New Delhi: The Supreme Court called on the Union and state governments to take suo motu action against hate speeches without waiting for a complaint to be filed, irrespective of the religion of the person who makes such speeches. Taking a strong note of the “prevailing
London: Contenders hoping to succeed the recently resigned British prime minister Liz Truss were to start their campaign on Friday but opposition parties demanded that the people in the UK get the chance to have their own say to finally put an end to months
Jerusalem: Alphabet's Google activated a local cloud region for Israel, offering cloud services to the country's government and military in a move expected to boost jobs and economic growth. Israel signed a deal with Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) in May 2021 for the more
Athens: A sailboat carrying dozens of migrants that had sent a distress signal in rough weather off the southern tip of mainland Greece has been safely towed to port, Greece’s coast guard said Friday. There were no reports of any injuries or missing people. A broad
Kyiv/Washington: The United States has said Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a war that has heightened geopolitical tensions. Ukrainian citizens endured the first day of nationwide scheduled power outages
Arunachal Pradesh: An Indian Army ALH helicopter has crashed in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, 25 kilometres from the Tuting headquarters. According to the Defence PRO in Guwahati, an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed this morning at 10:40 am in the Upper Siang
London: Child sex abuse is epidemic in Britain, affecting millions of victims, and those who work with young people should be prosecuted if they fail to report it, a seven-year public inquiry concluded on Thursday. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said institutions and
New Delhi: Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo, who was prevented from flying to the United States by Indian authorities to collect her Pulitzer Prize, told media that she is “heartbroken”. It was the second time the photographer was stopped from flying out of the country
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to open 22 rooms of the Taj Mahal to check if they contain Hindu idols or scriptures, Bar and Bench reported. The petition was filed by Rajneesh Singh, who is in charge of the Bharatiya
United Nations: China has once again thwarted an Indian move in the United Nations to malign Pakistan just days before an important meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The first FATF plenary under the two-year Singapore presidency is taking place on Oct 20-21 in