Child labour, caste-based discrimination, poverty closely interlinked in India: UN Special Rapporteur
United Nations: Child labour, caste-based discrimination and poverty are closely inter-linked in India, according to a UN report which highlighted contemporary forms of slavery, including severe discrimination against Dalit women in South Asia due to which they are systematically denied choices and freedoms in all spheres of life. Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata […]
India-China relationship going through ‘extremely difficult phase’: EAM Jaishankarjaishan
Bangkok: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the relationship between India and China is going through an “extremely difficult phase” after what Beijing has done at the border and emphasised that the Asian Century will not happen if the two neighbours could not join hands. Jaishankar made the remarks while responding to […]
Taiwan, China hold opposing military drills amid tensions
Hualien (Taiwan): Taiwan is staging military exercises to show its ability to resist Chinese pressure to accept Beijing’s political control over the self-governing island, following new rounds of threatening drills from China. The exercises Wednesday off the southeastern county of Hualien follow days of Chinese missile firings and incursions into Taiwan’s sea and airspace by […]
India monitors any development in its neighbourhood which has bearing on its security issues: Jaishankar
Bangkok: India monitors any development in its neighbourhood which has a bearing on its security, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday, as a high-tech Chinese research vessel docked at a strategic port in Sri Lanka. Jaishankar, who arrived here on Tuesday to attend the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting, made the remarks when […]
Putin blasts US ‘hegemony,’ predicts end to ‘unipolar’ world
Moscow,: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of what he described Tuesday as Washington’s alleged efforts to maintain its global hegemony. Addressing a security conference attended by military officials from Africa,, Asia and Latin America, Putin reaffirmed his long-held claim that he sent […]
As its high-tech ship berths at Sri Lanka port, China says it doesn’t affect any country
Beijing: China on Tuesday said the activities of its high-tech research vessel will not affect the security of any country and should not be “obstructed” by any “third party,” as the ship berthed at Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota amid Indian and US concerns. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the ship ‘Yuan […]
China conducts another round of massive military drills around Taiwan as US Congressional delegation visits Taipei
Beijing/Taipei: China resorted to more high-intensity military drills around Taiwan on Monday as one more American Congressional delegation visited the self-ruled Island claimed by Beijing, challenging its ‘one China’ policy. The new drills come less than a fortnight after Beijing launched unprecedented war games in retaliation to US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, sparking […]
India hands over Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka Navy
Colombo: The security of India and Sri Lanka is enhanced by mutual understanding, mutual trust and cooperation, the Indian envoy here said on Monday, as India gifted a Dornier aircraft to the Sri Lanka Navy to enhance its maritime surveillance capabilities and bolster bilateral defence ties. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was present at the […]
Taliban rejected national and global appeals to create inclusive govt: Afghan diplomatic missions
New Delhi: The Taliban have not only failed to deliver on their commitments but also “re-enacted draconian policies”, including systematically erasing women from public life, Afghan diplomatic missions across the world said on Monday on the first anniversary of fall of the democratically-elected government in Kabul. The Taliban seized power in Kabul on August 15 […]
Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, hurts 14: Officials
Cairo: A fire ripped through a packed church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, killing at least 41 worshippers and injuring 14. The church quickly filled with thick black smoke, and witnesses said several trapped congregants jumped from upper floors to escape. “Suffocation, suffocation, all of them dead,” said a distraught witness, who […]
