Nobel peace prize goes to anti-nuclear campaign in rebuke to armed nations.
An influential anti-nuclear campaign group has won the 2017 Nobel peace prize, in a decision that underlines the mounting danger of nuclear conflict amid simmering tensions between the US and North Korea and the increasing vulnerability of the Iran nuclear deal. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel... read more »
Once done with chest thumping, explain how China built road in Doklam: Rahu...
Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the road construction by the Chinese in Doklam, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked the PM if he was done “thumping” his chest. The development came to the fore five weeks after India and China stepped away from a standoff at Doklam on the... read more »
Five restrictions imposed on VK Sasikala during parole.
Imprisoned AIADMK leader Sasikala Natarajan who was convicted earlier this year by the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case, was granted five-day parole by Karnataka jail authorities on Friday to attend her husband who is recuperating after a surgery. But the authorities have imposed... read more »
India, European Union enhance cooperation: Full text of Narendra Modi’...
India and the European Union on Friday decided to increase cooperation in counter-terrorism and areas of trade after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the president of the European Council, Donald Franciszek Tusk, and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in New Delhi. India pushed the... read more »
Behind China’s Silk Road vision: Cheap funds, heavy debt, growing risk
BEIJING: Behind China’s trillion-dollar effort to build a modern Silk Road is a lending programme of unprecedented breadth, one that will help build ports, roads and rail links, but... read more »
AC Put Up At Slain BSF Trooper’s Home, Removed After Yogi’s Visit
The family members of slain BSF head constable Prem Sagar were befuddled when the Deoria district administration installed a window air conditioner, put up a sofa and carpet at their home... read more »
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: D-Day for India as New Delhi and Islamabad to battle at ICJ after ...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings in the Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav case today. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) was last a... read more »
10 gunned down near China ‘Belt and Road’ projects in Pakistan
HIGHLIGHTS The attack on the Pakistani labourers took place some 20 kilometres from the emerging port city of Gwadar Gwadar’s deep-water port is the exit point for a planned route... read more »
TMC leader killed in Odisha’s Baharampur
BAHARMPUR: A Trinamool Congress leader, Ashadul Sheikh was killed in Murshidabad district after miscreants hurled bombs and shot him four times, the police said today. The incident happened at... read more »
