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Oslo: British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize after being backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner. Thousands of people, from members of
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two major traditional rivals in the Middle East, have shown interest in restoring their bilateral ties after a period of six years. Saudi Arabia had broken off its ties with Iran after the January 2016 attack when
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized in parliament for a series of lockdown-breaching parties identified in an official inquiry, but vowed to fight on in office. Fending off new opposition calls to resign following senior civil servant Sue Gray’s report, he vowed administrative changes to
New York: Peering through binoculars from an inflatable motorboat bobbing in frigid waters, polar ecology researchers Michael Wethington and Alex Borowicz scan a rocky outcrop on Antarctica's Andersson Island for splatterings of red-brown guano that might signal a colony of penguins nearby. The birds have become
Kabul: Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan, killing children who are unable to access healthcare facilities, Save the Children, a leading humanitarian organization for children, said on Tuesday. "Child pneumonia is surging in the middle of a hunger crisis that is ravaging young immune systems," it
Washington: A senior US official said Monday that time was running out for nuclear negotiations with Iran and urged Tehran to agree to direct talks to help forge a deal. Speaking on background, the official said that Iran’s nuclear program was nearing “breakout” toward nuclear weapons
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is shown as part of Pakistan and China on the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Covid dashboard. Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also tweeted flagging the lapse. The attached screenshots show Jammu and Kashmir shaded grey
Jaipur: A 25-year-old Dalit was allegedly kidnapped, beaten and forced to drink urine by eight men over old animosity in Churu district of Rajasthan, police said. Two accused have been arrested, they said. According to the police complaint filed by victim Rakesh Meghwal, a resident of Rukhasar
Male: The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), which leads the ruling coalition, has begun drafting a bill that could penalise all supporters and participants of the "India Out" campaign with jail sentences. The India Out campaign was a grassroots movement which called for the removal of
New Delhi: With 1,67,059 people testing positive and 1,192 deaths from coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally has increased to over 4.14 crore, according to the Indian Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 4,96,242 with 1,192 fatalities reported during
Qaisar Mansoor The fascist Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government is relentlessly implementing RSS ideology against minorities in India. International peace and human rights organizations reports have revealed that India’s Hindu extremist government, through RSS has made horrifying life for Muslims, Christians, Dalits, and Sikhs. Bihar has
Hari Kumar & Mujib Mashal Technically, there is no war anymore in Nagaland, but the peace does not feel certain, either. What the remote northeastern Indian state has is a lot of soldiers, keeping a heavy hand and provoking a rising anger among residents who say