Bengaluru: Three Muslim students in India were kicked out of the classroom after they went to college wearing headscarves. “When we arrived at the door of the classroom, the teacher said we cannot enter with the hijab,” one of the students told Al Jazeera. “She asked
London: Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Met Office analysed worldwide policies and found that on the "current trajectory" the Paris Agreement's aim of limiting warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels is slipping out of reach. Professor Richard Betts, who led the research, said
Munich: Germany reiterated its refusal to send defensive weapons to Ukraine that according to Kyiv would help the country fend off a potential Russian invasion. This comes as part of a new German peace policy that aims at restricting arms exports and fostering peace via
Kabul: Internally displaced due to the Afghan conflict, hundreds of families in the western city of Herat are struggling to hold on to life as they are living in summer tents during the harsh winter. Afghans, mostly from Tajik and Hazara ethnic backgrounds, have migrated from
Paris: French far-right presidential candidate ric Zemmour was convicted of inciting racial hatred over 2020 comments he made about unaccompanied migrant children. A Paris court ordered Zemmour to pay a fine of 10,000 euros (more than $11,000) and several thousand euros in damages to anti-racism groups.
Abu Dhabi: An air strike killed about 14 people in a building in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, residents said on Tuesday, during strikes across the city launched by the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group. The alliance strikes on Houthi-held Sanaa followed an attack claimed
Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri India has the highest bribery rate in Asia according to the Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International. The report shows that nearly 50% of those who paid bribes in India were asked to, while 32% of those who used personal
Madhya Pradesh: With two BJP MPs from Madhya Pradesh caught in corruption related controversy, the state Congress has launched an attack on the party seeking response from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and even questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The parliamentarians in the centre of the
Successive Indian governments’ failure to prosecute those most responsible for killings and other abuses during the 1984 anti-Sikh violence highlights India’s weak efforts to combat communal violence. The Indian government should seek police reforms and to enact a law against communal violence that would hold
Trenton: The New Jersey Senate has unanimously passed a resolution to condemn the Sikh massacre in India that took place in 1984 and called it a "genocide." Now, the resolution will be presented to US President Joe Biden as well as Vice-President Kamala Harris. The resolution