- Friday, April 11, 2025
SPECIAL taskforces have been established in India to help stop women from being duped by doctors into having unnecessary hysterectomies that cause debt bondage and enslave families, the country's health ministry said. An investigation in three Indian states, published in May, found that families were taking big loans for the…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will address the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) session on September 28, according to a provisional list released by the UN of the world leaders scheduled to speak at the 74th session of the United Nations. Modi is also expected to attend multiple high-level summits on…
INDIA’S External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (1) held a series of bilateral meetings here with his counterparts from Thailand, New Zealand, Japan, and the European Union during which he discussed with them a host of key issues, including Indo-Pacific and maritime partnership. Jaishankar is in the Thai capital…
MONSOON rains in the coming weeks are likely to make up for a shortfall in the first two months of the season that began in June, the head of India's state-run weather office said on Wednesday (31), boosting prospects for the agricultural sector. "We are going to see some rapid…
A YOUTH from the Southern Indian state of Kerala, suspected to have fled to Afghanistan in 2017 to join the Islamic State (IS), was killed in a US drone strike in that country, according to information received by his relatives here. A WhatsApp message received by the family of Muhammed…
WORLD food prices eased for a second month running in July after five consecutive monthly gains, pushed down by falls in the prices of some cereals, dairy products and sugar, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday (1). The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price index, which measures…
FORMER Maldives vice president Ahmed Adeeb was detained Thursday (01) by Indian authorities for trying to illegally enter the South Asian nation on a tug boat, officials said. Adeeb, who was released from a Maldives jail in May after a court quashed a conviction for attempting to kill then-president Abdulla…
FROM the past few years, there’s a debate going on that in Bollywood star kids get into movies easily and make it big in the industry because of their family name. It is true that a star kid might easily get his first film, however, we cannot ignore that the…
AUSTRALIA plans to expand the 'Working Holiday Maker' visa programme to over a dozen countries, including India, to recruit workers to regional areas to solve the labour shortages particularly on farms, Immigration Minister David Coleman said on Wednesday (31). The Australian government is in discussions to extend the scheme to…
INDIA'S parliament approved a bill on Tuesday (30) outlawing the centuries-old right of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife, drawing accusations of government interference in a community matter. Prime minister Narendra Modi's administration has been pushing to criminalise "triple talaq", under which a man can divorce by uttering…
