Kulbhushan Jadhav, in whose case the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver its judgement on Wednesday, is not the first Indian national to be held by Pakistan and sentenced to death after being labelled a “spy” and “terrorist”. Prior to him, Sarabjit Singh, a farmer from Punjab, was also falsely implicated on charges of […]
More than 1 million people have been affected across Bangladesh due to floods caused by torrential rain in the country that has also led to major rivers flowing above the danger levels, the media reported on Tuesday. The waters have inundated and damaged homes, roads, educational institutions, and crop fields in 15 districts, bdnews24 reported […]
Tight liquidity conditions, along with a delay in Monsoon, dented consumer sentiment and dragged passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales lower by 4.6 per cent on a year-on-year basis in June. According to data furnished by Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), passenger vehicle retail sales last month declined to 224,755 units from 235,539 units reported […]
Jeremy Hunt, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and also one of the two Conservative leadership contenders, said that he was launching a fresh bid aimed to ease tensions in the Gulf due to the Iran nuclear deal, the media reported on Monday. In a statement on Sunday, Hunt will meet European Union […]
Targeting teenagers, Google-owned content sharing app YouTube is bringing a new education feature called Learning Playlists with dedicated landing pages for educational videos on topics like math, science, music and language, free from algorithmic recommendations. The free-from-recommendations Playlists would have organisational features like chapters around key concepts, ordered from beginner to advanced lessons to help […]
After facing widespread criticism for eavesdropping on users’ conversations via its Assistant to improve speech recognition technology, Google said that it was conducting a full review of its safeguards in this space and would take action against third-party contractors involved in this incident. The reaction came after reports surfaced that third-party contractors working for Google […]
US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration was “not backing down” in the fight to know how many citizens and non-citizens were in America, at a time when the country is increasingly divided over the immigration issue. Previously, the White House had fought to include a question on citizenship in the 2020 census, […]
Japan on Monday urged Iran to follow its commitments under a 2015 nuclear agreement with major powers and refrain from taking further actions to undermine it, after Tehran said it had started enriching uranium above the limit set by the deal. “We are deeply concerned about Iran’s announcement” on Sunday, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi […]
The US Senate has urged the government to “strengthen and enhance its major defence partnership with India” and help develop its capabilities. The proposals for enhancing defence and strategic ties between India and the United States were included in the $750 billion defence budget passed by the Senate on Thursday. Formally known as the National […]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Pakistan on Thursday on a two-day official visit to the country on the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Afghan President is being accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising key ministers and senior officials, reports Geo News. President Ghani will hold talks with Khan and his Pakistani counterpart […]