Meerut: Hindu fundamentalist Ashok Sharma has devoted his life to championing the deeds of an Indian "patriot": not revered independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, but the man who shot him dead. Sharma is the custodian of a temple dedicated to Nathuram Godse, who on January 30, 1948,
New Delhi: The share prices of all nine listed companies of the Adani Group continued to tank on Friday, two days after a report by US-based company Hindenburg Research accused the conglomerate of stock manipulation and improper use of offshore tax havens. With some of the
Mexico City: Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group released a joint statement saying that they will resume peace talks in Mexico next month, in response to the government recently declaring, and then subsequently calling off, a bilateral ceasefire. These talks have been in
New York: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the fight against terrorism will never succeed if we perpetuate the “denial and destruction” of human rights. Speaking at the ninth meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact in New York, he urged for all
United Nations: United Nations (UN) deputy chief Amina Mohammed said on return from a visit to Afghanistan that during her intense meetings with Taliban authorities she pushed hard to try to reverse their recent actions limiting the rights of women and girls to education and
Paris: The United Nations inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on its world heritage list. The UN cultural agency listed both as world heritage sites in danger, the first because of the conflict raging in
New York: Natural disasters, many driven by climate change, caused global economic losses of $313 billion in 2022, insurance broker Aon (AON.N) estimated, of which less than half was insured. Losses from natural catastrophes covered by the insurance sector amounted to $132 billion, 57% above the
Casablanca: Oumar left home in Guinea five years ago in search of a better life in Europe, but today he inhabits a daily purgatory of hunger, cold and police violence in Morocco. "Just surviving every day is a battle," said the 25-year-old. "It’s exhausting not eating
United Nations: The UN special envoy for Haiti said Thursday she heard “caution” from the United States and Canada about possibly leading an international armed force to help Haiti combat gangs but not “a definite `No.’” Helen La Lime expressed hope that the United Nations Security
London: The second (and final) episode of BBC documentary series India: The Modi Question was broadcast in the UK on BBC Two last night. It says it is investigating the troubled relationship between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s Muslim minority, after Modi was