New Delhi: India on Thursday fell six places to the 144th position in the annual passport index for 2023, from 138th a year ago. The Passport Index 2023 has been published by financial advisory services firm Arton Capital that ranks passports of 199 countries. The rankings
Panaji: In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, Congress National Spokesperson Dr Shama Mohamed has said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is damaging democracy to save his ‘Param Mitra’ Adani. She also said that Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was done in a
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Wednesday called on the international community to take “decisive steps” to help clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing people in Syria, seek the release of those still detained in the country’s prisons,
South Sudan: Pakistani peacekeepers in South Sudan are now reinforcing hundreds of kilometers of dykes they built some two years ago to save communities in the Unity State from the cascading waters and leaching mud, the UN said. When the water levels first began rising alarmingly
Ciudad, Juarez, Mexico: A fire started by migrants believed to be protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said. The blaze broke out shortly before midnight at the National Migration Institute (INM)
Ottawa: The New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada has called on the Canadian government to boycott the G20 events in Kashmir and Chandigarh, Punjab, and ban Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and officials from traveling to Canada for abusing minorities and hurling threats against Canadian lawmakers. The
Chandigarh: A video of cow vigilantes including Ashok Chhabra, the state government of Haryana’s media coordinator, and a BJP worker closing down meat dealers’ stores in Krishnapur city of the Panipat district, amid the holy month of Ramadan has gone viral on social media. In the
Tamil Nadu: The district administration in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli has ordered an inquiry against an Indian Police Service officer after three persons accused him of custodial torture, reported The Hindu. Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh at the Ambasamudram police division in the district has been
London: Britain's MI5 intelligence agency has increased the threat level in Northern Ireland from domestic terrorism to "severe" - meaning an attack is highly likely. The move to return the level to its second highest category follows recent attacks on police offices and comes weeks before
London: Scottish nationalists picked Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf to be the country's next leader after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign. The 37-year-old practising Muslim succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the governing Scottish