SpaceX successfully launches Indian satellite
ISRO's GSAT-N2 will improve broadband and provide in-flight connectivity
Several children injured in car crash at central China school
'Many schoolchildren were injured, the specific casualties are being investigated,' state broadcaster CCTV said
Global security threats from North Korea's troop deployment
North Korea has been threatening the security order in Northeast Asia with its illegal nuclear weapons development for decades
Meta penalised $25.4 million in India over breaching privacy policy
India's competition watchdog today imposed a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore (25.4 million USD) on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position relating to the messaging application’s 2021 privacy policy
Manipur violence: One protester shot dead during clash
A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that vandalised properties in the restive eastern Indian state of Manipur’s Jiribam district late on Sunday night, PTI reported yesterday.
46 US lawmakers ask Biden to seek Imran Khan's release
The letter, sent by 46 Democrat and Republican lawmakers on Friday, was the second such communication in less than a month
BJP wants Manipur to burn
As fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning.
Indian police battle Maoist rebels
Indian security forces have killed five Maoist rebels in jungle clashes, an officer said yesterday, as security forces seek to quash the decades-long insurgency in the central regions.
North Korean Human Rights: The greatest challenge facing humanity
North Korea has evolved into a totalitarian regime characterised by dynastic succession, theocratic governance, and dictatorship since the Korean War
Jharkhand govt sheltering Bangladeshi infiltrators: BJP chief
BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda today accused the JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand of providing shelter to Bangladeshi infiltrators in madrasas and facilitating documents like Aadhaar and voter IDs for them
Internet cut, curfew imposed in Manipur
An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions yesterday imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.
Revoke licences of Indian companies exporting arms to Israel: PIL filed in Indian SC
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in India's Supreme Court seeking a directive to the central government to revoke existing licenses and halt the issuance of new ones to Indian companies exporting arms and military equipment to Israel, which is currently engaged in a conflict in Gaza
IS claim Kabul suicide attack that killed 6
The Islamic State on Tuesday claimed a suicide attack in the Afghan capital that killed six people a day earlier, saying it had targeted the Taliban government’s prosecution service.
UN warns of ‘red alert’ after record heat
Rising temperatures should trigger a global “red alert”, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency chief said Wednesday, after global heat indices again smashed records in August.
9 Maoists killed in India’s Chhattisgarh encounter
Security forces recover large cache of weapons
Bangladeshi journalist booked in India for ‘spreading fake news about Sonia, Rahul’
Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore has booked a case against a Bangladeshi journalist and a woman staffer of an Indian news portal for allegedly spreading fake news about the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi
China school bus crashes into crowd, kills 11 including students
A school bus ploughed into a crowd of people outside a middle school in eastern China on Tuesday, killing 11 people including five students, state media reported
Six killed, 13 wounded in Kabul suicide bombing
A suicide bomber detonated explosives in the Afghan capital yesterday, police said, killing six people and wounding 13 more.
Algeria joins BRICS Bank
Algeria has been approved for membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), the country’s finance ministry has announced.
China, the Philippines trade blame in latest South China Sea clash
China and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.
Pacific bloc drops Taiwan to placate China anger
A joint declaration by Pacific leaders was reissued yesterday morning with mentions of Taiwan removed after China slammed an earlier version as a “mistake” that “must be corrected”.