Ottawa: Pope Francis left Rome for Canada for a chance to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church. The head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics will be met at Edmonton’s international
Copenhagen: The European Commission (EC) has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said on Monday. “The European Commission has extended the marketing authorization for the
New Delhi: As Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering probe, Opposition parties criticized the Central government for unleashing a "relentless vendetta against political opponents" through misuse of investigative agencies by targeting prominent leaders of various
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a speech at TMC’s annual rally held in the memory of 13 youth Congress workers killed in Police firing in Kolkata on 21 July 1993. She said, “We need a Prime Minister of the poor people, not the
Uttar Pradesh: Dinesh Khatik, an influential Dalit leader from western Uttar Pradesh, was inducted as minister of state (MoS) for jal shakti in September last year. However, he resigned from the Yogi Adityanath government levelling severe charges of discrimination and corruption in the Cabinet. In a
Lucknow: Amid the controversy surrounding the transfers in Uttar Pradesh’s health and public works departments, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has alleged the government is trying to save some “big fish” involved. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who also holds the portfolio of health, had on
New Delhi: As India reported its fourth monkeypox case— a 34-year-old male from Delhi with no foreign travel history — the WHO urged New Delhi to urgently enhance surveillance and public health measures to detect the infection and mount responses, besides considering informed vaccination options. The
Islamabad: Pakistan strongly rejected Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s distorted remarks about the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, terming them “unwarranted and totally unacceptable”. At a recent event held in Jammu, the Indian minister said that Kashmir “is and shall always remain an integral part of India”. Responding
Qaisar Mansoor On 19 May 2022, Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court convicted illegally detained Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik on charges of conspiracy and waging war against the Indian state. It is necessary to mention that during the first five years of RSS government led by PM
By Zamir Akram Indian occupied Kashmir continues to bleed. On August 5 this year, it will be three years since the Modi government unleashed its reign of terror following the abrogation of articles 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution. The Kashmiri people have been subjected to