The Afghan embassy in Tajikistan has ‘requested’ the Interpol to detain former Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani, as well as two others, for allegedly stealing public wealth, TOLOnews has reported. Ghani, who the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Wednesday was allowed to enter the kingdom on ‘humanitarian grounds,’ fled fromRead More

There are many things that you can do on WhatsApp, but here is one that can land you in trouble with the world’s most popular messenger app. Your WhatsApp account will be banned if you happen to use this app that the Facebook owned company frowns upon. The thing is,Read More

Ravinder settled for a silver medal after being outwitted by his Iranian opponent but Bipasha emerged a surprise finalist in the women’s 76kg to keep India’s gold medal hopes alive at the junior world wrestling championship, here on Monday. Making full use of repechage route, Yash (74kg), Pruthvi Babasehb PatilRead More

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today that Canada has no plans to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Taliban militants have taken control of Afghanistan after a rapid military advance over the past several weeks, and efforts are underway to evacuate thousands of people trying to flee theRead More

The Indian embassy in Kabul is not closed and local staff are providing consular services, government sources said on Tuesday, adding that as many as 1,650 people have applied to return to India. Earlier today, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that the Ambassador and all other India-based personnelRead More

The Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune acquired a 50 per cent stake in SCHOTT Kaisha to become SCHOTT’s joint venture partner and secure the pharma packaging supply, the biotech company announced on Tuesday. SII acquires 50 stake in pharma packaging firm Schott Kaisha “Securing supply chain is ofRead More

Kabul: Taliban on Tuesday asserted that their new regime will be different from the older one as the Taliban leadership has “more experience” and “different perspective” now. They also clarified that women will be provided rights but based on Islam. In the first news conference after taking over Afghanistan, Taliban spokespersonRead More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in constant touch with the officials over the situation concerning the evacuation of Indians from Afghanistan and was taking stock of the situation till late at night on Monday, sources said. He was updated when the flight took off to Afghanistan and brought IndianRead More

The Vice President of the UN-recognised Afghanistan government, Amrullah Saleh asserted his claim to Afghan Presidency on Tuesday. Saleh, the Ex-top spy and son of ‘Lion of Panjshir’ Ahmed Shah Masood said that as per the constitution of Afghanistan, in absence, escape, resignation or death of the President the ViceRead More

Fearing for their lives after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Sikh and Hindu families are keen to leave the country, a Kabul-based Sikh businessman said on Tuesday. He, however, added that some Taliban leaders have assured Sikhs and Hindus of their safety. Afghan businessman Gurdeep Singh (name changed) said theRead More