US wants Ukraine to signal openness to dialogue with Russia: Report

November 6, 2022

The Biden administration is "privately" encouraging Kyiv to demonstrate a readiness to negotiate with Russia, The Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the discussions. Mediation began at the end of February this year after the start of the war in Ukraine. The last round of the negotiations concluded in...

Landmark decision could herald end to EU’s extraditions to China: Report

November 3, 2022

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously found that the extradition of a Taiwanese national to China, which Poland's courts had cleared earlier, would place him at significant risk of ill-treatment and torture. Madrid-based rights group Safeguard Defenders said this momentous decision, announced just a month ago, on...

14 million Ukrainians displaced from their homes since Russian invasion: UNHCR

November 3, 2022

14 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes since the start of Ukraine's invasion on 24 February this year, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has said. In a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday, the UN refugee chief said, "The Russian invasion of Ukraine...

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, triggering alert for residents in Japan

November 3, 2022

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and two short-range ones toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. South Korea's military said that the ICBM was launched from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at around 7:40 am. This...

Six grain ships leave Ukraine ports after Russia re-joins grain deal

November 3, 2022

Six-grain ships have left Ukraine ports a day after Russia agreed to resume its participation in the UN-brokered grain deal to allow exports through the Black Sea, Al Jazeera reported. "After the resumption of the grain initiative, six ships left Ukrainian ports," Al Jazeera reported quoting the Turkish minister of...

Independent India’s first voter casts vote for Himachal polls

November 2, 2022

106-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of independent India, exercised his right to franchise for the 34th time for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections through a postal ballot at his residence. Negi, a teacher by profession who hails from the tribal district of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, exercised his...

PM Modi inaugurates EWS flats for Slum Dwellers

November 2, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated 3,024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the 'In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation' Project. PM Modi then handed over keys to eligible beneficiaries from Bhoomiheen Camp at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. "In line with the vision of the...

Modi, Sunak agree upon early conclusion of FTA

October 27, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke with his newly-appointed British counterpart, Rishi Sunak, and the two leaders emphasised the importance of an early conclusion of "a balanced and comprehensive" Free Trade Agreement between the two countries. The Prime Minister congratulated Rishi Sunak on assuming charge as UK Prime Minister....

“Efforts on for Hindi’s inclusion in UN official languages” Jaishankar

October 27, 2022

Highlighting that efforts are on to get Hindi recognised as an official language at the United Nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that though progress has been made in that direction, it will take some time. "You would know Hindi is being used in the United Nations...

J-K govt’s transhumance service completes one month

October 25, 2022

The Jammu and Kashmir government's flagship initiative for Transhumance, completed one month today, setting a record for the number of families benefitted. The Tribal Affairs Department in the month of September notified the schedule for providing free transport service to migratory tribal families from highland pastures in Kashmir to villages...