London: More than 4,000 Afghans who supported the British military during the August evacuation of Kabul remain stranded as the UK redirects resources toward the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey admitted that 1,000 people eligible for the UK’s Afghan Relocation Assistance Programme, along
New Delhi: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in India on Thursday touting job-creating investment but facing long odds to get his reluctant counterpart Narendra Modi to back Western action against Russia. Johnson arrived in western Gujarat Modi’s home state where he is scheduled to meet
Paris: A warming world and intensive agriculture are causing insect populations to plummet by nearly half compared to areas less affected by temperature rises and industrial farming, researchers said. The researchers measured both insect abundance and number of species in areas across the world and compared
New York: As many as 26 million Americans have mostly or completely stopped reading the Bible, American Bible Society’s annual State of the Bible report revealed, and the decline might be linked to churches being shut due to coronavirus curbs. John Plake, lead researcher for the
London: In a show of strength two months into its assault on Ukraine, Russia test-launched a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile which President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday would make Moscow's enemies stop and think. Putin was shown on TV being told by the military that
Mumbai: As many as 72% of mosques in Mumbai have stopped using loudspeaker for broadcasting the morning Azaan or prayer, police sources said. The development comes amid MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s demand that loudspeakers on mosques in Maharashtra be removed by May 3, and the resultant
Gujarat: Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was arrested on by the Assam Police for his tweets about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Deccan Herald reported. Mevani was arrested in Palanpur city at 11.30 pm and then taken to Ahmedabad, his aide Suresh Jat told PTI. From there,
Qaisar Mansoor Recently ‘Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind’ has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the dangerous politics of bulldozers that have been started to destroy property of minorities especially Muslims under the guise of crime prevention in BJP-ruled states. With the unabated attacks on mosques, houses and
New Delhi: A prominent Muslim organization has filed a plea in India’s top court, urging its intervention as properties of mainly Muslims accused of violence are bulldozed by the authorities in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has filed
London: Amid all-out onslaught by India’s fascist Modi regime on Muslims and on people of Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK), the visit of Prime Minister Boris Johnson demands strong protest by the British government to the RSS-BJP regime in India. “This is not the