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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) urged Israel to grant access to Gaza, where escalating violence has blocked humanitarian missions from delivering critical food and medical supplies. Amid the chaos, WHO and its partners launched the second round of a polio vaccination campaign Monday, aiming...

Washington: India believes that Canada doesn't take seriously violence or terrorism or incitement to hatred seriously, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday as he cited foundational responsibility for the Canadian government for not taking actions against those espousing violence and terrorism against a third...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. A Constitution Bench, headed by CJI D. Y. Chandrachud, was dealing with a clutch of petitions challenging the vires of Section 6A, which was inserted to give...

New Delhi: As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before a Commission of Inquiry, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Thursday said what it has heard only "confirms" New Delhi's consistent stand that Canada has "presented us no evidence" in support of the serious allegations...

Beirut: The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict October 8, 2023, reached 2,367, while injuries went up to 11,088, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. Meanwhile, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon October...

Panchkula: BJP's Nayab Singh Saini will take oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana Thursday for the party’s unprecedented third term with an absolute majority in the recently concluded Assembly election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key allies will be in attendance. The oath-taking ceremony will...

New Delhi: In an initiative shedding the colonial imprint and traditional attributes, the statue of Lady Justice, in the judges' library of the Supreme Court, now holds a copy of the Indian Constitution, instead of a sword, and the blindfold has come off to leave...

Abuja: More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle, emergency services said Wednesday. The accident occurred at midnight...

Beijing/Islamabad: In an apparent reference to the abrogation of Article 370, China and Pakistan have both reaffirmed their opposition to "unilateral action" and reiterated the need for resolution of all outstanding issues in the region. A China-Pakistan joint statement issued in connection with Chinese Premier...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday rooted for Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative at the SCO summit here, saying such connectivity projects should not be viewed through a "narrow political prism" -- an apparent reference to India's reluctance to endorse it. In his opening...