China’s annual dog meat festival has evoked outrage, with millions signing petitions on social media to call it off, a media report said on Saturday. The Yulin dog meat festival, held in June, originated in Guangxi Zhuang region’s Yulin prefecture. The festival, which involves killing of 10,000 dogs for human consumption, falls on Sunday this […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the need for a probe by his country against FIFA, the governing body of global football, because of corruption allegation in the award of 2018 World Cup soccer. He said the World Cup would be held in Russia in 2018 as scheduled. Russia had won the bid, Putin said, […]
Ten years back Feroze and Sameer Khan opened their yoga centre in Brussels, starting initially in the auditorium of the Indian embassy. Today, they are household names in the European Union (EU) circles on yoga. In a run-up to the International Day of Yoga on 21 June, Sameer Khan led a special yoga session in […]
Juan Pablo Escobar Henao, son of Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar Gaviria, has said he is in favour of ending the global fight against drugs. He told Spanish news agency Efe in an interview on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro that after 40 years of “clear and compelling” failures in this war, it was time to […]
Tunisia’s foreign ministry said on Friday that 10 of its officers at its consulate in Tripoli were taken hostage by a Libyan armed militia group. The kidnappers attacked the headquarters of the Tunisian general consulate in Tripoli and held 10 employees as hostages, Xinhua news agency reported citing a ministry source. In an official statement […]
Asserting that they fully comply with the US immigration laws, Indian global software majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday denied receiving indication of any fresh probe into alleged violation of H1-B visas by them. “We have received no indication of any broader investigation of visa practices by the US Department of Labor,” […]
Terming the recent statements by the Indian leadership as “irresponsible”, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the atmosphere for relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours has been hampered even as the country’s parliament passed resolutions against India. “Recent statements by Indian ministers have hampered our relations with India,” the premier said while […]
There was no “hot pursuit” in the military operation against militants along the India-Myanmar border and it was done with the consent of Myanmar authorities, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said on Wednesday. “We did not use hot pursuit. We contacted Burma (Myanmar) authorities before the attack,” Rao Inderjit said here. The […]
Childhood is the most wonderful phase of one’s life. You are the centre of attraction at your home and wherever you go, people can’t stop playing with you, your wishes are their commands and all your tantrums are fulfilled in a jiffy. But unfortunately, this isn’t true for all children. For a large proportion of […]
With the latest G7 summit minus Russia deciding to extend sanctions on the country over Ukraine, life here goes on as normal, perhaps even a bit more energetically under bright sunshine, in this historic month for Russians. The city’s famous Red Square, with the Kremlin Palace bounding one side, buzzed with preparations for Russia’s National […]