US Think Tank Flags India, 14 Other Countries As ‘Countries Of Particular Concern’; Accused Of Terror Links
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a supposedly bipartisan, independent body, released its annual report, on Monday, in which it recommended that India be designated as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC), for the third year in a row. It has further urged the US State Department to take this step, claiming that […]
Pakistan Court Gives Death Penalty To Six Accused For Lynching Sri Lankan National Over ‘Blasphemy’
On Monday, Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court in Lahore convicted 88 people in the lynching of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara. Kumara had been working as a factory manager in Sialkot’s Rajco Industries, for nearly a decade. On December 3, he was accused of blasphemy when he allegedly opposed the placement of a poster inscribed with Islamic […]
India Imports Less Oil From Russia In A Month Than Europe Does In One Afternoon: Dr Jaishankar To US
The fourth India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue hosted by the United States, is currently underway. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar landed in Washington on Sunday, to meet with their American counterparts, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin and Secretary of State Anthony J Blinken, to discuss strategic and security […]
Afghanistan: Taliban Announces Ban On Cultivation Of Opium Poppy, Other Drugs
On Sunday, Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada issued a decree banning the cultivation of opium poppy, and making it punishable by Sharia law. The order was read out by the group’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, at a press conference held in the capital city of Kabul. The statement read, “If anyone violates the decree, the crop will be […]
Ukraine Claims Moscow Is Forcibly Relocating Thousands Of Civilians To Russia
Ukraine has accused Russia of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of its citizens hostage. Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s ombudsperson, said that 402,000 people out of which 84,000 were children have been taken against their will, from Ukrainian cities to Russia. Incidentally, the Kremlin has given nearly the same figures of the people they have relocated and […]
Afghanistan: Girls Left In Tears As Taliban Shuts Schools Hours After Lifting Ban
Hundreds of girls in Afghanistan were to resume school today, as the education ministry had announced the reopening of secondary schools for girls. However, hours later, the Taliban government promptly shut them down again. A notice issued by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education read, “We inform all-girls high schools and those schools that are having female students […]
Sonia Gandhi Asks State Chiefs To Resign After Congress’ Poll Debacle; Sidhu Steps Down
On March 15, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi asked the Pradesh Congress Committee chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa to hand in their resignations following their “abject loss” in the recently concluded state assembly elections. The decision came two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) brainstorming meeting to discuss the party’s […]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: A Comic, ‘Servant Of the People’ And Leader Of The Resistance
On May 20, 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was sworn in as the sixth President of Ukraine, after a landslide victory. The former comedian and actor is currently leading his country from the front lines, on the path to resistance, against the second strongest and one of the largest militaries in the world. Prior to the initial […]
Operation Ganga: Over 11,000 Indian Nationals Evacuated From Ukraine
On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion, breaching Ukraine’s borders from three sides. Subsequently, the airspace above the capital city of Kyiv was shut for commercial aircraft, effectively stopping civilians from flying out of the country. Russian attacks have continued for a second week, with the situation rapidly deteriorating. Shelling and missile strikes […]
