Tue 07 May 2024: Iranian smugglers have illegally transported over $1 billion worth of fuel into Pakistan through the two countries’ porous and unstable border on an annual basis, a new report has revealed. According to the outlet, Nikkei Asia, it obtained a copy of a 44-page investigation – titled ‘Smuggling of Iranian Oil’ – conducted […]
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Tue 07 May 2024: There are 969 million registered voters in the world’s most populous nation, who will cast their ballots for a total of 543 seats in Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament. This includes 18 million first-time voters and some 197 million who are in their 20s. The size of the country’s […]
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Tue 07 May 2024: Britain’s Ministry of Defence has become the target of significant cyberattack, as confirmed by a government official speaking to British media. On Tuesday, Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, informed Sky News, which initially reported the breach, that the attack targeted an externally managed system, but was still a “very […]
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Mon 06 May 2024: Canada’s investigation into alleged Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Vancouver last year is a “political compulsion”, India’s foreign minister has said after three Indian citizens were arrested over the killing. Canadian police on Friday arrested the trio for the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, saying they were investigating their […]
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Sun 05 May 2024: India and Japan have rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks calling the US allies “xenophobic” countries who do not welcome immigrants, and grouping the two nations with China and Russia. India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the country has historically been open to immigrants and is on strong economic footing, […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Elon Musk’s automaker Tesla has filed a lawsuit in New Delhi against an Indian battery manufacturer, alleging that that company is violating its trademark by using the name “Tesla Power” to advertise its goods. The firm is demanding damages as well as a permanent injunction against the company. Tesla claimed at […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Investigation by Amnesty, Haaretz, Tempo and others finds links between official government bodies and agencies dating from at least 2017. An international investigation has found that at least four Israeli-linked firms have been selling invasive spyware and cyber surveillance technology to Indonesia, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel and […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Police in Canada have made arrests in the fatal 2023 shooting of prominent Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, months after authorities accused Indian government agents of being involved in the killing. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia said on Friday afternoon that three people were […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: As the campaign targeting of Muslims becomes more direct and shrill, experts fear Modi’s words could encourage violence against the community. New Delhi, India – Speaking to a saffron-clothed crowd of supporters in his home state of Gujarat earlier this week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned to an increasingly favoured electoral […]
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Thu 02 May 2024: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in the west of the country aimed at making the country a major logistics point for regional exports, including oil from Russia to South Asia, Reuters has reported. The announcement was made by Afghanistan’s acting minister of […]
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