Vienna: The UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said it has to ensure that "no proliferation risks" will come from a nuclear-powered submarine pact by the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Australia announced it would buy up to five US nuclear-powered submarines, then build a
Johannesburg: Cyclone Freddy displaced hundreds of people as it battered central Mozambique after making landfall for a second time in a month, breaking records for the duration and strength of tropical storms in the southern hemisphere. Communications and electricity supply in the storm area have been
London: The number of Indians illegally crossing over into the United Kingdom (UK) across the English Channel has increased sharply to 683 last year from 67 in 2021, data from the British government has shown. The UK Home Office said that no Indians had crossed over
Ahmadabad: The Indian pacer, Muhammad Shami was heckled by BJP-RSS Hindutva zealots in BJP ruled Indian state Gujarat. The Hindu zealots chanted “Shami, Jai Shri Ram” and other Hindutva religious slogans as the players huddled near the dugout after the day’s play during the ongoing fourth
New Delhi: India faces a high risk of nighttime power cuts this summer and in coming years, as delays in adding new coal-fired and hydropower capacity could limit the country's ability to address surging electricity demand when solar energy is not available. A rapid addition of
United Nations: A month after the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck Turkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes amid millions in dire need of aid, UN agencies said. Families forced from their homes by the
New Delhi: At around 11am on February 14, some 20 Indian tax officials and police burst into the BBC's offices in New Delhi, shouting at staff to step away from their computers and hand over their mobile phones, according to two people present. At the company's
Geneva: The Taliban's treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity, according to a UN report presented on Monday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The Taliban seized power in August 2021, drastically curtailing women's freedoms and rights, including