New Delhi: India and Egypt agreed Wednesday to boost trade between their countries during a visit by the Egyptian president that underscores Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to fortify ties with other emerging economies. Modi and President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi agreed on measures to increase two-way
Karnataka: As many as 30 Hindu rioters were booked for indulging in violence and attempting to stall the screening of the film in theatres of in Karnataka on Wednesday. According to the publication, the Hindu far-right protestors stormed Swaroopa and Narthaki theaters and tore the posters
Ahmedabad: Houses made of cow dung are protected from atomic radiation such as nuclear blast fallout, an Indian court has claimed. Cows are venerated as sacred creatures in much of India and authorities have cracked down hard on cattle slaughter in recent years in concert with
By Sara Flounders The Dec. 16 announcement by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of a new defense strategy, while doubling military spending by 2027 to implement it, is the largest defense shake-up in decades and a wake-up call to the antiwar movement. The decision includes openly acquiring
New Delhi: Indian students said they would show again a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government has dismissed as propaganda after a Tuesday campus screening was disrupted by a power cut and intimidation by rivals. The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) plans
Mumbai: India has invited Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) that it is hosting in May, Indian media reported on Wednesday, signalling a possible thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. The invitation came days after Prime Minister Shehbaz
Ladakh: India has lost access to 26 out of 65 patrolling points in the eastern Ladakh region, a senior police officer posted in the Union Territory has said in a research paper, reported NDTV. PD Nitya, Leh Senior Superintendent of Police, submitted the paper at the
Jerusalem: Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged that new Israeli rules for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territory into "another Gaza," cutting residents off from the outside world. The regulations, which have faced waves of condemnation from the European Union (EU) and the
Paris: France repatriated 15 women and 32 children held in jihadist prison camps in northeastern Syria, the French foreign ministry said Tuesday. “The minors were handed over to the services in charge of child assistance and will be subject to medical and social monitoring,” the ministry
Bangkok: Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a report released Tuesday by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies. Nearly a half-billion people, more than eight in