United Nations: The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year, two UN agencies reported Monday. Globally, an intimate partner or family member was responsible for...
Melbourne: The petroleum-laden dust has settled on this year's United Nations climate summit, COP29, held over the past fortnight in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate scientists, leaders, lobbyists and delegates are heading for home. The meeting achieved incremental progress. Negotiators agreed on a new climate finance target...
Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf resumed its march towards Islamabad Monday after an overnight stop on the way amid stiff resistance by the authorities to foil the attempt to enter the capital and give a sit-in. The 72-year-old jailed former premier...
Beirut: Israel launched multiple waves of airstrikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs, following earlier strikes that killed at least 29 people and wounded 66 others in the Lebanese capital. The Israeli military said Sunday that its warplanes conducted "intelligence-based strikes on Hezbollah command centers"...
Beijing: US President-elect Donald Trump's plan to overhaul the government with a new department headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be the biggest threat for China as it has to compete with far more efficient US political system, a...
Islamabad: Pakistan deployed heavy security forces in the national capital, sealed key roads and suspended mobile and internet services in certain areas as supporters of jailed former premier Imran Khan Sunday geared up for a protest march towards Islamabad. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has...
Islamabad: Amid stringent measures put in place by the Pakistan government to thwart the protest march Sunday, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party is preparing to proceed with its highly anticipated march towards Islamabad. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by former Prime Minister...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new law allowing participants in the Special Military Operation (SMO) and their spouses to write off overdue loans of up to 10 million rubles (about $96,000). The legislation, set to take effect December 1, will cancel existing debts...
Baku (Azerbaijan): India Sunday rejected a new climate finance package of USD 300 billion for the Global South at the UN climate conference here, saying it was too little and too late. Nations agreed on the USD 300 billion climate finance deal for Global South...
Baku (Azerbaijan): As nerves frayed and the clock ticked, negotiators from rich and poor nations were huddled in one room Saturday during overtime United Nations climate talks to try to hash out an elusive deal on money for developing countries to curb and adapt to...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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