Kathmandu: Nepal’s Department of Drug Administration has banned imports from 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies on grounds that they do not comply with the World Health Organisation’s mandatory ‘good manufacturing practices’.
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s refusal to allow a discussion in Parliament about India’s border scuffles with China shows its disrespect for our democracy and demonstrates its inability to bring the nation together.
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it stands by its action after India said that four cough syrups linked to child deaths in The Gambia complied with specifications when tested at home.
New York: A United States (US) court rejected a defamation lawsuit filed by the Hindu American Foundation against four activists and academic Audrey Truschke for two articles published in news website Al Jazeera.
New Delhi: Indian government has asked all states to step up surveillance for any new variants of the coronavirus, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in China and elsewhere.
El Paso, Texas: Suspense mounted at the US border with Mexico on Tuesday about the future of restrictions on US asylum rules-seekers as the Supreme Court issued a temporary order to keep pandemic-era limits on migrants in place. Conservative-leaning states won a reprieve — though it
The Hague: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the slave trade, in a speech welcomed by activists as historic but lacking in concrete plans for repair and reparations.
United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene a "no-nonsense" climate ambition summit in September next year and warned that there will be "no room for back-sliders, greenwashers, blame-shifters" or a repackaging of old pledges.
Melbourne: After The Australian newspaper attacked the pro-Khalistan activism of Sikhs in Australia and linked it with acts of terrorism, several Australian parliamentarians have come out to express solidarity with the local Sikh community which is gearing up for Khalistan Referendum voting on January 29,
Rajasthan: India's Rajasthan state, ruled by the main opposition Congress party, will halve the price of cooking gas for poor households from April as it seeks to cushion them from the pain of high inflation. India's Rajasthan state, the country's annual retail inflation stood at 5.88