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India To Push For Permanent Food Security Solution At World Trade Meet
India To Push For Permanent Food Security Solution At World Trade Meet

Sat Jun 11 2022

India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security programmes...

North Korea Appoints Veteran Diplomat As First Female Foreign Minister
North Korea Appoints Veteran Diplomat As First Female Foreign Minister

Sat Jun 11 2022

North Korea has appointed veteran diplomat Choe Son-hui as its first female foreign minister, state media reported Saturday, as Pyongyang...

No Ambulance, Madhya Pradesh Man Carries 4-Year-Old Son's Body In Arms
No Ambulance, Madhya Pradesh Man Carries 4-Year-Old Son's Body In Arms

Fri Jun 10 2022

A family in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh had to carry the dead body of a four-year-old girl on their...

Japan reopens to tourists - but with strict rules
Japan reopens to tourists - but with strict rules

Fri Jun 10 2022

Japan has been largely closed to foreign visitors since 2020, as it implemented some of the world's toughest Covid-19 restrictions....

Putin points to boomerang effect of sanctions
Putin points to boomerang effect of sanctions

Fri Jun 10 2022

Western attempts to isolate and punish Russia have backfired on their creators, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Curfew imposed, internet suspended in J&K’s Kishtwar and Bhaderwah
Curfew imposed, internet suspended in J&K’s Kishtwar and Bhaderwah

Fri Jun 10 2022

Curfew was clamped in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district and Bhaderwah town in adjoining Doda district, and prohibitory orders under...

Massive Protests In Delhi, UP's Saharanpur Over Remarks Against Prophet
Massive Protests In Delhi, UP's Saharanpur Over Remarks Against Prophet

Fri Jun 10 2022

Huge protests flared in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on Friday over remarks by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and...

Syria accuses Israel of air-raid
Syria accuses Israel of air-raid

Fri Jun 10 2022

Israeli warplanes have struck sites south of the Damascus, triggering the country’s air defenses for the second time since Monday...

Ukrainian casualties: Kyiv losing up to 200 troops a day - Zelensky aide
Ukrainian casualties: Kyiv losing up to 200 troops a day - Zelensky aide

Fri Jun 10 2022

A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has told the BBC that between 100 and 200 Ukrainian troops are being killed on...

MLA daughter ‘misbehaves’ with traffic cops for imposing fine
MLA daughter ‘misbehaves’ with traffic cops for imposing fine

Fri Jun 10 2022

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Limbavali’s daughter Renuka Limbavali was on Thursday accused of misbehaving with the traffic police after they...

Battle For Severodonetsk To Decide Fate Of Donbas: Ukraine's Zelensky
Battle For Severodonetsk To Decide Fate Of Donbas: Ukraine's Zelensky

Thu Jun 09 2022

The battle for the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is brutal and will determine the fate of the Donbas region, said...

Money laundering case: Satyendar Jain sent to ED custody till June 13
Money laundering case: Satyendar Jain sent to ED custody till June 13

Thu Jun 09 2022

A Delhi court on Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) custody of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain till...

China infra build-up in area bordering India is alarming: US General
China infra build-up in area bordering India is alarming: US General

Thu Jun 09 2022

Calling Beijing’s behaviour “insidious” and “destablising”, a senior US General said Wednesday that China’s infrastructure development along its Western Theatre...

Delhi Police Case Over Hate On Social Media Includes Journalist Saba Naqvi
Delhi Police Case Over Hate On Social Media Includes Journalist Saba Naqvi

Thu Jun 09 2022

The Delhi Police said on Wednesday that it has registered a case against some people who are allegedly spreading messages...

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Brother Resigns From Parliament
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Brother Resigns From Parliament

Thu Jun 09 2022

The brother of Sri Lanka's president and the country's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa said on Thursday that he had...

In Resorts And Planes, MLAs On Move Ahead Of Rajya Sabha Polls
In Resorts And Planes, MLAs On Move Ahead Of Rajya Sabha Polls

Thu Jun 09 2022

Resort politics is back in full swing as parties herd their flock to deter horse-trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha...

Shiv Sena MP To Meet Families Of Kashmiri Pandits Killed In Recent Attacks
Shiv Sena MP To Meet Families Of Kashmiri Pandits Killed In Recent Attacks

Thu Jun 09 2022

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday will visit Jammu and Kashmir to meet the families of Kashmiri Pandits who...

WHO Chief Warns Of Monkeypox Risk In Non-Endemic Countries
WHO Chief Warns Of Monkeypox Risk In Non-Endemic Countries

Thu Jun 09 2022

Amid a surge in Monkeypox infections, director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged affected countries to identify...

RBI Hikes Rates, Loans To Get Costlier; Inflation Above Target
RBI Hikes Rates, Loans To Get Costlier; Inflation Above Target

Wed Jun 08 2022

The Reserve Bank of India raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday, taking the repo rate...

World Bank board approves $1.49 billion in new funds for Ukraine
World Bank board approves $1.49 billion in new funds for Ukraine

Wed Jun 08 2022

The World Bank’s executive board approved $1.49 billion of additional financing for Ukraine on Tuesday to help pay wages for...