New York: A US Federal Court in New York has summoned India Punjab’s chief minister and two other officials after a violent crackdown was launched against Sikhs including a total ban on the internet in the state. The New York Federal Court has issued summons on
New York: A UN resolution was adopted that should make it easier to hold polluting countries legally accountable for failing to tackle the climate emergency, in a vote which was hailed as a historic victory for climate justice. The UN general assembly adopted by consensus the
London: Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday it had detained a reporter for US newspaper The Wall Street Journal on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious public move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine. The FSB said in a statement that
New Delhi: India on Thursday fell six places to the 144th position in the annual passport index for 2023, from 138th a year ago. The Passport Index 2023 has been published by financial advisory services firm Arton Capital that ranks passports of 199 countries. The rankings
Panaji: In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, Congress National Spokesperson Dr Shama Mohamed has said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is damaging democracy to save his ‘Param Mitra’ Adani. She also said that Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was done in a
London: The UK government has been criticized after the deputy prime minister claimed it had established safe routes for refugees and asylum-seekers to enter Britain. Speaking to the BBC, Dominic Raab claimed there were “safe and legal” ways for people fleeing Afghanistan to reach the UK. The
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Wednesday called on the international community to take “decisive steps” to help clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing people in Syria, seek the release of those still detained in the country’s prisons,
South Sudan: Pakistani peacekeepers in South Sudan are now reinforcing hundreds of kilometers of dykes they built some two years ago to save communities in the Unity State from the cascading waters and leaching mud, the UN said. When the water levels first began rising alarmingly
Ciudad, Juarez, Mexico: A fire started by migrants believed to be protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said. The blaze broke out shortly before midnight at the National Migration Institute (INM)
Ottawa: The New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada has called on the Canadian government to boycott the G20 events in Kashmir and Chandigarh, Punjab, and ban Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and officials from traveling to Canada for abusing minorities and hurling threats against Canadian lawmakers. The