Umar Khalid Remanded To Judicial Custody Till October 22
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid, who was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA,...
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Businesses Cheer, Unions Fear Contentious Labour Reforms
Business groups on Thursday welcomed contentious and long-delayed labour reforms passed by the Parliament this week, aimed at making hiring...
Maha Building Collapse Toll Rises To 35, Search & Rescue On
Rescue workers battled rain and cramped conditions to scour through rubble and look for possible survivors as the toll from...
New Gym Creates Safe Space For Afghan Women
In Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a fresh outlet for her decades of advocacy...
India’s Coronavirus Infections Spike Again After Dip
India’s coronavirus infections surged again on Wednesday, a day after falling to their lowest figure in almost a month. In...
Australia Counts Record 470 Stranded Whales As Rescue Continues
Rescuers trying to free a pod of whales beached off the Australian island of Tasmania said on Wednesday they had...
India, China Agree Not To Send More Troops To Ladakh Border
India and China have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to...
New Covid-19 Infections At Lowest In Almost A Month
India reported 75,083 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to federal health data released...
Afghan Woman Prays That Peace Will Save Her 4th Husband
Heavily pregnant Taj Bibi prays for her fourth husband as the Afghan soldier sets off to battle the Taliban, hoping...
Ang Rita Sherpa, 1st To Climb Mt Everest 10 Times, Dies
Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, died of a lengthy illness on Monday, his...
Money-Laundering Fight Starts With Transparency
Big banks want you to know that reports they processed hundreds of billions of dollars of potentially dodgy funds are...
Why Many Farmers & Politicians Oppose Modi’s Farm Laws
The Parliament has approved new farm bills that the government says will unshackle farmers from having to sell their produce...
Taj Mahal Gets First Visitors As Covid-19 Infections Climb
India reopened the Taj Mahal after six months on Monday, with the first visitors trickling into the famous monument as...
Atleast 10 Dead In Maha Building Collapse, Dozens Feared Trapped
At least 10 people were killed on Monday and dozens were feared trapped when a portion of a three-storey residential...
Satyarthi Fears Upsurge In Child Labour As Covid-19 Shrivels Economy
For four decades, Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but...
NIA Arrests 9 Al Qaeda Militants Planning Terrorist Attacks
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday it has arrested nine al Qaeda militants who were planning attacks in...
Parliament Session May Be Cut Short As Covid-19 Cases Rise
The Parliament session, that began this week, is likely to be cut short after 30 lawmakers were found infected with...
Indian Army Indicts Soldiers In Killing Of Suspected Kashmiri Militants
The Indian Army has launched disciplinary proceedings against an unspecified number of soldiers following an inquiry into the killing of...
Eye-Watering Problem: Optician’s Claim Threatens Nation’s Banks
When business evaporated at Gajendra Sharma’s eyeglass shop a couple of miles from the Taj Mahal during India’s strict COVID-19...
Google Removes Paytm Mobile App From Store Over Policy Violations
Google on Friday removed the payments app Paytm from its Android store, citing violations of its gambling policy by the...
UK Hands Over To India 3 Bronze Statues Stolen In 1978
Britain has returned three antique bronze sculptures to Indian authorities more than 40 years after they were stolen from a...
Mitra The Robot Helps COVID Patients Speak To Loved Ones
A hospital in India has deployed a customer-service robot to patrol its wards, connecting coronavirus patients to friends and relatives....
UN Food Chief Urges Billionaires To Help World’s Starving
United Nations food chief David Beasley has called on the world’s billionaires to step up to help save some 30...
COVID-19 Driving Discrimination In Asia: Red Cross
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving...
Delhi Police File Rioting Charges Against Govt Critics
Delhi Police have filed charges against 15 people over Hindu-Muslim riots in the capital, a spokesman said on Thursday, prompting...
