Kyiv: As missiles streaked across Kyiv's skies one mid-February morning, a group of high school pupils sat against a metro station's walls, scribbling away in notebooks and focused on their teacher Olena's instructions. To avoid the lesson being disrupted by yet another Russian attack, she had
United Nations: The United States proposed that the UN Security Council condemn North Korea's ballistic missile launches and encourage Pyongyang to engage in diplomacy, warning that the 15-member body's failure to respond had become dangerous. China and Russia oppose any further action by the Security Council,
New Delhi: Thousands of Christians, representing nearly 79 denominations, staged a protest march in India’s capital New Delhi against growing number of hate crimes against them. Any religion other than Hinduism has become a liability in Modi’s India. Vicious Hindutva ideology, seeking Hindu domination in India,
The Nankana Massacre, also known as Saka Nankana Sahib, was a significant event in the history of the Sikh faith that took place on February 20, 1921. More than 260 Sikhs including children, women and old aged were killed in this massacre by the characterless Mahant
New Delhi: Bajrang Muni Das, a Hindu priest who was last year arrested on a charge of inciting Hindus to “kill and rape Muslims,” has now called for genocide of Muslims to establish a Hindu Rashtra. “We know that India was a peaceful country in the
New Delhi: Adani stocks continued to slip in the share market on Monday, February 20, and the Adani Group’s market capitalisation slipped below $100 billion. This, according to Livemint means a fall of over $135 billion, since the Hindenburg Research report which accused the group
United Nations:: Some 1.8 billion people on the planet are threatened by flood risks, the United Nations General Assembly President, Csaba Korosi, warned, at a water management event in Tokyo, Japan. “This is a challenge that we can master with ingenuity and determination,” he said, while
Moscow: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 not only brought war to Europe once again but saw Sweden and Finland formally apply for NATO membership, a decided shift away from the long-standing policies of neutrality cherished by several European countries. When Sweden and Finland
New Delhi: Members of the Christian community in Delhi-NCR held a protest at Jantar Mantar against what they said is an escalation of hate and violence against Christians in several states in the country. About 100 churches and organisations participated in the protest. Dr Michael William,
New Delhi: India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves declined by $8.31 billion to $566.94 billion for the week ended on February 10 in the biggest slump in over 11 months, according to the latest figures of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The decline, which is equivalent