New York: The new Indian text books for children have either diluted or completely omitted some significant references, including to Mahatma Gandhi’s opposition to Hindu nationalism, and the 2002 riots in Gujarat, where hundreds of Muslims were killed in days of indiscriminate violence at a
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for people of faith worldwide to “join their voices in a common prayer for peace”, as the holy observances of Ramazan, Easter and Passover coincide this week. The UN chief issued his plea for peace acknowledging that it
Beijing: French President Emmanuel Macron urged China's Xi Jinping on Thursday to reason with close ally Russia and help end the Ukraine war, while Xi responded by saying he hoped the two sides could hold peace negotiations as soon as possible. In closely-watched talks in Beijing,
Baghdad: Nawal Sweidan quietly folded her son’s clothes and straightened the bedsheets in his room as she always used to do when he was out at work or at university. She still does it regularly, even though he hasn’t been home for almost 10 years
New York: Former President Donald Trump after pleading not guilty to 34 criminal charges before the Manhattan court in New York called his party members in Congress to cut funding for the Department of Justice and FBI, Reuters reported on Thursday. The former president who is
United Nations: Cindy McCain of the United States took the helm at the World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, amid “unprecedented” global hunger fueled by conflict, climate change and soaring fertilizer prices. The agency estimates that more than 345 million people worldwide face crisis
London: Britain has set out plans to simplify and speed up post-Brexit border checks after repeated delays that the government previously blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and then the war in Ukraine. The new model will be backed by more than 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion)
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi demanded that the Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar should be demolished and temples should be constructed at the two sites, ANI reported. The matter came to light after a video of Kurmi making the statement at a press
Karnataka: Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Munirathna was on Thursday booked for hate speech after his remarks about Christians, Press Trust of India reported. Munirathna is the horticulture minister in the Basavaraj Bommai-led government. During an interview with a Kannada news channel on March 31, he had
Kerala: A special court in Kerala sentenced 13 persons to seven years’ imprisonment for lynching an Adivasi man in Palakkad district in 2018, Live Law reported. The man, Madhu, was beaten up by a mob on February 22, 2018, on the suspicion that he had stolen