New Delhi: Eight out of 10 prisoners across India were awaiting trial in 2021, the latest India Justice Report said. The report made the observation after analysing the Prisons Statistics India report 2021, which was released last month. According to the report, out of the 5.54 lakh
Bareilly: A baby girl sustained severe burn injuries when her mother’s mobile phone kept next to her on charging mode exploded, in a tragic incident in Bareilly, what police termed a "matter of negligence by the parents". It was a keypad phone with an already swollen
Srinagar: A protest demonstration was held in the Jammu University campus over the victimization of a university professor, Chander Shekhar Chandra, by the administration because of his low-caste background that led to his unfortunate death. The protest was organized by civil society activists and some JU
Mumbai: An Indian court agreed to hear a petition by a group of Hindu women for the right to worship in a mosque they believe was the site of a Hindu temple, rejecting a Muslim plea to throw out the petition. The Gyanvapi mosque in the
Beijing: Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to Central Asia where he will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin, just a month before he is set to cement his place as the most powerful
By Egidio Inguscio – LIPR Ambassador of Peace The Italian way of life is under threat, especially in the valley of the river Po. A record drought turned the country’s largest river into a creek, which not only affects the world-famous scenery, but also the production
Addis Ababa: Renewed conflict in the north, a crippling drought and stubbornly high inflation: Ethiopians rang in their new year with little to celebrate. At a livestock market in the capital Addis Ababa, traders and visitors alike bemoaned the various crises confronting Africa’s second most populous
Geneva: The UN’s acting human rights chief decried on Monday the “intimidation” of people in Russia voicing opposition to the Ukraine war, warning it was undermining fundamental freedoms. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, deputy UN rights chief Nada Al Nashif decried the “intimidation, restrictive
Geneva: Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said Monday, warning that their ranks had swelled dramatically in recent years. The United Nations had set a goal to eradicate all forms of modern slavery by 2030, but
New Delhi: India said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a regional summit in Uzbekistan that according to Russia will see face-to-face talks between President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation comprising China, Russia, four