Srinagar: When the International Day of Living Together in Peace is being observed world over, today, religious minorities are hounded in India under Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party. However, Hindutva extremism is an important source of violence in contemporary India. Non-Hindu communities are living in
London: A Syrian interpreter abandoned by the UK’s asylum system attempted suicide after waiting nearly two years for a decision on his claim. Ali, not his real name, arrived on a Tier 2 Highly Skilled Worker visa in 2020 and with permission to work as a
Kyiv: A Russian soldier accused of killing a civilian during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine appeared in court in Kyiv ahead of the first war crimes trial since the start of the offensive. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, was brought to court for a preliminary hearing, accused of killing
Athens: Standing by the tiny grave of his five-year-old son in the Orthodox Christian cemetery of Schisto on the outskirts of Athens, Esfandiyar Fagkiri says he feels a “dual pain”. Not only has he lost one of his five children, but the Afghan family cannot mourn
Islamabad: A United Nations commission has estimated that the intersection of aridity with projected temperature rise will result in increasing areas of concern for heatwaves in South and Southwest Asia with occurrence of distinct hotspots, and the present heatwaves in Pakistan and India are these
Kabul: The Taliban government in Kabul dismissed reports of banning men and women from dining out together in the western Afghan city of Herat, their spokesperson said. "Some media outlets have reported that the ministry has put restrictions on families to have lunch or dinner together
New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights office has welcomed the order passed by the Supreme Court on sedition and has called for the immediate release of all detained under the colonial law. “We welcome the Indian Supreme Court’s order to reconsider the Sedition Law, which
New Delhi: Tesla Inc has put on hold plans to sell electric cars in India, abandoned a search for showroom space and reassigned some of its domestic team after failing to secure lower import taxes, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The decision caps
Udaipur: In a scathing attack on Narendra Modi, Congress’s interim president Sonia Gandhi has said that the prime minister’s slogan “minimum government, maximum governance” meant “keeping the country in a state of constant polarisation”. Speaking at the three-day Chintan Shivir or ‘brainstorming camp’ in Rajasthan’s Udaipur,
New Delhi: Making it clear that the main conflict between India and China concerns the border, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande Monday said Beijing’s intent was to keep the ‘boundary issue’ alive. Gen Pande, who took over as the Army chief on 30 April, said a