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Authoritarian campaigns to clamp down on dissent and control the media have driven scores of journalists from countries like Afghanistan, Belarus, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Nicaragua, and Russia into exile. But what is increasingly different today is that the repression of a free press does not stop at the border.Authoritarian ...

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said unlike previous regimes, his government believes speed as India’s aspiration and scale as its strength.He also stressed that along with physical infrastructure, social infrastructure of the country needs to be strengthened, for India’s advancement.“Whether it is governance or developing a physical ...

Russia is planning to buy “millions” of Soviet-era weapons from North Korea, a recent US intelligence report revealed. Britain’s defence intelligence has also confirmed that Russia is already using Iranian-made drones in Ukraine.The revelations follow a series of diplomatic exchanges between Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader ...

Yasin Malik’s conviction exposes folly in propping him as peace-broker by earlier regimes For six years of Farooq Abdullah’s rule, Yasin Malik had a free run Jammu Tawi, May 23: It has taken decades for law to catch up with Yasin Malik, chairman of J&K Liberation Front, who had been ...

The Taliban were seeking to again force women to wear the burqa in public this weekend. This comes after weeks during which Shi’ite minorities in Afghanistan have been targeted in bombings and terror attacks.The Taliban rule of Afghanistan looks to be returning to the horrors of the 1990s – ...

New Power Transmission Lines being completed in J&K Srinagar, Mar 23: Jammu and Kashmir’s lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said that in the next four years the UT will be power surplus and every house will get quality and reliable power. He said that a new transmission line is coming ...

India pti-PTI | Updated: Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 20:18 Dehradun, Feb 08: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday countered Rahul Gandhi's allegation over the China and Pakistan friendship, saying the bond between the two countries exits since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru and grew during subsequent Congress governments. ...

“It is imperative that sanctions do not impede legitimate humanitarian requirements. However, it is important to exercise due diligence while providing humanitarian carve-outs, especially in cases where terrorism finds safe-havens,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti said on Monday. Some terrorist groups have made a “mockery” ...

Gwadar , December 30 (ANI): The success of non-violent protests by the Gwadar Ko Huqooq Do Tehreek (Movement for Gwadar's rights) against Pakistani oppressive authority shows the vulnerability of Imran Khan's government. Pakistan in general, and the province of Balochistan in particular, has been no stranger to demands by ...

Washington , October 14 (ANI): The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Tuesday, slammed the United Nations for electing "authoritarian regimes" like China, Russia and Cuba into the UN Human Rights Council adding that the US' decision to withdraw from the council has been "validated". Pompeo in ...