London: Britain’s first flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda was pulled at the eleventh hour after the European Court of Human Rights issued injunctions to stop the deportation of the handful of migrants on board, a government source said. The British government’s plan to send
Strasbourg: Europe's top rights court said that Russia's 2012 law allowing authorities to crack down on NGOs, media outlets and others as "foreign agents" violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The controversial law, which was expanded by Russian lawmakers in 2020, has been used to
Beijing: China's economy and society are at increasing risk from climate change and the country needs to improve adaptation mechanisms and monitoring capabilities at every level of government, according to a new policy document. "Climate change has already brought serious adverse impacts to China's natural ecological
Geneva: Switzerland reopened its airspace Wednesday after a brief closure for safety reasons because of an unspecified “technical malfunction,” authorities said. Skyguide, the air navigation service, initially said the closure would be in effect “until further notice” after the malfunction early in the morning. A few hours
Geneva: Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the globe has seen a rise in the use of child workers, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned. ILO figures from numerous countries indicate a rising trend in child labour in the post-pandemic period due to worsening economic conditions, Benjamin Smith,
Kerala: Kerala gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh moved the high court seeking to quash the conspiracy case filed against her by ex- state minister K T Jaleel last week and central forces’ protection. In her petition, Swapna reiterated her charges against the CM Pinarayi Vijayan,
New Delhi: The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind filed two fresh pleas in the Supreme Court on Monday, June 13, seeking directions to the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that no further demolitions are carried out in the state without following due process and that such exercise is
Kochi: Air pollution can cost Indians five years of their lives. In north India, it cuts life expectancy even more – by as much as seven years. Put together, such particulate pollution is the greatest threat to human health in the country. These are some of
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,245,517 on Wednesday, as 8,822 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 15 deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since Tuesday morning took the
New Delhi: Social media has intensified religious intolerance in India, says a report by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights which highlights the “targeting of Muslims” by backers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and other right-leaning Hindu nationalist groups as the