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Giriraj Singh asks people to make 'population control law' a movement

Earlier, the Union Minister had backed Baba Ramdev's statement to bring a law whereby third-borns should be bereft of...

3 Jun 2019 1:28 PM IST

The country has been largely divided into two factions ever since the death of its dictator Muammar Gaddafi. (Photo:ANI/Representational)

2 bodies retrieved from boat off Libya's coast; 73 migrants rescued

In recent years, thousands of migrants have lost their lives after undertaking dangerous sea travel on overcrowded...

3 Jun 2019 9:13 AM IST

Rescue workers search for the bodies of missing persons after a landslide, triggered by heavy rains and floods, at Nenmara in Palakkad. (Photo: PTI)

600 killed, 25 million affected due to floods in south Asia: UN

In India, more than 10 million people have been affected in Assam, Bihar, UP and other NE states, including more than...

27 July 2019 3:58 PM IST

On February 15, China, which has been blocking efforts to get Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar sanctioned by the United Nations, had conveyed to India its condemnation of the Pulwama attack. (Photo: Twitter)

Kuwait receives USD 270 million in war reparations

The funds come from a levy on the sale of Iraqi oil and petroleum products.

23 July 2019 8:13 PM IST

Nelson Mandela (Photo: AP)

Celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day, his legacy

In 1994 general elections, Mandela became South Africa's first black president after the African National Congress...

18 July 2019 2:22 PM IST

In this March 29, 2016 photo, journalists look an image of Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav. (Photo: AP)

'Truth, justice prevailed; Jadhav will get justice,' says PM Modi on...

PM said ICJ verdict was based on facts and that his government would always work for the safety of every Indian.

18 July 2019 8:58 AM IST

The discovery of the four largest moons of Jupiter four centuries ago gave astronomers a first hint that giant planets must form surrounded by a circumplanetary disc. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Space race notwithstanding, moonwalk a feat of mankind

f the Soviets were reaching for the moon, the Americans were determined to beat them to it.

18 July 2019 2:42 AM IST

A lower ranking is indicative of a higher rate of malnutrition and hunger.

Indians obese but hunger a concern,' says UNâ€‰report

In India, the number of undernourished people declined from 253.9 million in 2004-06 to 194.4 million in 2016-18.

17 July 2019 9:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is garlanded by BJP leaders Amit Shah, J.P. Nadda, Rajnath Singh and others during the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)PTI

PM Modi likely to attend UN General Assembly meet in September: report

No official announcement about the trip has been made yet.

13 July 2019 8:23 AM IST

Supporters of LGBT and human rights wave rainbow flags during a rally supporting a proposal to allow same-sex marriage in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo: AP/File)

India abstains from vote on LGBT rights at UN

The petition also called for India to support a resolution to renew the mandate of the first UN expert Sexual...

13 July 2019 12:52 AM IST

A Pakistani court ordered the release of Hafiz Saeed on Wednesday, who was put under house arrest in January after years of living freely in Pakistan, one of the sore points in its fraying relationship with the United States. (Photo: AP | File)

Hafiz Saeed challenges terror financing cases filed against him

In the petition, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief said that he has no relation with the banned LeT, Al-Qaeda or any other...

12 July 2019 3:24 PM IST

Niti Aayog has envisaged a New India by 2022 which will be free from poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

UN lauds India for reducing multidimensional poverty

The organisation said that India has strongly improved nutrition, sanitation cooking fuel and assets.

12 July 2019 1:32 PM IST