Europe

Japan: Population Declines by largest ever margin in 2023

28 Feb 2024 13:10 PM IST

According to a Kyodo News report government data showed that the number of newborns born in Japan in 2023 plummeted to a record low from the previous year as the country’s population declined by its largest ever margin. According to preliminary figures issued by the health ministry on Tuesday, the

British Airways supervisor on the run in India over visa racket: Report

28 Feb 2024 06:07 AM IST

British police are working with their Indian counterparts to trace a British Airways supervisor believed to be on the run in India after his role in an alleged GBP 3 million visa scam from over five years came to light, according to a UK media report on Tuesday. ‘The Sun’

British MP raises transnational repression of Sikhs in UK Parliament

28 Feb 2024 06:05 AM IST

British Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill has raised the issue of transnational repression and agents with links to India targeting members of the Sikh community in the UK during a House of Commons session. Claiming that several British Sikhs had appeared on a “hit list,” the shadow minister for primary

US PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPRESSES HOPE FOR GAZA CEASE-FIRE NEXT WEEK

28 Feb 2024 06:04 AM IST

U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday he hopes to see a new Gaza cease-fire by early next week, as delegations from several countries work to negotiate the first halt in fighting since late November. “My national security adviser tells me that we’re close,” Biden told reporters in New York. “We’re

Co-chair of Nobel-winning rights group in Russia gets jail for criticising war

28 Feb 2024 06:01 AM IST

A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran human rights advocate, who spoke out against the war in Ukraine, to two years and six months in prison. Oleg Orlov, 70, was convicted of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian army in an article he wrote denouncing the invasion of Ukraine. He has

Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu stone temple to open for public on March 1

28 Feb 2024 05:59 AM IST

The first Hindu stone temple in Abu Dhabi, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month, will be opened to the public from March 1, according to the temple authorities. The temple has been built by the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Swaminarayan Sanstha on

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