The term false flag has been used symbolically and it denotes the purposeful misrepresentation of an actor’s objectives or associations. The lineage of this term is drawn from maritime affairs where ships raise a false flag to disguise themselves and hide their original identity and intent. On
New Delhi: After external affairs minister S. Jaishankar said that India cannot pick a fight with China because the latter has a bigger economy, military veterans have accused the Narendra Modi government of having a “defeatist attitude” and “bowing down to a bully”. In a podcast
Srinagar: Jailed Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez has won the Martin Ennals Award, one of the world’s most prestigious human rights prizes, along with two other campaigners from Chad and Venezuela, with the jury hailing their “courage”. Khurram Parvez is a programme coordinator of human rights
New Delhi: Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reportedly cancelled his scheduled visit to India next month to attend the Raisina dialogues. Reports say that he cancelled his visit over a video that showed Iranian women cutting their hair in anti-government protests, Indian Express reported. The
Srinagar: Illegally detained All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Masarrat Alam Butt, has said that India with its intransigent attitude has been impeding the way for just resolution of the internationally-recognized Kashmir dispute for the last over seven decades. In his message from India’s infamous Tihar jail
Darlaghat: For truckers transporting cement from Adani's factories in a hilly north Indian state, a US short-seller's critical research report on the giant conglomerate was a godsend they say helped them save their livelihoods. For weeks, around 7,000 truck owners and drivers in India's Himachal Pradesh
Brisbane: Within days of the Indian foreign minister's high-profile visit to Australia, a video is making rounds on social media with the "Khalistan" Flag raised at Indian Consulate in Brisbane. In the video, G-20 foreign ministers have been urged to visit New Delhi's "Widow Colony" inhibited
Warsaw: United States President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been sparring verbally, presenting starkly different views of the world and the Ukraine war, Biden promising to defend democracies and Putin asserting the West was a threat to Russia. In speeches just hours apart,
New York: The families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks cannot seize $3.5 billion in funds belonging to Afghanistan's central bank, a New York federal judge ruled. The assets, held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, were frozen on August 15,
Seattle: Seattle became the first US city to outlaw caste discrimination, after its local council voted to add caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws. The move addresses an issue important to the area's South Asian diaspora, particularly the Indian and Hindu communities. India's caste system is