Kanpur: By now, it is known that on June 3, violence broke out at Parade, the heart of Kanpur city. A non-governmental organisation active for eight years, the MM Jauhar Fans Association, gave a call for shops to close so that a silent protest could be
London: Some 75 million people died in World War II, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians, many of whom died because of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass-bombings, disease, and starvation. World War II was the largest and deadliest armed conflict in the history
Berlin: The number of Syrians who became naturalized German citizens was three times higher in 2021 than the year before, as many of those who fled between 2014 and 2016 fulfilled eligibility criteria, data showed on Friday. The overall number of foreigners who became naturalized Germans
London: The World Health Organisation said on its latest investigation into the origins of Covid-19 was inconclusive, largely because data from China is missing, another blow to its years-long effort to determine how the pandemic began. The report from the WHO expert panel said all available
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's government said Friday it has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with campaigners welcoming the move but cautioning the country had failed to deliver on previous vows to improve rights. The death penalty remains mandatory for several offences in the Southeast Asian
Vienna: More than 100 German school children and teachers had to be rescued, most of them airlifted to safety, after getting stuck on an Alpine hiking trail, described online as a “classic after-work tour,” police said. Dozens of rescuers using two helicopters had to extract the
New York: Chris Licht, the new leader of CNN, announced that the "Breaking News" banner will now be only used for truly urgent incidents, Business Standard reported. Inheriting the media outlet a month ago from the former President of CNN, Jeff Zucker, Licht is making new
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin compared his current actions to Peter the Great’s conquest of the Baltic coast during his 18th-century war against Sweden. After visiting an exhibition in Moscow dedicated to the 350th birthday of tsar Peter the Great, Putin told a group of young
Vienna: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran was removing 27 surveillance cameras at its nuclear facilities, warning this could be a “fatal blow” to negotiations to revive a landmark deal. Talks began in April last year to bring the United States back to
Lysychansk: Pro-Russian rebels sentenced to death two British fighters and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine, as a Ukrainian governor called for Western arms to win the battle for a crucial eastern city. The death sentences come as Moscow concentrates its firepower on