New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to probe the Adani Group’s debt exposure to prevent a possible collapse of India’s banking system. Ramesh has been at the forefront of demanding a
Karnataka: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka chief Nalin Kumar Kateel urged people to chase away supporters of 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan “to the forest”, The Indian Express reported. The BJP claims that Tipu Sultan was a tyrant who destroyed many temples and villages and converted
Ambassador William B. Taylor How will Ukraine’s war evolve in 2023, and can it yield a path to peace? Analysts’ scenarios for the war are full of unknowns. Yet one certainty is that Ukrainian soldiers and civilians will continue to fight Russia’s assault with every weapon
United Nations: The United Nations chief warned that global sea levels have risen faster since 1900 and their relentless increase puts countries like Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands at risk and acutely endangers nearly 900 million people living in low-lying coastal areas. In a grim
Washington: The Biden administration has withdrawn its pick of a human rights activist for a post at the Organization of American States for calling Israel an “apartheid state” and blasting a top House Democrat as being “Bought, purchased and controlled” by pro-Israel groups. The US announced
New York: Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday she is running for president, becoming the first high-profile candidate to challenge Donald Trump — her onetime boss — for the Republican nomination. Casting herself as a younger, fresher alternative to the
The Indian government on 12th February sealed 45 shops in Banihal and most of them were either pharmacies or diagnostic centers. All the shops were linked directly or indirectly with the health sector. The punitive action was taken on the pretext that the market (knows as
Tony Badran | Research Fellow Ahead of his victory in Israel’s election in November, Benjamin Netanyahu had been telegraphing loudly that his top priority is to pursue a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. As he put the finishing touches on his coalition to return as prime
New Delhi: Global human rights body, Amnesty International has said the raids by India’s Income Tax department officials on the BBC’s office in New Delhi and Mumbai are an ‘affront to free speech’. Aakar Patel, Chair of Amnesty International India’s Board, in a statement said, the
Ahmedabad: The family of an 18-year-old Dalit student at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay who reportedly died by suicide earlier this week on Wednesday told NDTV that he had faced discrimination on account of his caste. The student, Darshan Solanki, reportedly jumped off the seventh floor