Seoul, April 24 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the Chinese government not to repatriate eight North Korean defectors, who would face “a real risk of torture, incarceration in forced labour camps…
Rome, April 24 (IANS) An Italian journalist held in Turkey for about two weeks while filming in an area near the Syrian border has been released and is on his way home, a top official…
Chennai, April 24 (IANS) The Centre’s steps to make doctors prescribe drugs by their generic names and not by their brand names may not have material impact without steps for improving the quality standards for…
London, April 24 (IANS) Singer Mel B’s estranged husband Stephen Belafonte has asked her for a “cash advance” in new court papers. According to Belafonte’s lawyer, his client desperately needs money. Belafonte is said to…
Panaji, April 24 (IANS) Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was granted ex-parte anticipatory bail by a trial court here on Monday, over the Rs 35,000 crore illegal mining case which is under investigation. Kamat,…
By Kishori Sud New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Whether prostitution should be legalised or not in India has been a long standing debate, but actress Gauahar Khan, who has just featured as a sex worker…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Expressing outrage over right-wing outfits attacking police stations in Agra, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday said there was a ‘jungle raj’ (lawlessness) in Uttar Pradesh. “BJP MPs and…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned Russia that its interventions in Ukraine are an obstacle to improving relations between the two nations, a media report said. Urging both Russia…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Nobel laureate and social activist Kailash Satyarthi was on Sunday presented the P.C. Chandra Purashkar (award) for his global crusade against child slavery and exploitative child labour. The 63-year-old Satyarthi was…
Jaipur, April 23 (IANS) The election to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) scheduled for April 26 has been called off because the provisions of a law governing sports bodies in the state are not in…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan on Sunday ruled out a legislation to penalise hotels and restaurants in the country for levying service charge on customers. Paswan said…
London, April 23 (IANS) The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has announced that it will include a pledge in its general election manifesto to ban the burqa or full-face veils worn by some Muslim women in…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Sunday met with protesting farmers from his state at the Jantar Mantar and assured help. The farmers have protested here for the past…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) A top US official said he believes that President Donald Trump “will be insistent” that lawmakers include funds for the Mexico border wall in a spending bill that his administration needs…
🔊 Listen to this Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday said the world lacks enough “global political will” to prioritise children and adequate budgetary allocations have not been made for education,…
🔊 Listen to this Jodhpur, April 22 (IANS) Braving the threats of her in-laws, a 17-year-old girl, who was married when she was just 15, has approached a court in Rajasthan to seek annulment of…
🔊 Listen to this San Francisco, April 22 (IANS) A San Francisco-based appeals court has declined a request for an 11-judge review of President Donald Trumps revised travel ban on admitting refugees and travellers from…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 22 (IANS) A young man accused of making a series of threatening phone calls to Jewish community centres across the US earlier this year was charged in two federal…
🔊 Listen to this New York, April 22 (IANS) Researchers in the US have created a digital map to track the changing racial diversity of every neighbourhood in the country. The map shows which neighbourhoods…
🔊 Listen to this New York, April 22 (IANS) Google’s self-driving car company Waymo has filed new claims in its lawsuit against Uber, alleging that the taxi-ride hailing company withheld information about LiDAR technology it…