Monthly Archives: January 2023
Can’t bar pupils from taking exam over fee non-payment: HC
NEW DELHI: Education is an important right “encompassed under right to life” and a child cannot be made to suffer by barring...
Moscow-Goa flight diverted to Uzbekistan after bomb threat
PANAJI: A Goa-bound chartered flight from Russian capital Moscow with 240 passengers on board was diverted to Uzbekistan in the wee hours...
Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda as New Zealand PM
WELLINGTON: Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand's response to the covid-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern...
Chinese Prez inspects readiness of PLA troops along border with India
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping held a rare video conversation with soldiers deployed along the India-China border in eastern Ladakh and inspected...
5 killed, 15 injured as minibus falls into gorge in Kathua
JAMMU: Five people were killed and 15 others injured on Friday night in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district,...
FTA negotiations with India ‘well advanced’, next round set to commence soon: UK minister
Lord Tariq Ahmad, the UK Foreign Office Minister for South Asia, says Britain's relationship with India is central to its foreign policy...
New ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike
Seth Borenstein
A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees...
Turkey summons Swedish ambassador over Stockholm’s permission for Quran burning
ANKARA: Turkey has summoned the Swedish ambassador to Ankara over Sweden's permission for a planned burning of the Quran, Islam's holy book,...
Twitter has lost 80 percent of its workforce under Elon Musk
WASHINGTON: The number of employees at Twitter has decreased by about 80 per cent since US entrepreneur Elon Musk's multibillion-dollar acquisition, Sputnik...
British PM fined for not wearing seat belt
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been issued with a fixed penalty notice by police for failing to wear a seat...