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Islamabad: UN Human Right Council’s fiftieth session is going on in Geneva from 13 June to 8th July 2022 and Pakistan would highlight the human rights abuses is Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) by Indian government. Since 1948, UN Security Council has remained seized
Wayanad: Nineteen activists of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), the students wing of the ruling CPI(M), have been arrested and remanded so far in connection with the attack on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s office here and more arrests are expected on Saturday, police said. All
Gujarat: The Gujarat Police’s Anti-Terror Squad on Saturday took Mumbai activist Teesta Setalvad into custody and aim to move her to Ahmedabad, a lawyer familiar with the situation told Scroll.in. The police want to question her in connection with the allegations she made in the 2002
New Delhi: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) held peaceful demonstrations across India, today, against the Agnipath scheme of four-year recruitment in the Army, recently announced by the Narendra Modi-led Indian government. The SKM – a consortium of 40-odd farmers’ organisations from across the India, which was
New Delhi: Yashwant Sinha, the opposition parties’ joint candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, is making the most of what appears to be a losing battle, insisting that he has the numbers to win. He says that while the three others who were offered the post
By Ray White – CEO - LIPR The President of Russia, Mr. Vladimir Putin has signed a decree declaring that Russia would no longer sell vital raw materials to countries that it considered “unfriendly”. These include most of the nations of the West. This step is a
Geneva: The United Nations said on Friday that its findings showed that the shot that killed Al Jazeera TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 was fired by Israeli forces. The Palestinian-American journalist, who was wearing a vest marked "Press" and a helmet, was killed
Kigali: Britain's Prince Charles expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda on Friday and acknowledged that the roots of the organisation lay in a painful period of history. The Commonwealth, a club of 54 countries that evolved from the British
By Muhammad Shoaib Khan Pakistan and Afghanistan are among each other’s largest trading partners. Though an agreement was signed in the past to strengthen trade relations and facilitate Afghan transit trade through Pakistan, implementation has been mixed, with many on both sides of the border complaining
Washington: US senators advanced a bipartisan bill addressing the epidemic of gun violence convulsing the country, approving a narrow package of new firearms restrictions and billions of dollars in mental health and school security funding. The reforms — which are almost certain to be rubber-stamped by
Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate to address the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the country, a spokesman said Friday. The debate, requested late Thursday by France and the European Union, is expected to
Ankara: Turkey and Israel have begun work on restoring their mutual diplomatic representation to ambassador level, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said as the two countries seek an end to more than a decade of strained ties. The two countries expelled ambassadors in 2018 and have