlying human rights issues, and

Gaza: At least 22 Palestinians were martyred, among them nine children, as Israel launched military strikes in Gaza following heightened tensions between the law enforcement agencies in Jerusalem with Palestinian civilians. On the other hand, Israel claimed it had struck 130 "military targets" in Gaza and

Bengaluru: The Indian government has told doctors to look out for signs of mucormycosis or “black fungus” in Covid-19 patients as hospitals report a rise in cases of the rare but potentially fatal infection. The state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said at the weekend

Moscow: At least seven school children and one teacher were killed on Tuesday and many more wounded after a lone teenage gunman opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, the mayor s office said, prompting a Kremlin call for tighter gun

Brussels: The European Union’s top economy official said on Monday that the recovery measures the EU and its 27 member states have in the works to emerge from the pandemic total around $5.85 trillion. EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told a European Parliament committee that if

Islamabad: The arrest of two persons with 7kgs of natural uranium by Maharashtra police has authenticated that Modi-led Indian regime is a threat to global security, particularly in the backdrop of the revelation that the duo had advertised the offered price of about Rs. 21

Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily. The B.1.617 variant is the fourth variant to be designated

Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani lauded Pakistan's sincere and positive role in the Afghan peace process as he met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Kabul. The army chief has arrived in Kabul on a day-long visit, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said

New Delhi: Doctors in India have warned that there is no scientific evidence for cow dung to be an effective cure to ward off coronavirus, saying that it risks spreading other diseases. The coronavirus pandemic has wrought devastation on India, with 22.66 million cases and 246,116