Manila: Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18. The impoverished Southeast Asian country has the 12th highest number of child marriages
Moradabad: A 15-year-old juice shop called 'New Sai Juice Centre', and its Muslim owner, Shabbu Khan,were attacked by a Hindutva group in the Majhola area of Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district. According to a report in Deccan Herald, the shop was vandalised and forcefully shut down by
Srinagar: International Forum for Justice Human Rights (IFJHR) JK chairman Mohammad Ahsan Untoo in a statement said that the victims of the worst kind of state terrorism of sopore 6 january 1993 are waiting for justice which is being denied by the biased legal system
London: The United Nations must fulfill its obligations by intervening in conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir else the world body will meet the fate of League of Nations, said Fahim Kayani, president of Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK. Addressing a conference to mark right to self-determination day
Contributed by Ray White: CEO London Institute of Peace Research Afghanistan, Haiti, Myanmar: Political upheaval, humanitarian challenges Turmoil at the top is fuelling ever-rising needs on the ground in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Myanmar. These three countries saw seismic political shifts – the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, the
Kolkata: Indian megacities Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, although without a corresponding rise in hospitalisations, but fears are growing about a spread to rural areas in coming days. India reported 90,928 new daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday, up nearly four-fold
Pune: Thousands of Dalits across the country offered their homage to the martyrs of the battle of Bhima Koregaon at the Dalit war memorial popularly known as “Jaystambh” at Perne hamlet in Bhima Koregaon village despite Covid restrictions in place and Section 144 clamped by
Qaisar Mansoor On 6 Jan 1993, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personals killed more than 75 civilians, burnt hundreds of shops and residential houses at Sopore, Baramulla. The massacre is seen as one of the worst carried out by Indian forces in Kashmir’s history. It is glaring
Sukanya Shantha In 2018, months before the Pune police had launched a country-wide raid at the houses and offices of activists, academics and lawyers, the Maharashtra state Anti- Terrorism Squad (ATS) had had rounded up five men – all contractual workers at the Reliance Infrastructure Ltd
Leo Igwe As delegates from faith and no faith communities are preparing to meet and dialogue in Abuja, it is pertinent to emphasize some of the virtues of two-way communications. Dialogue is important in ameliorating tensions between persons or communities that hold divergent views, opinions, and beliefs