PM Netanyahu slams Attorney General for charging top aide

IANS | July 14, 2025 4:40 PM

Tel Aviv, July 14 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday slammed the country's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara over the announcement of pending criminal charges against the Prime Minister's top aide Yonatan Urich calling the move "baseless and unfounded".

Pakistan: Failure to clean clogged drains raises public concerns during monsoon

IANS | July 14, 2025 2:01 PM

Sindh, July 14 (IANS) Pakistan's provincial government has failed to take any adequate steps to clean stormwater drains, sewer lines, or gutters across Sindh, due to which several areas are still clogged despite the Meteorological Department's fresh monsoon forecast beginning July 15, according to local media reports.

We’re excited, nervous: Family awaits safe return of India’s first ISS astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla

IANS | July 14, 2025 12:38 PM

New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) As Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), prepares to return to Earth, emotions are running high in his hometown. His family, filled with joy and pride, is also anxiously awaiting his safe landing as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is set to undock from the ISS on Monday at 4:30 P.M. IST.

Human rights body files plea against 'harassment' of minorities in Bangladesh

IANS | July 14, 2025 11:01 AM

Dhaka, July 14 (IANS) The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court against the “systemic abuse of false criminal cases used to harass, intimidate, and dispossess Hindus and other minorities” across the country aiming to expose “legal harassment of the Bangladesh’s religious minorities”.

India, Saudi Arabia bolster bilateral ties in chemicals and fertilisers sector

IANS | July 14, 2025 9:24 AM

New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Highlighting strong economic ties between India and Saudi Arabia, the visit by Union Health and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, JP Nadda, to Dammam and Riyadh focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation in the chemicals and fertilisers sector, according to an official statement.