New Delhi: Wrapped in a thick blanket, 15-year-old Nikhil Mandal is lying on a bed inside Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital in India’s capital New Delhi. Mandal’s blood platelet count has dropped to an alarming 8,000 after he developed severe chills and high fever
Islamabad: The Indian regional summit on Afghanistan failed to achieve New Delhi's objective of indirectly raising the bogey of terrorism in Afghanistan as a separate statement issued by Russia did not highlight the areas pointed by the host country. Two statements, with varying content, were released
Humra Quraishi Can the Samajwadis be so utterly naïve to label their recently launched perfume, Samajwadi Perfume, potent enough to wipe away the communal hatred spreading around by the combined forces of the right-wing! No doubt, a refreshing idea to launch a perfume in these dark times,
Rome: Women’s rights and the fight against fundamentalism were the main themes of the ninth Moroccan Italian festival being held in Italy until Saturday. The event, canceled last year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, aims to strengthen links between the two countries while also
Beijing: After trading barbs throughout the COP26 UN summit in Glasgow, the United States and China announced a surprise pact to cooperate on climate change, signalling a desire to set it aside from other thorny disputes. What do the broad commitments mean for China, responsible for
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday that it was crucial for the international community to avoid repeating mistakes of the past and pursue positive engagements in order to avert economic collapse or an all-out civil war from breaking out in Afghanistan. Addressing the
Tehran: Iran is ready to reach a "good agreement" on the nuclear issue at negotiations due to get underway in Vienna later this month, the country s foreign minister said. In a tweet, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said his deputy and chief negotiator Ali Bagheri was "engaged in
Haryana: India's efforts to reduce crop-waste burning, a major source of air pollution during the winter, by spending billions of rupees over the past four years have done little to avert a sharp deterioration in air quality. Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana states, part of
Paris: French investigative journal Mediapart has made fresh claims that alleged bogus invoices were used that enabled French aircraft maker Dassault Aviation to pay at least 7.5 million euros in secret commissions to a middleman to help it secure the Rafale deal with India. Mediapart had
Ontario: Veteran Canadian broadcaster Terry Milewski has lost the first round of a major defamation case at the Superior Court of Ontario, Canada, to Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) after admitting before the judge that he had no proofs that Pakistan was funding and supporting the