Geneva: Numerous women and girls have been detained in Iran for failing to heed head-covering regulations, and hundreds of businesses have been closed for failing to enforce them, UN rights officials reported in Geneva on…
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed any move to postpone the voting date in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. Speaking at a hurriedly convened press conference…
United Nations: Making the General Assembly more effective cannot be divorced from the wider context of the reform of the UN, including the Security Council, according to India. “Revitalisation of the General Assembly must also…
United Nations: India exemplifies how the digital revolution can be made accessible to millions and become “a fundamental driver of social transformation and progress”, according to UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis. “Models like the…
Beijing: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed points of difference with China regarding unfair trading practices in talks on Thursday with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining, US press reports said. Blinken pressed, “Chinese officials…
New Delhi: From religion-based reservation to wealth redistribution to inheritance tax, this election season is witnessing intense fireworks with political parties gunning for each other. Interestingly, the public is also not behind in shaping the…
New Delhi: Depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD) partly develop from the same gene module, said a team of researchers establishing the long-presumed link between the two conditions. Since the 1990s, it has been speculated that…
Jammu: Extensive security arrangements have been made for Friday’s polling in the Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha constituency as authorities imposed prohibitory orders and suspension of virtual Private Network (VPN) in the two districts of Jammu and…
Amethi (UP):As speculation about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi contesting from Amethi intensified, a poster war unleashed in the constituency with majority of them demanding businessman and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra…
New Delhi: Following remarks by Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chairman Sam Pitroda on inheritance tax in America, the grand old party has distanced itself saying that it is not always the case that Pitroda’s views…
