Islamabad: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari wrote a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to apprise him of the circumstances of Yasin Malik’s conviction in a manifestly-dubious and politically-motivated case filed by the Indian National Investigation Agency, his chronic ailment and
Kochi: Numbers tell several worrying tales in ‘State of India’s Environment: In Figures’, a report published by the Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth magazine on June 2. Two-thirds of India’s rivers are contaminated with heavy metals. Climate change is increasing internal migration in
Allahabad: The Allahabad high court has granted bail to an accused in a cow slaughter case on the condition that he will serve at a cow shelter for a month. The accused was further asked to deposit Rs 1 lakh in favour of a registered cow
Hyderabad: A teenager in Hyderabad, India, was allegedly raped by five schoolboys in a car, NDTV reported. The girl, 17, had gone to a pub for a party where boys from Grade 11 and Grade 12, who allegedly belonged to "politically influential" families, forced themselves onto
Bavaria: At least four people were killed and 30 more were injured on Friday when a regional passenger train derailed in the southern German state of Bavaria. Authorities said 15 people were being treated for serious injuries in hospital. Around 140 passengers were believed to have
London: Britain celebrates the second day of Queen Elizabeth s Platinum Jubilee on Friday, with the highlight a service of thanksgiving attended by senior royals and politicians that the 96-year-old monarch herself will miss due to ongoing mobility issues. The four days of events kicked off
New York: Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations has renamed the Republic of Turkey to 'Türkiye' under its organisational structure. According to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, the Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, wrote to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres , requesting that 'Türkiye' be used instead
New York: Some officials in India are ignoring or even supporting rising attacks on people and places of worship in the country, a United States official said after the release of a report on religious freedom globally in 2021. The report said attacks on members of
ISLAMABAD: A new World Bank report says 733 million people globally have no access to electricity, while 2.4 billion people are still using fuels detrimental to their health and the environment. At the current rate of progress, 670m people will remain without electricity by 2030 —
US President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia this month, a stark reversal for a leader who once called for the kingdom to be made a pariah. The reported decision comes hours after Saudi Arabia addressed two of Biden's priorities by agreeing to a production hike