New York: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), together with the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament at Uppsala University and the Swedish Government, hosted a side event, ‘Nuclear Disarmament at a Crossroads?’, at the Tenth Review Conference (RevCon) of the Parties to the Treaty
New Delhi: India for the first time voted against Russia during a procedural vote at the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine, as the 15-member powerful UN body invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address a meeting through a video conference. This is for the first
Yangon: Myanmar authorities have detained the United Kingdom’s former ambassador to the country, a diplomatic source said on Thursday. Vicky Bowman, who served as envoy from 2002 to 2006 was arrested on Wednesday in the commercial hub Yangon, the source said, requesting anonymity. Prior to serving as
Radomir: Mack Rutherford, a British-Belgian 17-year-old, landed in Bulgaria to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world. Five months and a day after taking off from Bulgaria in March, Rutherford returned to the small airport near the town of Radomir, an hour from
New Delhi: India’s New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) on Thursday sought to block Gautam Adani’s attempt to acquire a majority stake in the news network, saying regulatory restrictions meant the bid from the billionaire tycoon’s group could not proceed. In a stock exchange filing, NDTV said
Islamabad: Pakistan “categorically” rejected India’s “purported closure of the highly irresponsible” firing of a rogue supersonic missile into Pakistani territory and reiterated “its demand for a joint probe”. “We have seen India’s announcement of the findings of an internal Court of Inquiry regarding the incident of
New Delhi: In a major embarrassment for the BJP-ruled Gujarat government, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from it on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The top court issued a notice to
Lucknow: Popular Front of India, PFI General Secretary Anis Ahmed said that why a ban has not been imposed on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), alleging that their "name comes in all riots". Blaming RSS for communal violence, PFI's Anis Ahmed said that RSS' modus operandi has
New Delhi: Tomato fever was reported in India on May 6 and since then medical experts in the country are battling its spread, reported India Today. Quoting a Lancet study, the outlet said that India has recorded nearly 82 cases of tomato flu now. The study said
New Delhi: The AAP alleged on Thursday that 40 of its Delhi MLAs were targeted by the BJP with an offer of Rs 20 crore each to switch sides, even as all the 62 of its legislators were accounted for during a meeting at Delhi