New Delhi: In a massive nation-wide crackdown on not-for-profit organizations flouting foreign funding law, the Central Bureau of Investigation is raiding middlemen and public servants in 40 locations across India, including in Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Chennai, and Mysore, among others. 12 NGOs have been raided
Karnataka: The Karnataka government ordered residents to obtain permission from authorities to use loudspeakers or remove them within 15 days, NDTV reported. The directive was issued a day after members of the Hindutva organisation Sri Ram Sene played Hanuman Chalisa on temple loudspeakers in Karnataka to
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim The US State Department’s determination that the persecution of the Rohingya minority by Myanmar meets the criteria of a genocide is regarded by scholars as one of the most obvious and clearest genocide determinations they have seen. But the persecution of the Rohingya is
Paris: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) notified that there is a "50:50 chance" the annual average global temperature reaches 1.5°C above the pre-industrial levels in one of the coming five years. WMO warned that at least one year between 2022-2026 will be the warmest on record,
Tokyo: The Japanese government on May 10 extended an Emergency Grant Aid of $10 million, in response to the food crisis in Yemen, and said this assistance was expected to be delivered to approximately 2.5 million people. In support of its move, the government noted that
Kyiv: Russian forces stormed the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s strategic port of Mariupol and stepped up missile strikes elsewhere, Ukrainian officials said, as President Vladimir Putin oversaw a parade of military firepower in Moscow. Putin marked the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi
Dhaka: Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar are progressing with their Myanmar education, with the arrival of new textbooks setting a government and UN-backed program on course to prepare the hundreds of thousands of children for a future return to their home
United Nations: Nearly half of Afghanistan’s population are facing acute hunger, warned a UN-backed report. “High acute food insecurity persists across Afghanistan, as a combination of a collapsing economy and drought is depriving nearly 20 million Afghans of food,” according to the latest Integrated Food Security
Tehran: The EU diplomat seeking to revive a 2015 nuclear deal will visit Tehran this week as the United States voiced hope for progress. Enrique Mora has played a key role as an intermediary between the United States and Iran during a year of on-off talks
Qaisar Mansoor India has again violated the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) by announcing 540 MW ‘Kwar hydro-electric project’ located on Chenab River. Pakistan’s water authorities have expressed reservations over the Indian decision of the hydro-electric project over Chenab River. According to reports, India’s federal cabinet approved