NEW YORK: The United Nations, with Pakistan as a co-sponsor, adopted a resolution titled "promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech. The resolution has urged the global community to counter all forms and dimensions of hate speech. It was adopted by consensus
LONDON: The star of Britain's crown jewels, the Koh-i-Noor diamond, is back on view after a notable absence from Charles III's coronation that highlighted the nation's awkward ties with its colonial past. The massive stone has appeared at formal occasions for over 150 years, but Charles's
TAMIL NADU: The Tamil Nadu Police have booked over 36 men after they allegedly forced a Dalit man from the Adi Dravidar community to lie down in front of them, reported The Indian Express. The incident took place in the Ariyalur district’s Valarakurichi village on July
NEW DELHI: India has suspended a drugmaker's manufacturing licence after the World Health Organization flagged contamination in its cough syrups found in the Mashall Islands and Micronesia in April, the government told the parliament on Wednesday. Indian regulators are inspecting drugmakers after cough syrups made in
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted the need to address global hunger, promote cooperation between businesses and governments, and mitigate the damaging impact of continuing climate change on food production. Addressing the ‘UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment’, in Rome, the UN
WAD MADANI SUDAN: One Sudanese child has been killed or wounded every hour on average during the country's brutal war that has now raged for 100 days, the UN children's agency said Tuesday. The army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary forces of Mohamed
Muhammad Wasama Khalid LIPR Ambassador of Peace Kashmir stands as a highly militarized area on a global scale, characterized by a substantial presence of approximately 700,000 to 900,000 Indian soldiers, paramilitary personnel, and private security forces. Over the years, there have been allegations of state terrorism
UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has said that 20,000 drowning deaths every year in the European region are “entirely preventable”. Most recently, the catastrophic loss of hundreds of lives, including Pakistanis, in the capsizing of a fishing vessel off the
UPPER DIR: The Indian woman who has travelled to meet her Pakistani friend, Nasrullah, has said she "feels safe here" in Pakistan. "I want to give this message to all that I have come here [Pakistan] legally and with planning as it was not about two
NEW DELHI: India’s Parliament was disrupted for a third day by opposition protests over ethnic clashes in a remote northeastern state in which more than 130 people have been killed since May. Opposition lawmakers carried placards and chanted slogans outside the Parliament building as they demanded