Islamabad, Jan 21 : The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep 'concern' over the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act 2023, which was passed unanimously in the National Assembly on Ja ...
Read moreKabul, Jan 21 : A high-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General called on the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan to reverse the course on recent decrees limiting women's and girls' r ...
Read moreChennai, Jan 20 : Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, V. Irai Anbu has directed all the district collectors to ensure that the Republic Day celebrations across the state are held peacefully and no caste-relat ...
Read moreNew York, Jan 21 : Indian-American New York City Councillor Shekar Krishnan is facing the ire of protesters for supporting drag queens reading out to children in public libraries. Krishnan, who ...
Read moreNew Delhi, Jan 20 : The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai in multiple FIRs lodged against her for depicting Hindu goddess Kaali smoking a ci ...
Read moreNew Delhi, Jan 19 : The Supreme Court collegium has expressed its disagreement with the Centre for returning the proposal to appoint advocate Saurabh Kripal, who is openly gay, as a Delhi High Court j ...
Read moreBeirut, Jan 19 : Nearly 37 per cent of Lebanese residents and Syrian refugees in Lebanon, or about 1.98 million of them, face "severe food insecurity," UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza sa ...
Read moreNew Delhi, Jan 19 : A Delhi court has observed that there is no legal exception for journalists who need to reveal their sources to investigating agencies, particularly when doing so is vital to suppo ...
Read moreMoradabad, Jan 19 : The controversy over burqa erupted once again on Thursday when some students of a college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad were denied entry for wearing it. The incident took pla ...
Read moreNairobi, Jan 18 : The average number of children a Kenyan woman is bearing has dropped from 6.7 in 1989 to 3.4 in 2022, thanks to greater use of modern contraceptive methods, according to the 2022 Ken ...
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