Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh was recently conferred a Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers Honours in London for his contribution to economic and political life. The Honour, announced at an awards ceremony last week, will be handed over to Dr Singh in New Delhi by the NationalRead More

Beijing [China], January 30 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on the Richter scale hit the Aral, a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. “Earthquake M5.8 occurred 106 km SE of #Aral (#China) 11 min agoRead More

Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it will restore former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot. The social media company said in a blog post it has “put new guardrails in placeRead More

Chris Hipkins sworn in as New Zealand’s 41st Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was officially sworn in as New Zealand’s 41st prime minister, completing the handover from Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins was appointed to the role Wednesday in Wellington by Governor-General Cindy Kiro, who earlier accepted Ardern’s formal resignation. Carmel Sepuloni wasRead More

Islamabad , January 23 (ANI): Every year, thousands of young girls in Pakistan, as young as 13 and especially from minority communities, fall victim to the greed of landlords, criminals and zealots. Their numbers have risen sharply with political collapse, economic downslides and disastrous floods in Pakistan, Canada-based non-profit thinkRead More

Iowa [US], January 24 (ANI): Two students were killed in a targeted shooting at a Des Moines, Iowa charter school on Monday afternoon, according to US-based news publication The Hill. According to The Hill, the two victims, who were identified as students were taken to the hospital for treatment inRead More

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The invitation to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as India’s chief guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations on January 26 will likely reinforce the age-old connection between the two earliest civilisations. “It is the first visit as a chief guest by an EgyptianRead More

A passenger aircraft belonging to Yeti Airline crashed while nearing the runwayat Pokhara International Airport in Nepal on January 15, 2023. The 72-seater aircraft, which crashed into the Seti river gorge between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport while landing around 11 am, was carrying 68 passengers andRead More

  Russian strikes hit targets across Ukraine, at least 12 dead in Dnipro   1hr 2 shares Russia unleashed a new wave of major attacks on Ukraine on Saturday, hitting energy infrastructure across the country and killing at least 12 people in a missile strike on a nine-storey apartment buildingRead More

Beijing , January 14 (ANI): China on Saturday announced that nearly 60,000 Covid-19 deaths were reported since the country lifted its strict “Zero Covid Policy” on December 7, last year, Global Times reported citing National Health Commission. The National Health Commission of China revealed a total of 59,938 COVID-19-related deathsRead More