- Middle East
UN demands proof of Dubai princess Latifa being alive, family says she’s ‘home’
After the latest video of the Dubai ruler’s daughter, Princess Latifa was released by several news outlets, the UN has asked the United Arab Emirates to release proof that the princess is…
- Top Stories
‘Toheen-e-Biryani’! Twitter is furious with this Pakistani man’s recipe
As someone rightly said “some men like to watch the world burn” and Twitter user @Saad may just be one of them. With so many varieties of biryanis available all over the…
- India
Bhim Army chief features in TIME’s ‘Emerging Leaders’ list
New Delhi: Five Indian-origin personalities, including Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad Ravan and Vijaya Gadde, have made it to the TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 ‘Emerging leaders who are shaping the…
- India
‘Save Unnao Ki Beti’: Outrage erupts after Dalit girls found dead in UP’s Unnao
Unnao: Huge outrage erupted across the country after the dead bodies of two Dalit girls in a suspected murder were found on Wednesday in Unnao’s Baburaha village. Political leaders, activists, journalists as…
- India
Bhopal: Ex-BJP MLA, 16 others arrested for vandalism in the name of ‘love jihad’
Bhopal: Seventeen persons including former BJP MLA Surendra Nath have been arrested in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for allegedly vandalising property and attacking couples on Valentine’s Day. According to reports, one group with…
- India
Disruptors threaten inter-faith couples with legal action during online conference
A virtual press conference, “The Myth of Love Jihad”, organised by the non-profit organisation called Dhanak, was twice disrupted by people threatening inter-faith couples, using expletives and warning them of “love-jihad” charges…
- Mumbai
Inspiring story of this Mumbai auto rickshaw driver goes viral
Mumbai: “My granddaughter calls and tells me, ‘I came first in class’, and all my pain vanishes”. These are the words of an auto rikshaw driver in Mumbai whose heart wrenching and…
- India
Nirbhaya fund is underutilized, underfunded: Oxfam report
The Nirbhaya fund announced in 2012 in the aftermath of the gang rape case in Delhi, to reduce violence against women, goes “underused”, says a new report by NGO Oxfam India. The…
- World
Did COVID emerge from Australian beef? WHO investigators echo China’s claim
After a heavily controlled WHO visit to China, a team of 14 scientists investigating the origin of the pandemic concluded their month-long investigation by echoing the Communist Party’s claim that ‘cold-chain products’…
- Lifestyle
70% of calls to India’s first national mental health helpline made by men
According to a report published by Social Justice and Empowerment (SJE) Ministry, 70% of callers to India’s first National mental health helpline, Kiran, have been men. The Kiran helpline, launched in September…
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Shaheen Bagh women move SC seeking equality with court’s recognition of farm stir
The women who protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Shaheen Bagh have approached the Supreme Court seeking a joint hearing of the pending review petition filed against the Shaheen Bagh Judgement…
- India
UN reacts to farmers’ protest; calls for finding ‘equitable solutions’
New Delhi: In a tweet on Friday, the United Nations Human Rights office called on Indian authorities and farmers protesting against the three farm laws to exercise maximum restraint and to arrive…
- India
UP ranks lowest in terms of delivering justice in India: Report
Amid rising concerns of travesty of justice and its delivery systems in the state, Uttar Pradesh, in a report by Tata Trusts, was ranked the worst in delivering justice among large and…
- Technology
Spinach can be trained to send emails, says research
According to research called “Nitroaromatic detection and infrared communication from wild-type plants using plant nanobionics” published online in journal Nature, “living spinach plants (Spinacia oleracea) can be engineered to serve as self-powered pre-concentrators and…
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Report reveals systematic rape, abuse, torture of Muslim women in China’s Uighur camps
A recent report in the BBC based on interviews with former detainees and a guard of China’s “re-education camps” for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims brings out the most horrific side of what…
