Image Courtesy : Scroll Wed 06 August 2025: Washington-based advocacy and research group India Hate Lab on Thursday released a new data brief under its Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) initiative on “sharp and deeply concerning” escalation in hate speech, targeted harassment and violence against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam state. The briefing said Senior Bharatiya Janata Party […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: China has approved the ninth batch of applications from research institutions for borrowing lunar samples returned by the Chang’e-5 and Chang’e-6 Moon missions, state media reported Monday. The Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, which operates under the China National Space Administration, released the approved list, said state-run Xinhua News Agency. […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: China is restricting supplies of critical minerals to Western defense firms, delaying production and forcing them to seek alternatives in other markets, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources at the companies. For example, the newspaper points out, one drone manufacturer that supplies the US military was forced to delay orders […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: In a disturbing incident in Belagavi district of Karnataka, a member of the Sri Rama Sena allegedly poisoned the drinking water at a government school in an attempt to oust its Muslim principal, leaving several children aged between seven and ten seriously ill, the News Minute reported. The Soundatti Police Station registered […]
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Sun 03 August 2025: India will continue to buy Russian oil despite US President Donald Trump’s remarks that New Delhi will stop purchasing it, media reports claimed on Saturday. The New York Times, quoting two senior Indian officials, reported that India intends to continue buying discounted oil from Russia. Similarly, Russian state news agency Tass, […]
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Sun 03 August 2025: Joint Sea-2025 exercises begin in waters near Russian port of Vladivostok and will last for three days, China’s Defence Ministry says. China and Russia have begun joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan as they seek to reinforce their partnership and counterbalance what they see as a United States-led global […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: China on Friday said it was “shocked” by reports that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has established a new office in New Zealand to combat China and called the move harmful to regional stability. Responding to a media query during a regular news conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that Beijing has […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: Pakistan is set to import its first-ever oil shipment from the US after the South Asian country this week signed a trade deal with Washington. The country’s largest vertically integrated oil refining company, Cnergyico Pk Ltd, has finalized a deal with global energy trader Vitol Group to import 1 million barrels of US WTI […]
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Fri 01 August 2025: Researchers based at the University of Tokyo and Shinshu University have developed a new skin cancer treatment drug based on a genetically modified virus, public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday. Cancer “viral therapy” uses the genetically engineered virus to attack cancer cells in skin cancer patients by replicating only in cancer cells. […]
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Fri 01 August 2025: A groundbreaking report by an British-Indian advocacy organisation will lay bare the causes and consequences of the city’s 2022 riots, pointing to the sectarian Hindutva ideology as the key instigator. The report titled, Community Tensions, Hindutva, & Islamophobia, is due for release next week and was researched and released by the United Kingdom-Indian […]
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