Indian Coast Guard Find 81 Rohingya Refugees Adrift At Sea
The Indian Coast Guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in...
Year: 2021
How A Rare Feb Landslide Left More Than 200 Dead
A landslide 20 kilometres west of Nanda Devi, India’s second-highest peak, resulted in a flash flood on Feb. 7 that...
Hinterland To Hollywood: How Farmers Galvanised A Protest Movement
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is struggling to beat back his biggest political challenge in years from a protest movement which...
Saudi Crown Prince Implicated In Khashoggi Murder: Report
A U.S. intelligence report expected to be declassified as soon as today implicates Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
Traders Across India To Go On Strike Tomorrow
Going ahead with their protest against arbitrary regulations and changes in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and alleged norm...
Health Workers Balk At Taking Homegrown Covid Vaccine
India is struggling to convince its health and front-line workers to take a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine controversially approved without late-stage...
India Slams Pakistan For ‘Baseless’ Propaganda
India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for misusing international platforms for "baseless and malicious propaganda" against it and said Islamabad would...
FB Bans Myanmar Military From Its Platforms With Immediate Effect
Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect,...
Farmers’ Union Writes To Prez Demanding End To ‘Repression’
On the occasion of 'Daman Pratirodh Diwas' marked by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday, the umbrella body of...
Govt Says Virus Variants Not Behind Upsurge In Cases
India said on Tuesday mutated versions of coronavirus were not responsible for an upsurge in cases in two states, a...
‘Climate Change A Threat To Global Security, I Don’t Envy You’
British naturalist David Attenborough warned on Tuesday that climate change is the biggest security threat that modern humans have ever...
Paris Raps Pak Over Prez Alvi’s Remarks On French Muslims
The French foreign ministry has summoned Pakistan's envoy to protest claims by President Arif Alvi that a French bill cracking...
Disha Ravi Granted Bail In Sedition Case Over Farm Protests
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested for sedition over the...
Western Countries Step Up Pressure On Myanmar Junta
The European Union warned it is considering sanctions on Myanmar while the United States penalised two more generals for links...
Maha: Covid Resurgence Forces Fresh Containment Measures
Alarmed by signs that a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is building, India’s richest state of Maharashtra ordered fresh...
Elgar Case: Varavara Rao Gets Interim Bail For Six Months
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail for six months to ailing poet Varavara Rao on medical grounds....
Deadly Floods Bare Conflicts From Hydropower Boom
Growing up in a remote tribal village high in the Himalayas, Kundan Singh loved to play on a field by...
Myanmar Gripped By Strike As Anti-Coup Protests Build
Businesses shut in Myanmar on Monday in a general strike called to oppose the military coup and thousands of protesters...
Protesting Farmers Vow To Amass More Supporters Outside Delhi
More than 100,000 farmers and farm workers gathered in Punjab on Sunday in a show of strength against new farm...
Greta Thunberg Tweets Support For Activist Disha Ravi
Greta Thunberg on Friday tweeted her support for an Indian activist jailed over a guide for anti-government farmers' protests, which...
MP Congress MLA’s Sexist Jibe At Kangana Ranaut
Passing a highly-objectionable sexist remark, former Madhya Pradesh minister Sukhdev Panse has allegedly called actor Kangana Ranaut a ‘naachney gaane...
Myanmar’s Minorities To Protest In Show Of Unity Against Coup
Members of Myanmar ethnic groups protested on Saturday in a show of opposition to the coup that ousted the government...
Court Extends Disha Ravi’s Detention Over Farm Protests
A Delhi court granted a police request on Friday to extend the detention of climate activist Disha Ravi, who they...
UN Rights Watchdog Raises Concerns About Dubai Princess
The U.N. human rights watchdog said on Friday it has asked the United Arab Emirates for more information about the...
India Coronavirus Infections At Three-Week High
India reported on Friday its biggest jump in new coronavirus infections in three weeks, with 13,193 cases, while thousands of...
