‘Farmers Ready To Protest Till Modi Govt Lasts’
Farmers are ready to continue protests on the borders of Delhi, against the three agricultural laws, for the remaining three...
Year: 2021
Digital Media Regulation Sparks Fears Of Curbs On Press Freedom
India’s new oversight of digital news platforms is drawing protest from the media industry and activists who fear the rules...
Child Rights Body Asks Netflix To Stop Streaming ‘Bombay Begums’
A government agency for protecting child rights has asked Netflix Inc to immediately stop streaming its new drama series “Bombay...
A Decade After Syria’s War Began, Memories Haunt A Family
Seham Hamu lost her husband, son and grand-daughter on the same night in 2016 when a missile struck their home...
‘India No Longer Democratic Country’: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that India is "no longer" a democratic country, quoting media reports on Swedish...
India Sees Worst Covid-19 Increase Since Christmas
India reported its worst single-day increase in COVID-19 cases since late December on Thursday, as Maharashtra battled a fresh wave...
‘We’re Not Racist’, Says William After Tell-All With Oprah
Britain's Prince William on Thursday defended the British royal family after his younger brother Harry and wife Meghan accused them...
Indian Woman Rescued In Pak Reunites With Real Mother
No DNA test has been conducted yet but for 29-year-old Geeta, who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after...
‘He’s Not Osama Bin Laden’: Thackeray On Mumbai Cop
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the guilty in the Mansukh Hiran death case will be punished, but...
Myanmar Protesters Stage Rallies As Army Adopts Battle Tactics
Protesters took to the streets in several parts of Myanmar on Thursday, defying an increasingly brutal crackdown by security forces...
Piers Morgan Pours More Scorn On Meghan Suicide, Racism Claims
Piers Morgan, the pugnacious British TV presenter who lost his job over his attacks on Prince Harry’s wife Meghan, said...
Tokyo Will Be My Olympic Swansong: Mary Kom
Indian boxer Mary Kom has said the Tokyo Games will be her final appearance at the Olympics but she takes...
Non-Profit Challenges New Content Regulation Rules For News Media
An Indian non-profit which runs an independent news website on Tuesday challenged in court the country’s new rules that seek...
Why Some Myanmar Police Fled To India After Defying Orders
When Tha Peng was ordered to shoot at protesters with his submachine gun to disperse them in the Myanmar town...
India, World’s Top Vaccine Maker, Denies Shortage At Home
India’s federal government on Tuesday denied any shortage of coronavirus vaccine doses in a big northwestern state and said it...
2/3rd Of Tropical Rainforest Destroyed Or Degraded Globally
Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals – raising alarm...
Mizoram Promises Food, Shelter To Families Fleeing Myanmar
The chief minister of a small Indian state into which a stream of refugees from Myanmar have entered in recent...
Ten Years On, Japan Remembers ‘Man-Made’ Nuclear Disaster
When a huge earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, devastating towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima,...
Meghan Accuses UK Royals Of Racism In Interview With Oprah
Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain’s royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son’s skin might...
Thousands Of Women Join Protests Against New Laws
Thousands of women joined protests by farmers on the outskirts of Delhi on Monday to mark International Women’s Day, demanding...
Shops, Factories, Banks Closed As Protests Intensify In Myanmar
Shops, factories and banks were closed in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon on Monday after major trade unions called for a...
Rohingyas In Jammu Fear Deportation After Police Detain Over 150
Police have detained more than 150 Rohingya refugees found living illegally in Jammu and Kashmir and a process has begun...
Govt Blasts US Think Tank That Calls India Only ‘Partly Free’
India on Friday condemned a report by a U.S.-based think-tank that dropped its status from free to “partly free”, saying...
Farmers Organise Blockade To Mark 100th Day Of Protest
Farmers began gathering on Saturday to block a six-lane expressway outside New Delhi to mark the 100th day of protests...
UN Envoy Calls For Action Against Myanmar Junta Over Bloodshed
The United Nations' special envoy on Myanmar called on the U.N. Security Council to take action against the ruling junta...
