- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
A video of a boy went viral on social media in India this week as his hard work to support his family was hailed by netizens. The boy, who the person who posted the video on Twitter claimed to be only seven years old, took up the work of a…
The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday (3) withdrew the Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha or the Lower House of the Indian parliament. The bill was introduced on December 11, 2019. It was referred to the Joint Committee of the Houses for examination and the report of the committee…
A new survey of members of the governing Conservative Party shows foreign secretary Liz Truss is firmly ahead of rival Rishi Sunak in the race to replace Boris Johnson as the British prime minister. The survey of Tory members who will be electing a new leader to take charge at…
India has enhanced its climate ambitions in the post-pandemic scenario when the world is seeing less action on climate change and this needs to be appreciated, experts have said, welcoming the country's updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. The Narendra Modi government's cabinet on Wednesday (3) approved…
A 1,200-year-old Hindu temple in Lahore in the Punjab province of Pakistan has been formally opened to the public after it was reclaimed from a Christian family following a lengthy court battle, according to a federal body. The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), the federal body overseeing minority worship places…
India, which is strongly pursuing for a seat among the permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, will host diplomats of the 15-nation body on October 29 for a special meeting on counter-terrorism. The Asian nation is currently one of the 10 non-permanent members of the council. India…
With tensions in the Taiwan Strait growing over the high-profile visit of Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Tuesday (2), China's belligerent state-controlled tabloid The Global Times have slammed not only the US but also its allies such as the UK for planning to emulate…
India's rupee will trade near its historic low over the next three months, despite a recent recovery, based on a growing trade deficit and global flows into safe-haven US dollars, a Reuters survey covering foreign exchange strategists has found. After a month of trading near a nadir of 80.065 per…
US authorities were investigating claims of human rights activists that turbans of nearly 50 Sikh asylum seekers were confiscated after they were detained along the country's border with Mexico, according to media reports. Sikhism requires men to wear turbans and do not cut their hair. According to human rights activists,…
India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Thursday (4) discussed the situation in Sri Lanka, developments in Myanmar and other pressing global challenges at a meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where the two have reached for the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian…
