AFP/ Reuters /UNS: Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,000 people, authorities said on Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped. Updated interior ministry figures on Saturday showed the quake killed at least 1,037 people, the […]
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A YEAR-LONG investigation by the BBC into the state of journalism in India-held Kashmir has ruffled feathers, with the Jammu and Kashmir Police warning of legal action against the UK’s public broadcaster, The Wire reported on Saturday. Local police have taken umbrage at the BBC News report by Yogita Limaye, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.-UNS: “Geelani Sahib was a captivating personality, a person with farsightedness, judgment and judiciousness. He undoubtedly was a person of character, truthfulness and steadfastness. A legendary and eminent scholar and intellectual, he was certainly one of the most recognizable experts on the subject of Kashmir in South Asia. The […]
NEW DELHI -UNS/AP : Malaysia on Wednesday joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory and Malaysia’s maritime areas near Borneo island ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi. This has exacerbated the tensions between China and India, which are […]
NEW DELHI-UNS: India’s Supreme Court has asked the Narendra Modi-led government if there was a “timeframe” and a “roadmap of progression” to restore the special status of held Kashmir, Indian media outlets reported on Tuesday. The remarks were passed by a five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) […]
UNS/Reuters : Tests of seawater near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday, days after authorities began discharging into the sea-treated water used to cool damaged reactors. Japan started releasing water from the wrecked Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean on […]
NEW DELHI -UNS/Reuters : Torrential rains that have battered India’s Himalayas in recent years, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars in damage, are becoming more intense due to a clash of weather systems triggered by global warming, scientists said, Reuters says in a report. At least 240 […]
UNS: Denmark on Friday said it plans to ban Holy Quran burnings after a string of desecrations of the holy book in the Scandinavian nation sparked anger in Muslim countries. Denmark stepped up security earlier this month following the backlash, as did neighbouring Sweden which has also seen a spate […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to China’s President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg and highlighted concerns India has about border issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India’s foreign secretary said. Modi and Xi agreed “to direct their relevant officials to intensify […]
UNS/AFP :India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic triumph for the world’s most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme. The unmanned Chandrayaan-3, which means “Mooncraft” in Sanskrit, touched down at 6:04pm India time (1234 GMT) as mission […]
