AIZAWL: More than 1,000 people from Myanmar’s Chin state crossed into Mizoram‘s Zokhawthar village Saturday, fleeing intense fighting between two anti-junta militias that left one fighter dead and six wounded.Mizoram is already hosting over 32,000 refugees from Myanmar, with numbers fluctuating due to frequent cross-border movement.Cadres of Chinland Defence Force (Hualngoram) and Chin National Defence…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday stepped up the attack against Election Commission‘s special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar by asking people to “refuse” to show any documents to the officials.Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, during her address on the occasion of party’s 28th foundation day, accused the Centre of hatching…
Tata Advanced Systems will establish an advanced manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. In a boost for ‘Make in India’ defence projects, Rafale fighter aircraft fuselage will now be manufactured by Tata Advanced Systems in the country. Tata Advanced Systems has entered into four Production Transfer Agreements with Dassault Aviation for manufacturing Rafale fighter aircraft fuselages in…
File photto LONDON: Chief adviser to the interim Bangladesh govt, Mohammad Yunus, told delegates at Chatham House Wednesday he had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina from ‘speaking’ after she fled to India but Modi replied that it was not possible because of social media.“I said to PM Modi:…
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has said India should reassess whether importing cheap oil from Russia is “worth it” after the Trump administration imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods, taking the total levy to 50 per cent — one of the highest by the US on any country.The latest tariff hike, signed…
The Trump administration is working on a strategy to permanently move up to 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya, according to NBC News. Senior officials have engaged in discussions with Libyan leadership regarding this initiative. The proposal includes potentially unfreezing billions in US-held Libyan funds as compensation.The deliberations remain ongoing, with Israel being kept…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday accused Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge of insulting President Droupadi Murmu and former President Ram Nath Kovind by using what it termed “objectionable” and “derogatory” language, and demanded a public apology from both Kharge and the Congress party.The controversy stems from Kharge’s remarks at a public rally in Raipur on…
A couple allegedly abandoned their 10-year-old son at the Barcelona Airport after discovering his passport had expired, choosing to board their flight home without him to avoid missing it, reported The Sun. A terminal worker who goes by the name of Lilian has posted a video on social media, criticizing the actions of the parents,…
Harvard University (Image credits: AP) A federal judge on Monday issued a second preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to prevent international students from attending Harvard University.US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston ruled in favour of Harvard, allowing foreign students to continue traveling to the US for their studies while the case…
Microsoft recently completely shut down its operations in Pakistan. Microsoft had set up its operations in Pakistan in June 2000. Shutting down of Microsoft Pakistan after 25 years ‘marked end of an era’ as the company’s first country head Jawwad Rehman said in a post on LinkedIn. “This is more than a corporate exit. It’s…
