New Delhi: A total of 669 cases of death in police custody were registered across the country in the last five years from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2022, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Rajya Sabha. The data also revealed that the number
Paris: Three years of extreme drought may have brought about the collapse of the mighty Hittite Empire around 1200 BC, researchers have said, linking the plight of the fallen civilisation to the modern world's climate crisis. The Hittites dominated Anatolia in modern-day Turkey for nearly 500
Havana: Pope Francis hopes Cuban authorities will release and grant amnesty to people arrested and sentenced after the historic protests that took place in 2021, Cardinal Beniamino Stella, who traveled to the island as the pontiff’s special envoy. During an act at the University of Havana
Seoul: Nuclear-armed North Korea showcased its missile production muscle during a nighttime parade, state media reported on Thursday, displaying more intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) than ever before and hinting at a new solid-fuel weapon. The country has forged ahead with its ballistic missile programme, test-launching dozens
Paris: With the death toll rising by the hour, the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 5 is already among the ten deadliest of the 21st century. 2004: 230,000 dead, southeast Asia On December 26, a massive earthquake measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale
Nellis Air Force Base: The United States, Britain and Australia carried out joint air drills over the Nevada desert and beyond as part of an effort to simulate high-end combat operations against Chinese fighter aircraft and air defenses. Reuters accompanied British forces for several hours during
Islamabad: India has upped the ante, issuing a notice to Islamabad for changes in the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 as the country fears it would lose the case of 330MW Kishenganga and 850 MW Ratle hydropower projects with disputed designs in the Court of Arbitration
Islamabad: A false propaganda being disseminated by the Indian media, claiming that Pakistan had denied airspace to India's C-17 plane carrying relief aid for earthquake-hit Turkiye, has backfired after Indian Air Force (IAF) issued a clarification. Factual Position is: Indian Air Force exposes Pakistan did not receive
Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders have said that gallows, illegal detentions and other brutal tactics by India cannot suppress the Kashmiris’ resolve for achieving freedom from Indian illegal occupation of their homeland. According to the details, the APHC leaders paying glowing tributes to prominent
New Delhi: The microblogging site has been flooded with the most hilarious memes after the Animal Welfare Board in India, a statutory advisory body on animal welfare laws, issued an unusual “appeal” for cow lovers in the country to do something which has tickled people. The