United Nations: As he starts his second term as UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres said the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions that have sparked conflicts everywhere — but
Dhaka: Human rights organisations documenting abuses committed by the Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have requested the United Nations to ban the unit’s members from its peace operations. In a letter to Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix made public, 12 human rights groups voiced concern
United Nations: Pakistan has urged the United Nations to brace itself for the revival of major-powers rivalry, new and old conflicts and a new arms race. Pakistan underlined these issues at the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) first meeting of the new year where the assembly’s president
New Delhi: For nearly two years now, Indian and international rights organisations have waited for Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.) to release the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) on India report. Trailblazers leading the campaign against hate crimes hoped the report would help them
New Delhi: India on Friday morning recorded 3,47,254 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection count in the country to 3,85,66,027 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. The daily case count on Friday was 9.36% higher than Thursday’s tally of 3,17,532 infections. The toll rose
United Nations: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India in 2021 were 26 per cent lower, mainly because large M&A deals recorded in 2020 were not repeated, the UN trade body has said. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Trends Monitor published on
Srinagar: Complete shutdown marked by strict restrictions was being observed in several areas of Srinagar on Friday on the 32nd martyrdom anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre. On 21 January, 1990 Indian troops had martyred more than 50 innocent people and injured more than hundreds of people
Qaisar Mansoor 21st January is remembered as the darkest day in the history of Kashmir. It is being marked as the 32nd martyrdom anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre. Back in 1990, on the fateful day (January 21) at least 50 Kashmiris were killed on-the-spot when Indian
Srinagar: Anjuman Auqaf of Jamia Masjid Srinagar has said that the authorities on Friday again prevented people from offering Juma prayers at the historic mosque. The Anjuman Auqaf in a statement in Srinagar said that it was the 25th consecutive Friday when the authorities continued to
Qaisar Mansoor Before the Mughals, India was not one country. There were several states fighting with each other all the time. The Mughals conquered the whole country and united it under their dominion. When the British came they also ruled the whole India but even at that