New Delhi: Arbitrary internet shutdowns are disproportionately hurting vulnerable communities in India, which shuts down the internet more than any other country in the world, a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) said Wednesday. There were 127 blackouts in
United Nations: A new UN report launched on Monday revealed no improvement in the level of prejudice shown against women over the past decade, with almost nine out of 10 men and women worldwide, still holding such biases. “Half of people worldwide still believe men make
Beijing: China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 as part of its global efforts to improve intelligence gathering, according to a US official from the Biden administration. The US intelligence community has long been aware of China's spying activities in
Tunisia: European leaders visiting Tunisia on Sunday held out the promise of more than 1 billion euros in financial aid to rescue its teetering economy and better police its borders, to restore stability to the North African country — and to stem migration from its
New Delhi: Indian citizens have suffered violations of their personal data as their private information was available on the messaging platform Telegram, including the details of high-profile legislators of the country, with Trinamool Congress claiming that the Modi government is unaware of this big data
Beijing; China has asked the last Indian reporter in Beijing from news agency PTI to leave, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Four reporters from Indian media outlets were based in China earlier this year. However, in April, China had barred state-run Prasar Bharati’s reporter Anshuman Mishra and
New Delhi: The Congress claimed that the country’s debt increased to Rs155 lakh crore in nine years under the Narendra Modi government from Rs55 lakh crore under 14 prime ministers in 67 years At a press conference, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate alleged “economic mismanagement” since the
London: Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided to resign from his position as a Member of Parliament (MP). The decision follows an investigation by the House of Commons' privileges committee regarding allegations that he misled Parliament about parties held during the COVID-19 lockdown in
Moscow: Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after special storage facilities are made ready on July 7 and 8, President Vladimir Putin said, Moscow’s first move of such warheads outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. Putin announced in March he
United Nations: The UN Head of Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, paid tributes to fallen “blue helmets” and acknowledged Pakistan’s contribution to the world body’s peacekeeping operations in hotspots around the world. Under Secretary-General Lacroix was speaking at a photographic exhibition “Tribute to Fallen Peacekeepers & Pakistan’s