Thu 13 May 2021: Just days after bodies were found floating in the river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, similar sightings are now being reported in UP’s Unnao district. Several bodies were reportedly seen buried in the sand near the river bank in Unnao’s Buksar village. The bodies were found to be in various […]
Continue Reading
Thu 13 May 2021: Mohamed Nasheed, ex-president of the Maldives and current parliamentary speaker, left for Germany to continue treatment for injuries caused by an assassination attempt, Maldivian news website Raajje.mv reported on Thursday. Nasheed was wounded on May 6 in an explosion near his house in the city of Male, the country’s capital. His […]
Continue Reading
Thu 13 May 2021: A special court in Mumbai has issued a public notice to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India for alleged fraud and money laundering in the PNB scam case, asking why his properties should not be confiscated under the Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO) Act. Special Judge VC Barde has also asked […]
Continue Reading
Thu 13 May 2021: Nepal’s political parties were struggling to reach a deal over the formation of a new government due to their factional feuds ahead of Thursday’s deadline set by the President after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli lost a crucial trust vote on Monday. The political stalemate comes at a time when the […]
Continue Reading
Thu 13 May 2021: India has confirmed 362,727 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 23,703,665, the country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. The death toll from the disease has reached 258,317 people, with 4,120 new fatalities being recorded […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 May 2021: Doctors in India have warned that there is no scientific evidence for cow dung to be an effective cure to ward off coronavirus, saying that it risks spreading other diseases. The coronavirus pandemic has wrought devastation on India, with 22.66 million cases and 246,116 deaths reported so far. Experts say actual numbers could […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 May 2021: The United States urges the Taliban to extend its short-term ceasefire currently in place in Afghanistan, US State Department spokesperson Ned price said on Monday. “We urge the Taliban to extend the ceasefire and order a significant reduction in violence,” Price said in a press briefing. The Taliban declared a three-day […]
Continue Reading
Mon 10 May 2021: A judge on Monday (May 10) ordered Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to appear in person in court for the first time on May 24, her lawyer said, after weeks of delays in her case. The Nobel laureate has not been publicly seen since she was detained in a […]
Continue Reading
Mon 10 May 2021: The Islamic State group may be behind the recent bombing of a girls’ school in the Afghan capital Kabul, State Department spokesperson Ned price said on Monday. “The circumstances of the bombing over the weekend, they are not yet crystal clear . .. there are some indications this may have been […]
Continue Reading
Mon 10 May 2021: Dozens of decomposed bodies were seen floating in Ganga river in Bihar’s Buxar district on Monday morning. The bloated bodies later piled up on the banks of the river in Chausa, a village located about 11 km from Buxar city, on Bihar’s border with Uttar Pradesh. Dead bodies found floating […]
Continue Reading
