Dhaka: As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Tuesday, fresh figures highlight a troubling reality in Bangladesh, where 663 women were raped in the first nine months of 2025, local media reported. The United Nations General Assembly designated...
Islamabad: A soldier was injured after gunmen targeted a Pakistani security forces vehicle on a link road in Domel town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district, local media reported Tuesday. A police personnel stated that the injured soldier was rushed to the hospital in Bannu cantonment....
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal concluded a productive visit to Israel during which he held a series of high-level engagements aimed at strengthening the India–Israel strategic and economic partnership, according to an official statement issued Tuesday. The visit reaffirmed the strong commitment...
Beijing: China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's space station. The Shenzhou 22 will be used sometime in 2026 by the three astronauts who docked on the...
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban government Tuesday accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians, including nine children, in a sign of worsening tensions between the two neighbours. Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesperson for the Afghan government, said on X that Pakistan...
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has a “very nuanced and commonsense opinion” on the issue of H-1B visas and does not support American workers being replaced, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. To a question on American workers being replaced with H-1B visa...
Ottawa: In a significant step towards enhancing India-Canada bilateral ties, Indian High Commissioner to the North American country, Dinesh K Patnaik, met the Premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, Danielle Smith. Both sides discussed important areas of bilateral partnership, including energy, trade, agriculture, technology...
Beijing/New Delhi: India had made a strong demarche with the Chinese side, both in Beijing and in Delhi, after an Indian-origin UK resident from Arunachal Pradesh was allegedly detained and harassed by the Chinese immigration authorities at the Shanghai Pudong Airport recently on "ludicrous grounds",...
London: Four police officers in the UK have been accused of misconduct Monday over their handling of abuse allegations reported by Harshita Brella, the Delhi woman later found dead in a car boot with her husband, Pankaj Lamba on the run as the main suspect....
Karachi: Three children, aged between 8 and 12, were killed when a rocket propellant they were playing with exploded in Kashmore district in Pakistan's Sindh province, police said Monday. The incident took place near Kandhkot town in the district. The children were playing with the...
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On yet another 6 December, one feels obliged to write about the most seminal movement in modern India and one...
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Andhra Pradesh seems to have decided that the safest way to navigate the future is to stop time itself, at...
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